Pattern: Baby Bobbi Bear designed by Bobbi Intveld (Ravelink)
Yarn: Blue Sky Organic Cotton, 1 skein beige, 1 skein tan
Needles: 16" US 8 needles and 4 US 8 dpn
Notes: I am so pleased with the way this turned out. The pattern is easy to follow and eliminates almost all seaming. You mainly pick up stitches and increase and decrease to create the shaping for the head. (As a side note, before I stuffed the bear and added his ears he greatly resembled Stewie from Family Guy.) The only modifications I made were using US 8 needles, mainly because I had those in 16" circulars, and going directly from the front and back sections to the head. Then I went back to pick up stitches for the legs. I didn't have any problems stuffing the bear after the head was already on. I also added a little "C" on the chest for "Claire," my niece's name. Oh, and I decided to do this to his backside ....
....charming, no? I'd highly recommend this and the Organic Cotton is the SOFTEST, SQUEEZIEST yarn. I basically used exactly one skein of the lighter yarn. There was enough left to seam and to do the duplicate stitch around his neck. However, I got about an inch into the "tight duplicate stitch" and decided that I liked the way his neck looked without it. So, I didn't do the duplicate stitch.
One more FO that's going in the package to my new niece is this:
Pattern: Baby Kimono from Mason Dixon Knitting (Ravelink)
Yarn: Knit Picks Shine Sport -- less than 1 skein
Needles: US Size 6 straights (bleh)
Notes: I enjoyed this, but eh? I mean, it's cute, but it's not the most darling thing ever. Quick and easy? Yes. The thing I'm most proud of making? No. But I guess I don't have to be "open mouth smiley face" with everything .... then what would be the point of the smiley face rankings in Ravelry? Yeah.
Staci at Very Pink suggested that I might want to think about participating in the 365 day photo taking self-portrait thing. Several people whose blogs I read have participated in this and I do enjoy looking at their pictures. I also know though that half the reason I don't post on my blog is the agony of taking the pics, downloading them to my computer, uploading them to the blog, etc, etc, etc. Someone give me food for thought. Would it be fun and worthwhile to play in this game? Would you enjoy seeing my smiling (or not smiling) face in posts?
20 July 2008
FOs: Claire Bear & Baby Kimono
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6 comments:
The bear is darling -- perfect present to send. The kimono turned out really well, although I know what you mean about not quite understanding the online swooning over that particular pattern. :)
Claire will LURVE her Claire Bear. I still can't get over how cute he is. Plus...it's nice to know that the pattern can double for a Stewie pattern!!!
Love the kimono and the bear, esp his little brown behind.
I say go for it with the 365 pics - I would love seeing them, but I understand exactly why you're hesitating (it's why I'm not doing it!)
Ditto on the bear. The 365 pics is a somewhat daunting proposal, isn't it, yet I think it would be very interesting. I have pondered trying to post every day. Sometimes it feels totally doable, and then I suddenly go for a week or more without feeling I have the time. Maybe if it were a once a week post with pictures from each of the seven days...
That bear is adorable! So is the sweater--I love the color! As far as photos--why not try the Self Portrait Challenge (http://selfportraitchallenge.net). As you know--I've been doing that for some time. Each month a theme is chosen and you interpret that theme however you want, post a photo with commentary to your blog and upload the link on the SPC website. I find it's a lot of fun. I skipped June--the theme was nudity which didn't inspire me for obvious reasons as a teacher--this month the theme is skill. That actually inspired me a lot, but I didn't participate. I may put one up for this week. It is fun though. Check out the website. It's amazing how many different interpretations you get for the same theme!
I'll say it again...do it! The anxiety you're feeling now will go away with practice. It's a really fun project.
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