I had idyllic visions of relaxing in my hammock and knitting away this summer. As we were driving to our favorite campground in Idaho, I even made Barry stop at Walmart because I had forgotten my knitting needles. Now, that is desperation! I just had to have something to knit my fuzzy purple yarn. Well, I think I got to knit for about an hour on that trip. That was in June. What is it now, November? Well, my fluffy purple yarn is finally all used up!

There’s some little girl that will be getting a snuggly birthday present!

She has new bears that I haven’t seen yet up on her site. I love their uniqueness, their quirks, their circus clothes. They are just so cute I can hardly stand it.

I am in search of a style as distinctive and irresistable as hers. What talent!

Here’s my newest teddy in her smock and apron:

She’s made from a pattern in my Japanese teddy bear book. I haven’t scanned the page for you to see what the original looked like, but I did change things around a little bit and added some clothes to make her mine. She’s my first bear made with traditional mohair fabric. Here paw pads are merino felt made right here in my kitchen. She’s stuffed with polyfil and pellets, so she sits nicely on the edges of things. So, for the past few days she’s been following me around so that I can keep an eye on her.

Too bad mohair is so expensive, because it is much faster to just cut out pattern pieces than it is to needle punch or rug hook them myself.

But, needle punching mohair….

Hmmm….