Seriously, are you tired of seeing these yet? LOL. You can get the pattern here; these are modified only in that I double knit them rather than working them flat and seaming.
[CENTER]Ok, this is George, bear #7.
And this is Harriet, bear #8.
Harriet’s head looks too big, but the flower is cute. :teehee: [/CENTER]
I actually do knit other things like this DNA Scarf which is presently about 1/3 completed. The pattern is here.
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Gertie - I’m using size 4 needles. Once I wrapped my brain around the pattern instructions it’s not hard to follow. It’s not mindless knitting by all means though. I am using the chart with all the / / - code and found the best way to speed up looking at the chart then looking at the legend for what the / /-s meant was to get out the colored pencils and shaded in one code in red on the chart and the corresponding instruction in the legend. I ran out of colors so rather than shading in the boxes I just drew around the box with different colors. I haven’t seen the DNA chart written out.
Deb - Yes they will be donated to The Mother Bear Project. I figure I’ll send 10 in at a time.
Jan - Yes, to me double knitting is definitely the fastest and easiest next to dpns or two circulars (which I haven’t tried cause I don’t have 2 sets of the same size circs). I double knit them inside out which is even faster cause then I only have to move the yarn back and forth for the garter stitch. Obviously I still have to turn the work and twist the yarns though which is something that I wouldn’t have to do with dpns.
Slim - Thanks. The scarf yarn is Bernat Cashmere. The color is Ocean.
Your bears are so doggone cute! Harriet is stylin’ in her green dress–I love the little flower at the bottom. I George’s sweater–he looks ready for the ski slope!
Please let me know what you think of the difficulty level of the DNA scarf. I have seen the pattern elsewhere and wanted to make it for my sister who is studying to be a nurse (and still wants to be a doctor someday, I think). I’m a bit of a novice, though, so I was scared to start it.
Erica - It’s not really that difficult, but it did take me a bit to figure out how to put the pattern together. It’s the first chart like that I’ve ever knitted from so it can be done!