The Little Teddy Bear is knitted flat in rows from the top down, in one piece from head to legs. The hands, nose and ears are worked separately and sewn on. Finishing includes seaming all parts with mattress stitch (or whipstitch where specified).

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Skill level: Confident beginner
You should be comfortable with:
• Knitting flat (back and forth in rows)
• Basic increases and decreases
• Mattress stitch for seaming
• Whipstitch for smooth joins

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Size: The finished size may vary depending on your yarn and needle choice.
For example:
• Drops Soft Tweed (50g/130m) on 3.5 mm needles → approx. 17 cm tall

Materials:
• 30 g of Drops Soft Tweed (or similar yarn)
• Small amount of black yarn/thread for eyes and nose

Needles:
• straight needles 3.5 mm (long enough to hold all stitches comfortably) or
• circular needles 3.5 mm with a long cable for flat knitting or
• choose needles 1–1.5 sizes smaller than recommended for your yarn

Prefer knitting in the round with no seams?
Take a look at the In-the-Round Version of this pattern here: https://youtu.be/F-81U75-O9c

Want the written pattern?
You can find the full written version here:
Flat https://maylilyknitting.com/little-teddy-bear-knitting-pa...
Round https://maylilyknitting.com/little-teddy-bear-toy-knittin...