the three little bears!

A Trio of Bears!

After I publish a pattern like my newest pattern, Lil' Bear Hugs, ideas on pushing it further flood my head. I try very hard to keep the actual pattern sweet and simple, but that doesn't mean the creativity stops there. So, in the spirit of play, here is a fun detailing about this pattern. You too can create a trio of bears, the three little bears: Papa, Mama and Baby bear.

Each bear shown uses the exact same pattern instructions, knit and felted the same. The only differences are the yarn weights and the double point needle sizes used. In addition, once felted and stuffed, the bear is embellished using smaller size noses and eyes to accommodate each bear size. A little more freehand on the embellishing. 

The Papa Bear measures about 7.5-inch/19-cm tall, not including the ears. The Mama Bear measures about 6-inch/15.24-cm tall, and the Baby Bear, about 4.5-inch/11.43-cm tall. The Lil' Bear Hugs pattern instructions are for a worsted weight yarn bear using size 10.5 double points (this is the largest bear shown). The next size bear uses sport weight yarn and size 8 double points and the littlest bear uses fingering weight yarn and size 5 double points as shown in the chart below.

I will be purchasing Nature Spun yarns in all these weights soon here, so if you too want to create your own trio of bears in matching colors, you can with a little help from me. Stay tuned! 

Happy knitting!