Teddy Bears

I love teddy bears.  I have probably over a hundred different bears in my collection - mostly stuffed teddy bears, but also cross stitch kits featuring bears, ceramic bears, and a couple of latch hooks sitting my closet waiting for me to do.

My love of bears began when I was a child, I always had stuffed animals in my room, and like many children had my favorites that I slept with.  As I got older, I never outgrew my love of teddy bears.

I even married a teddy bear of a man, Dave, who had a collection of his own - so we brought together quite the group of bears into our home. 

One of the cutest sets of Teddy Bears is the Care Bears - I have several Care Bears as part of my collection as well. I purchased a pattern book from Herrschners allowing me to crochet my own Care Bears, along with kits that gives me the yarn and accessories to make them. Here is the Funshine Bear that I made for my daughter, I also have a Bedtime Bear kit waiting to be done for myself.

Another collection of very good teddy bears come from the Build A Bear Workshop.  I have two bears of my own, and have been selling clothes designed for the 17-18 bears as well as the 14-inch cubs.  I have both of these sizes available for sale at my website.

So I thought I'd create a lens about the history of teddy bears, and my collection, and help you create a collection of your own by showing you some bears you could adopt.

This is the newest addition to my collection "Nora Knittinnothing.. Cheap Therapy".