Holiday Bears by Kirsten Hipsky

Holiday Bears

Knitting
October 2015
Aran (8 wpi) ?
24 stitches = 4 inches
in stockinette in the round
US 5 - 3.75 mm
US 8 - 5.0 mm
194 - 412 yards (177 - 377 m)
about 9” (12)” tall
English
This pattern is available from yarn.com for $5.99.

Here come two adorable teddy bear buddies to dress in all sorts of hand-knit winter woolies! Valley Yarns Valley Superwash and Valley Superwash Bulky make their bodies machine washable and oh so soft and huggable. The Holiday Bears are knit in one piece in the round from the head down for minimal fuss. The pattern also includes directions for a stocking cap, scarf and top-down raglan sweater sized just for your bear.

Finished measurements: about 9” (12)” tall

Yarn: For 9”: Valley Yarns Valley Superwash (100% Extrafine Merino Superwash, 50g/97yds) 1 skein color 419 Biscuit (MC), 1 skein color 968 Crimson (CC) For 12”: Valley Yarns Valley Superwash Bulky (100% Extrafine Merino Superwash, 100g/109yds) 1 skein color 01 Natural (MC), 1 skein color 06 Colonial Blue (CC)

Needles: Two sets of US size 5 (8) (3.75 (5.00)mm) double pointed needles (DPNS)

Gauge: about 6 (4) sts = 1” in stockinette stitch, worked in the round