Barney Bear - the pattern

Meet Barney, he's the cutest bear you will ever have the joy to create. Barney is designed with movable arms and legs so you can play with him and position him the way you like (click here for a tutorial). He also can be your little personal guardian by adding cute little wings, which are included with the pattern as well.

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Crochet pattern in pdf format, designed for a E / 3.5mm hook and worsted weight yarn, written out in plain English.

This pattern provides a stitch-by-stitch guide.

This pattern is for the intermediate crocheter or an advanced beginner with knowledge of crocheting in the round, increasing and decreasing. Special stitches are explained particularly.

Using a E / 3.5mm hook and the apropriated yarn you should receive a bear about 7 inches / 18 cm high.

But keep in mind that the size of a finished doll strongly hinges on your yarn and hook.

prototype finished

yes, yes, yes .... finally I finished Barney, my sweet bear.



this is a bad picture taking with my mobile in bad light conditions but I wanted to share anyways, he's done!!! and he's got wings too!!!
Now I'm writing down the pattern and will test it once more, also will look out for a tester over at ravelry


and those of you who called for naming him Barney, I will contact you tomorrow :o) congrats

KNITTING

it lightens your day after a tough one on the road! coming home, feeling almost ready for bed, opening the mail and what did I find? the missing skein for my pullover!!!

yeah!!

off to wind a yummy ball and knit a few rows ...

Happy New Year

a little late but coming from my heart!

Over the Christmas and New Years Holidays I knitted like crazy, last time I was here I showed you the swatch I made and from this swatch I made this sweet pullover:

I used the chinese lace pattern from Barbara Walkers second treasury book and because I knitted most of it over Christmas I called it Chinese Christmas, just logical right? I really like the outcome, it fits great, only thing is I ran out of yarn, I emailed the company which is normally only sending a minimum of 500 gram per color and yarn and hope they will be so kind and make an exception for me.

close up

quickly before the year ends

I want to wish you all a Very Happy New Year!

I send my best wishes to each and everyone of you
also I want to thank you for staying with me and joining me in 2010, without you reading and commenting this blog wouldn't be so much fun!

Have a great year - Enjoy your parties - Have Fun - Stay save
reading you again next year
xox Diana

winter wonderland

lovely, right?

during the past weeks I didn't do much, I had some problems with my back and cervical spine and couldn't sit long enough to knit or crochet. I painted though, those of you who follow me on facebook could watch my painting getting finished. I loved working with oil colors again since I didn't touch a brush for a couple of years, and this painting will definitely not be the last.

I didn't finish my bear amigurumi project, but I made wings for him, so it's still on my to do list.
I also knitted a few rows (like 10 or so) on a stole I'm working on, it's the high seas stole by Kieran Foley, but this project starts to bore me, it "forces" me to repeat 40 rows for 9 times, I'm half through the 8th repeat now and it really doesn't yell for more at the moment, I start to feel like this is more a summer stole than a winter one so the urge to finish is getting small too.
I love the pattern itself though, the waves so much remind me of home that I get a little homesick.

I do want to knit though and started a pullover today, I love these pullovers with a "waterfall" collar or whatever they're called at the moment, you know those pullovers with wide and really loose turtlenecks that drape around your necks like cowls. Want to include a lovely lace pattern from one of Barbara Walkers Treasury books.

so long I wish you all a lovely run-up to Christmas, I sure hope to blog one or two post

see me walk ...

... and sit and simply feel great because my legs and arms are movable! Mommy added buttons to make this possible and I feel super cool :) only thing is mommy still works on my eyes :( I still can't see a single thing but I can hear mommy sing and I can feel her dance with me, she sings she likes me ... I like her too :D

so, Teddy has arms and legs and is really a pretty little bear, I still work on its eyes which is a little more difficult than I expected. Thanks once more for all your great name suggestions, your comments are fantastic :)