North American Mom & Cub Bear Hats

Only eight bear species remain in the world, including three in North America - the BLACK BEAR, BROWN BEAR and POLAR BEAR. This hat includes complete MOM & CUB embroidery charts for all three species, plus a forth for the very rare SPIRIT BEAR of British Columbia.

The pattern features 4 hat sizes from "CHILD 3-10 YEARS" to "LARGE/XL ADULT". The hat is a one or two-color single brim watch cap knit in the round on a 16" circular needle (plus double pointed needles for the decreases) or Magic Loop. The yarn is worsted weight with a gauge of 17 stitches = 4"/10cm. I used Red Heart Super Saver for the samples, though any similar weight yarn will work.

The bears are embroidered in duplicate stitch (also called knit embroidery) and the pattern assumes a knowledge of this technique.

Gift tags to print for each species are included.