Patternless Blueberry Bear

Fact: every stitch of this bear was knit while I was at varying degrees of Holiday Cheer Tipsiness. And you would never know to look at him. Well, maybe a bit around the nose. But I don’t think the 8 month old who unwrapped him for Christmas will care all that much.

There’s no real pattern for him; he was knit entirely seamlessly, save a few stitches on his bottom. Why? Because seaming is STUPID and I HATE it.

I made him for a friend’s baby on his first Christmas. Kids get lots of plastic crap these days, so my mission is to make sure every tiny human my friends generate gets a handmade something. Mr. Bear is made of Knit Picks Comfy Sport on US 5 needles.He ended up being about 12″ tall and very fun to hug.

It turned out well enough that I think I will right up the pattern at some point. I started to write it down as I was making him, but then there was hot buttered rum.

Snowmageddon ’09: The Snowening

Me and my broken foot are stuck in the house and unable to partake in nearly 2 feet of snow that just descended onto the Northeast. My favorite part of winter is taking my dog out to romp in the snow. But open-toed orthopedic boots  and snow are a good recipe for frostbite. I am confined to the couch.

To keep me in the loop, my husband took the video camera out on their snow-walk. I stayed inside knitting a TOP SECRET PROJECT.

Behold the cuteness that is my dog.

During the morning walk, the snow was around a foot deep.

This is from a few hours later, when the snow was about 1-1/2 feet deep.