I seem to have problems with 2D to 3D visualisation. I struggled all of last week, looking at patterns on the web, studying bears (real beautiful brown ones) and teddy versions of my own. Eventually i came up with this creature - only the head so far, more canine than ursine:
I shall have to be careful about the inevitable cat hairs when i go into business.
Also, i've begun another knitted bear. It's a pattern i used before for a bear for my friend's baby. This one is bigger as i have used bigger wool and bigger needles - just wanted to see if it grew larger proportionately. 'Real' eyes, noses and, most excitingly, cotter-pin joints are on order! I have a lot of strong opinions on teddy bears and one of them is that they must be articulated if they are to do their job properly.
Presumably there would be copyright issues if i used somebody else's pattern? I'm keen to make my own modifications anyway.
....and finally, 4 more pieces for the blanket:
