Believe it or not, this teddy bear is knit!
All you need to make him is 2 1/2 ounces of fingering weight wool, a pair of 3mm knitting needles (US size 2), and some stuffing.
Today’s free pattern is another little number from the 70’s that is totally updated just by changing the yarn. And the hair style 🙂
Disco Top from the Australian Women’s Weekly, October 17th 1979
You still have plenty of time to get your needles clicking on these great little easter bunnies by Meg Black, knitting editor for the Australian Women’s Weekly back in the 1980’s. Quick to knit with scrap yarns, you could whip up half a dozen by egg day!
Knitted Pram Bunnies from the Australian Women’s Weekly, March 31st 1982
Today’s free knitting pattern was an accidental find and a totally cute one at that!
Teddy Bear Knitting Chart c1930’s
To get the full size chart with colour key, click the link above my image, then click the thumbnail. You can then print or download the knitting chart.
Today’s featured knitting pattern is a pretty check stitch pattern from The Queensland Times, August 3rd 1936
I’m going to post today’s free pattern here because I’ve added a picture and updated it with a cast on count and by adding some stitches at the end so you’re not working a slip stitch on the edge. Click the link above to see the original pattern (no picture).
Here is a pretty check pattern in knitting for use on children’s clothes or a jumper for an adult. It can easily be adapted to any pattern it is desired to work. The six rows of the actual check pattern, arranged here for grey wool with a red check, are as follows-
Cast on any number of stitches that can be evenly divided by four, plus three extra
Row 1: Using red wool, knit plain to end of row.
Row 2: Purl to end of row.
Row 3: In grey wool, knit three, slip one, repeat to the last three stitches, knit three.
Row 4: Purl three, slip one (same stitch as was slipped in previous row), purl three, repeat to end of row.
Repeat rows 3 and 4 once. These six rows make the check pattern and are repeated as often as required. Finish having just worked row 2.