finished just in time for Grace's first birthday...
The alpaca felted most happily (to my great relief) and both Rose and Charlotte decided that I was one extremely clever mama.
Grace,on the other hand, took one look,chewed thoughtfully on his nose for a minute and then dropped him on the floor.
She was far more interested in the silver paper that the bear had been wrapped in.
You would think I might have worked that one out by baby number three.
Instead of sitting up knitting and stuffing bears until the early hours of the morning, I could have just given her the bright shiny paper.
Oh,well....
He is adorable. Yes, I too spent way too much time the night before Easter attaching bunny limbs and stuffing bodies, all for a momentary "awww, how cute!" before the recipients moved on to all the chocolate and marshmallow Peeps...
Posted by: N. | Sunday, 26 April 2009 at 10:25 AM
Haha, I am yet to meet a small who paid more attention to the actual present than the wrapping paper. Perhaps we should just wrap paper with paper?
The bear is too cute!
Posted by: avid crafter | Sunday, 26 April 2009 at 02:36 PM
Very cute bear. I love him, even if Grace doesn't!
Posted by: Lisa | Sunday, 26 April 2009 at 06:55 PM
adorable!
Posted by: joyce | Sunday, 26 April 2009 at 08:54 PM
He looks fantastic and I am sure that the lustre will wear of the bright shiny paper and the cool woollie polar bear will become a firm favourite - and if Grace is not careful one older sister of the other will acquire the bear!!
Posted by: Di | Monday, 27 April 2009 at 05:43 AM
I am sure she will treasure it in days to come-just a gorgeous work of art
Posted by: Jenny | Monday, 27 April 2009 at 12:42 PM
Grace will love it a bit later I'm sure... just keep it in a safe place and give it to her lately and tell her what she did... she will cherish it! I'm sure... we always love our softies if they have an emotional story behind it!!!!
:)
I love it too... probably if you used shiny yarn...
Posted by: macati | Tuesday, 28 April 2009 at 06:28 PM
CUTE!!!
Posted by: tracing | Saturday, 02 May 2009 at 12:27 AM
This is so cool -when I left the little bear in London back in February, I never expected him to make a friend from Australia. I hope Grace appreciates the time and love you put into her little bear.
Thanks for posting - I love the way Patternfish makes my patterns available throughout the world!
Denise
Interpretations Knitting Design
(the bear designer)
Posted by: Denise | Thursday, 07 May 2009 at 02:32 PM
This is adorable!
Posted by: babelfish | Saturday, 30 May 2009 at 08:28 PM