Antique Teddy by Barbara Anderson

Antique Teddy

Crochet
January 1988
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
9 stitches and 9 rows = 2 inches
in single crochet (US)
3.75 mm (F)
English

Barbara Anderson is an accomplished oil painting artist as well as a crochet designer. She told us that some of her best ideas come to her from browsing in the library. Antique Teddy looks like one of those old fashioned bears you would find in a collector’s showcase.

Special notes:
SIZE: 10 ½“ tall, sitting.
MATERIALS: Worsted-weight yarn - 4 ozs. brown, 1 oz. each red and navy, 25 yds. each beige and dk. red; Sport yarn - 25 yds. black; two ½” black shank buttons; polyester fiberfill; sewing thread and needle; tapestry needle; F crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge.
GAUGE: 9 sc sts = 2”; 9 sc rows = 2”.