Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Bear

Hello friends!  I've been wanting to share this project with you for a couple of weeks now, but I didn't dare show it until I had given these to my little grandchildren.

Presenting Mr. & Mrs. Valentine Bear...here they are enjoying the warm sun outside today in the garden.  

And, here they are warming their backs again the teapot.  Although, Mr. Valentine Bear prefers coffee!

They wanted to post as a couple for Valentine's Day and I think this photo suits them well.

My Valentine (my dear husband), gave me these lovely violets shown in the background as an early Valentine's gift.  Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Bear loved the bright colors.

Mrs. Valentine Bear has a picot edged skirt.  She preferred this design over the knit stitch pattern that kept curling up during the knitting process.

Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Bear are so soft and fuzzy since they are made out of Drops Lima which is 100% wool.  It was a joy to knit with on size 3 DPNs.

Here's all that left of the four skeins of yarn.  You can find my Ravelry notes here

I found this cute pattern and many more at Mary Jane's Tearoom.  Susan, who is the designer, was so, so kind and helpful to me while making this project.  She has some fun designs you can check out on her website.  And, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact her, as she promptly replied to my question and even sent me a free pattern.  Super nice!

I will sign off for now as my paperwork is calling to me to finish; a never ending job.  But, hopefully later tonight I will visit my knitting needles which holds a new project.

Thank you for visiting Lilly My Cat.

With my best wishes,

Pat
 PS - The colors I used reminded of a Scandinavian design.  The red is so difficult to photograph but the first photo is the truer of the color.  It was the perfect red.  

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9 comments:

  1. An absolutely adorable pair!
    Have a lovely Valentine!

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  2. Lovely to meet mr and mrs valentine, they are just perfect.

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  3. Oh, they are really lovely - they have definitely gone to the right place - they are children's bears and deserved to be loved as only children can.

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  4. So stinking cute! They both turned out great!

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  5. They are so cute, I know your grandchildren will love them. Love the violets, though I tend to kill these lovely flowers.

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  6. Those are just adorable! I visit Mary Jane's Tearoom too. I have a couple of her patterns but have not made them yet. She does beautiful work!

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  7. So sweet, Pat, they are really charming! Your little grands are going to cherish these. They look so cuddly and soft and the colors really do look Scandinavian. What a nice Grandmother you are! Beautiful violets from your Mr., too. I hope you have a lovely and relaxing weekend, my friend. Sending hugs xo Karen

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  8. those are so very cute!!! I do like them! well done!!

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  9. Just lovely. What a sweet idea to make them for Valentines. I hope the children liked them.

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