Baby Bobbi Bear

Pattern: Blue Sky Alpaca's Baby Bobbi Bear by Bobbi Intveld
Yarn: Plymouth Yarn Encore, Taupe, 1 skein
Needles: US 8

The construction of this little guy is pretty cool. There's very minimal seaming. The only seaming is on the crotch, a duplicate stitch around the neck and sewing the ears on. You've gotta love that!

Definitely check out the errata on the Blue Sky Alpaca Web site before diving in. It clarifies the knitting process.

I still have about 1/4 of my skein of yarn left over. I used US 8 needles instead of US 9 because I wanted a slightly smaller bear. However, my bear is still a good 14-inches tall. The stitches for the arm are picked up and knit in the round on double-pointed-needles. Although I re-knit the arms more than once, I didn't like the gaps that were created on the first row of picked-up stitches. To remedy the gap, I also used the duplicate stitch around the base of each arm. This tightened the stitches, eliminating the gap, and also gave the arms a little more definition.

This is going to make a really cute baby gift! Both my older boys want me to make them one too!