Update: May 2023.

As I hadn’t gifted this blanket, I decided to take it apart and managed to make 3 smaller blankets for Charity.

I donated these blankets to my local hospital.

Yes, another bear blanket. My daughters love these and always want me to make one for their friends new babies.

I am making pink because I a fed up with the beige and cream blankets. I have already made a blue one, so I am set for all eventualities:)

I made this a little larger, suitable for a cot.

I finish my teddy squares a little differently to the pattern, making them into granny squares, which I find easier to join with the join as you go technique and they match the granny squares too. There is a great tutorial here.

I like the nose to stick out a little so when I finish of the snout colour, I leave an extra length of yarn and I anchor this all around the next round. When I have completed the square, I pull this yarn and it gathers up to make a cup for the stuffing and I then use the remainder yarn to anchor the stuffing in place.

Then I embroider the features and I make a sc disc for each teddy and sew that onto the back to hide the embroidery stitches and stuffing on the rear and to make it look neater.

For the alternate squares, I chose the square no: 53 from 99 Granny Squares to Crochet Book, as usual, but I added and extra round of petals before finishing with 2 rounds of plain granny stitch, as this is a girly blanket.

Pom-pom Border:

1. With fondant: 2sc in each space, 2 ch all around with 2sc, 2ch, 2sc into corner ch2 space.

2. Starting in the corner ch 2, sl 1, ch 5, 4 dc tog in 3rd chain from hook, ch1, pull tight, then sl st into base of stitch, ch 2, sl st into next ch 2 space.