A bear for Teddy

Being a twenty-something with a majority of my friends married means eventually baby fever will become an epidemic. I'm struggling to keep up with all the gifts I want to make! I already knew what I was going to make our friends who just had a baby boy. They named him Theodore, but are calling him "Teddy." These friends met on a semester abroad in France.  If you guessed that I would crochet them a teddy bear wearing a beret- you win! (...I'm not sure what you win, but you should win something because that would be an incredible guess.)

If you've never made a stuffed animal -crocheted, knit or sewn- you may be surprised to know how many components it takes to put one together. This bear has two arms, two legs, a head, a body, two ears and in this particular case, a beret.

I was perusing my yarn stash and decided on a skein of brown, worsted weight yarn. The skein was partially used up, but I thought that I'd have enough for the bear. I crocheted the head and began the body. I was halfway through and realized I wasn't going to have enough brown. Nuts! Instead of starting completely over, I ripped out what I had crocheted back to the fifth round and gave this teddy a striped sweater. My husband gave me the idea to make him a beret. (Have I mentioned before that my husband is a genius?) Well, really this French teddy bear is from the both of us, so it's good for him to have some input. (I've used this pattern before. It's from Lion Brand and he's called "Buddy Bear.")

Teddy, we hope you love this ours en peluche. <3