I fell in love with this little fellow. Spent a couple of hours knitting up his body and head today and can’t wait to finish the rest of him.

Update: Now finished! I was a little worried about the yarn whilst I was knitting as it’s rather fluffy for such a small bear. I ended up trimming the fur down all over his head but left it long on the body and limbs and I think it worked out quite nicely.

I followed the pattern but made a few minor changes:

• I assembled all the pieces inside out (i.e. I used the purl side as the right-side) as the purl side had much better covering of fur. I assume this is due to how I knitted with the yarn.
• The nose & eyes are embroidered with brown embroidery floss
• I thread-jointed the arms (but not the legs) so that he has a little range of movement and can be posed
• I stitched the bear together with regular cotton thread - I tried doing it with the knitting yarn but the fluffiness was making it nearly impossible to get a neat finish.

Total time to knit & assemble - about 10 hours