By God’s grace, I can finally cross one thing off my New Year’s
list: As of this afternoon, I
finished my new mascot, Bearington!
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| Hello! |
I actually started knitting him in October, I think, but what
with one thing and another (and some procrastination on my part *whistle*), it
took a while to finish. For the curious, I used the Mister Bean’s Teddy pattern
by Sarah Bradburry for the head and body, Debbie Bliss’ Teddy Bear pattern for the ears and legs…and just winged it for the arms. I also added a neck, as the
head didn’t look right just sewn directly to the body.
Because I’m an incurable tweaker, I made some other modifications:
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I
used US size 1 knitting needles instead of #3s to make the gauge as small as
possible (I didn’t want him ending up too big)
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Because
the head and body ended up bigger than I expected, I had to lengthen the legs
to be more proportionate
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Instead
of using felt and buttons for the facial features, I embroidered them with yarn. I
also added the black paw-prints and “claws” on the paws and feet, to add character.
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I
made the inner ears cream instead of brown like the pattern called for, and I
used a buttonhole stitch along the edges to have a line of brown over the cream
parts. It looked less stark that way.
He ended up a bit taller and skinnier than I imagined, and his
paws are a bit more squared-off than I hoped, but all in all, he turned out
really cute, and I’m so happy to have him done now!
On to the next project….
Say goodbye to the nice people, Bearington.
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| Bye-bye! Come again soon! |
Until next
time, Gentle Readers,
God bless,
~R~
He's so cute! You did a great job, Tom!
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