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Shakesbear’s New Clothes

May 23, 2018
by Patricia with 2 Comments DesignFashionSewing

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 ...

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Math is my Friend

May 16, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignKnittingTechniques

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 ...

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How an Idea Becomes a Pattern

May 11, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignKnitting

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 ...

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Decisions, Decisions: Knitting Flat vs. Knitting in the Round

May 10, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignKnittingTechniques

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 ...

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Size Matters: Choosing a Yarn Weight for Your Toys

May 7, 2018
by Patricia with No Comment DesignKnittingMake It Your Own

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 ...

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Patricia knits, sews, designs toys, writes, costumes community theater productions and sometimes hangs around with William Shakespeare.

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