Last April, I decided to knit a teddy bear for my grandson, but I wasn't interested in knitting a pattern in Japanese. I wanted to challenge myself. So, I chose to knit it in English. It was my first time knitting a stuffed toy, and I'm a quite beginner knitter in English. The first two pictures are from my earlier posts, which you can read them here and here.
It was quite a long journey, and I straggled a lot. Even so, I finally finished knitting my very first teddy bear!!! Yay!
While knitting, I learned lots of English terminologies for knitting, which has motivated me to continue knitting with English patterns.
After finishing knitting it, I bathed it to follow my English instraction book.
Once it dried, it felt much softer.
Then I stuffed it with cotton. The bear is still naked right now, but I'm planning on knitting a pair of pants and pajamas for it. So, my grandson will be able to play with it. I wonder when I'll finish these, though. Before he outgrows his interests in such things, I need to finish its outfits.
To review the English terminologies and techniques I learned, I've started a second teddy bear for myself. I really hope it won't take as long as my first bear did.
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かわいい！Is it from "Mouche and friends"? I've tried knitting a monkey but i don't really like using thin needles (2.5mm). One day I will try again!
どうもありがと～。Yes, the bear is from "Mouche and Friends". Do you also have the book? I really love the characters from the book, and I'd love to knit all of them. I used 3mm for my first bear due to get used knitting a stuffed toy. So, it's much larger than the size from the book. Now, I'm using the thin needles and I'm struggling again, lol. The orangutan is one of my favorites as well.
Very cute! Title: Hand-Knitted
That is a good idea, maybe I could use a thicker yarn and needle size for my first try and just get a bigger toy. My mum bought the book and she's made the sheep.
@CocoPop Thank you for pointing it out.
Yes, @via-chan. You'll surprise how much easier to knit with those! Enjoy knitting!!!
That's great! I think doing the same project twice is a great way to get better at it. The process is still fresh in your mind (i.e., easily accessible in your memory), and you get the opportunity to iron out (resolve) any little things you want to improve on from the first time. From my experience, the second time does go faster. Best wishes!
@JGComm Thank you for the comment! I'll do my best!!! I'm not an expert of knitting, so two is good enough, but I do over 10 times for painting, lol. That's the key to master it. It' not only for the knitting, we can use the exact same methods for learning languages too. That's why I've been keeping posting something in English almost every single day.