January 18, 2006
Teddy Bears
This is mostly for Theresa who was asking about this book in her post today. It's a mini-review of Teddy Bears
The bears are all knit with Rowan dk weight yarns from what I could tell, but I suppose you could size them up or down depending on whatever yarn you had. Many of the actual bears look similar, although there is a garter stitch bear thrown in and a couple of colorwork bears too. Many of the bears have little outfits, some quite elaborate!
I haven't knit any of these up yet, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of the patterns or the ease of following them, but the bears are super cute and so are the outfits. In fact, when I pulled out the book to write this up, Maddie asked if I'd knit her some of them. I haven't looked at this book in a while, but Theresa's post today has gotten me thinking. Bears and handspun may just be a great match!
Posted by Julie at January 18, 2006 12:18 PMThis entry was posted in the following categories: Excellent, But Specialty (***) , Pattern Collection
Julie, I've been looking for a copy of this book to verify if there is a specific pattern in it. I don't know the name of the pattern, but it's for a knitted bear with a zippered one-piece sleeper that is his fur---without the sleeper, he's bare! If I recall the image correctly, his head has fur, but not the rest of him.
Is there a pattern in this book that resembles this description?
Posted by: Anne in SC at April 25, 2006 8:48 PM