I love to knit and while browsing the newsagents shelves for new knitting magazines a pattern caught my eye, it was in a free supplement in Let's Knit magazine called Christmas gift knits, advertised as 8 quick and easy patterns for the whole family!
I simply fell in love with the bear on the cover of the supplement. I decided I must knit him!
I looked through my yarn stash and decided on a Sirdar crofters wool in various shades of blue and set to work. The pattern was simple to follow and my project grew rapidly, bertie bear as I decided to call him was coming to life!
I decided that because of the varying shades of blue in bertie's tummy that to knit the accompanying waistcoat would cover him up too much and I struggled to really decide what colour to make it that wouldnt drown out his mottled appearance. So I just left it out and gave him a dapper little bow made from east of india ribbon instead. Bertie is now much loved and drooled upon by my 8 month old son! Bless good old Bertie!
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