Does your Bear need a little something more to complete his outfit? Another garment to wear with his sweater? I came up with this pattern as an easy way to make pants for the knitting guild's charity bears. You do need to know how to knit in the round with double pointed needles, so it may not be easy for everyone. And it only works for standing, not sitting bears.
Bear
Bottoms
Size
– 12 inch standing bear
Worsted
weight yarn - about 40 yards
Double
pointed needles sizes US 6 & 8
markers
Gauge:
4 stitches per inch
With
smaller needle cast on 40 stitches, place marker
and join to knit in the round.
K 1 P1
ribbing for 4 rounds.
Increase
round (K 3, kfb in the next stitch), repeat
to end. 50 stitches
Change
to larger needle.
Knit
even for 3 inches.
Change
to smaller needle.
K 6 , PM, K 19, PM, K 6,
PM, knit to end of round.
Work
4 rounds as follows:
K
6, sm, P1, ( K1 , P1) 9 times, sm, K 6, sm, P1, (K1, P1) 9 times.
Next:
*Knit
6, put these stitches on scrap yarn or spare needle, bind off next
19 stitches*, repeat between * removing markers as you come to them.
Cut yarn leaving at least 12 inches.
12
live stitches left . With right sides together join together (6 +
6) using the 3 needle bind off technique . Use the tail end of yarn
to neaten join at leg and weave in ends
Abbreviations:
K – knit, P – purl, PM – place marker, sm – slip marker, kfb
– increase by knitting in the front and back of the stitch
