Knitted Teddy Bear

If you looking for a unique gift for the new baby in your life, this hand knitted teddy bear would be perfect!

This teddy is knitted in stocking stitch and features garter stitch in a contrast colour on the feet.

The teddy is 24 cm tall sitting and he does sit up by himself!

My Baby's First Teddy Bear pattern is designed to be knitted Patons Feathersoft 4 ply on 3.25mm knitting needles.

The teddy is knitted in nine pieces, 2 x legs, 2 x arms, 2 x outer ears, 2 x inner ears (garter stitch in the contrast colour) and the body and head is knitted in one piece.

There is a bit of shaping in the pattern, but nothing too complicated. If you know how to increase and decrease stitches, and knit two stitches together you can make most of this bear without any difficulty at all.

The arms do require a provisional cast on (so that you can gather both ends), but even that is not too difficult.

To make this teddy you would need:

• 1 x 50 gram ball of Feathersoft 4 ply in the main colour

(I used white)

• About 20 grams of Feathersoft 4 ply in the contrast colour

(pink or blue works well)

• A Knitters needle for sewing up
• Polyester filling to stuff your teddy
• Approximately 65 cm of a decorative ribbon to tie around the neck, and
• Embroidery thread for eyes and nose

The ribbon I used is white with 'It's a boy!' embossed on it in blue.

This ribbon is Celebrate Ribbon by the Spool, it is 25mm wide and comes on a 3 metre spool. It is available from Spotlight Stores in Australia - blue for it's a boy and pink for it's a girl.

The pattern has shaping for the nose and the eyes are sculptured. My Baby's First Teddy Bear doesn't have the nose or eye embroidery yet, mainly because I am much better at knitting and designing patterns than I am with decorative sewing!

You can sew on buttons for the eyes, but I don't recommend that for toys for babies. Even if you sew them on very securely, there is still a chance that one or both will eventually fall off or be torn off by it's little owner. Personally I would prefer to avoid creating a choking hazard!

If you would like a copy of the pattern for this knitted teddy bear, you can purchase it for the small price of $2.75 in my Knitting Store.

Or alternatively, you could purchase a project kit that includes everything you will need to make your own Baby's First Teddy Bear!

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