Patterns for Adorable and Distinctive Toys
I spent Saturday drafting patterns for Shakesbear's new outfit. Shakesbear spent it having pattern pieces pinned onto him to see how they fit. Here are some badly lit photos of what I have so far. Pattern pieces for shirt The new breeches are ba ...
What William Shakesbear looked like in better clad days. About 35 years ago, I bought William Shakesbear. He was one of the V.I.B.s (Very Important Bears) made by North American Bear Company. Others in the series included Amelia Bearhart, Kareem Abdul ...
A view of my kitchen table as the triceratopses help me revise patterns. I'm going into the third day of revising my existing patterns to change the short row technique I use (see last week's post, Short Row Knitting and Dinosaur Knees). It has given ...
Emergency Teddy Bear's pattern notes - written and rewritten How do you get a pattern? Revise, revise, revise! Here's the notes from a quick teddy bear pattern I worked up a few weeks ago. In this case, I used my existing Sitting Dragon pattern as ...
Alan Dart's Green Man pattern is designed to be knitted flat, but I made him anyway. One of the first decisions to make when designing a knitted toy is whether it will be knitted as flat pieces that will be seamed together at the end, or whether it wi ...
Sitting Dragon made in two weights of yarn I deliberately don't specify a yarn weight to use for my knitted toys because I want knitters to choose based on the desired size for their finished toys. I provide approximate finished dimensions for version ...