California Bear
Finished
November 13, 2015
December 5, 2015

California Bear

Project info
Grizzly Bear by Linda Dawkins
Knitting
SoftiesAnimal
Us
Needles & yarn
US 2 - 2.75 mm
Knit Picks Gloss Fingering
145 yards in stash
0.29 skeins = 63.8 yards (58.3 meters), 14 grams
Doe
57621
Brown
Knit Picks
November 19, 2015
Notes

I’m a year late but I’m making a Christmas ornament for 2014. Holding the yarn doubled.

Knitted the entire bear during a movie and started sewing it up, but decided I hated the seam down the middle. Ripped out back to the second leg decrease to knit the belly and head in the round.

Decided to swatch on 2.75mm before knitting the bear in the round and liked the fabric better.

  • Knit belly head and neck in the round.
  • On the neck worked 2 decreases on a row, then worked a plain row.
  • Instead of binding off, pulled yarn through live stitches.
  • Paired ssk and k2tog on head decreases and belly decreases.
  • Embroidering eyes and nose with floss instead of needle felting.

Working the bear in the round made him hunch over a bit. To keep him from looking so sad, I sewed the legs together to make him sit upright and give him a happier posture.

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Finished
November 13, 2015
December 5, 2015
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Fingering
70% Merino, 30% Silk
220 yards / 50 grams

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  1. Soft
  2. Shiny
  3. Colorful
  • Originally queued: November 9, 2015
  • Project created: November 13, 2015
  • Finished: January 12, 2016
  • Updated: January 19, 2016
  • Progress updates: 2 updates