Woman's Weekly Knitted Cream Bear With Blue/green/pink Blobs And Stripes

[JuniperEccles]

Can anyone understand this pattern and I sure as heck can't and I thought I was a seasoned knitter!

What, for instance, does "using blue(green/pink) for dot" mean? Also, in Row 1, the instructions K8 cream, 2 blue for dot, then K14 cream only add up to 24 whereas there are 30 sts. on the needle. What do I do with the other 6!!!!!

[gness]

Hi, Juniper......just had a look at their patterns on Knitting Network and think I saw the bear you mean...

I guess they mean blob when they say "for dot" and you choose blue green or pink...maybe...

How many stitches does it tell you to knit on row two? That may give you an idea as to whether they've made a mistake with the instructions on row 1.....I'd guess it will say purl 4 blue for dot/blob as you are widening it to start with.....

I'll look at the pattern picture again....Gx

[JuniperEccles]

Many thanks, gness, good of you to look it up. I think you're right that 'dot' means 'blob'. I'm making the rest up as I go along!!

[gness]

Often the best way, Juniper....it does look a lovely bear....x

[JuniperEccles]

Row 2's instructions add up to 26 so there's still some left-overs. It then says "Repeat 1st and 2nd row 4 times, working 3rd to 10th rows of chart". Pardon!!!!!!
I wouldn't bother only my sister took a fancy to it and I promised I would knit it for her.
I can feel an e-mail to Woman's Weekly coming on!

[gness]

Oh heck, Juniper....then I have no idea other than cast on is a mistake.....

The Knitting Network has a contact us section....could try that I suppose......or....if you're not continuing find a teddy bear pattern and put your own blobs in!... :-)

[Tuvok]

Gness - can you post the link?

[gness]

Give me a minute, Tuvok....I will try.....x

[gness]

https://www.theknittingnetwork.co.uk/collections/womans-weekly-exclusive-patterns/products/patterned-teddy-bear-make-knitting-pattern

[Tuvok]

What issue was it in - I'm trying the website issuu as you can read the Woman's Weekly online there.

[gness]

Juniper may know which issue, Tuvok....I don't....I just googled Woman's Weekly patterns and clicked on Knitting Network...then knitting but didn't click on the list...just scrolled down til I found a teddy that Juniper had described......x

[JuniperEccles]

Sorry, Tuvok, I don't know which issue either because my sister just saw the 'ad' in one of them showing the name of the website and a picture of the bear and some other patterns.
Another weird thing is that there's no shaping for shoulders, for instance, you just knit a straight bit for the body and then make 'pleats' when you sew it up.
I've never seen anything like it !!!!

[gness]

Well I suppose you minimise the pleats somewhat when you stuff it, Juniper......but that seems unusual....it'd still be a little bulky.....shaping's neater and not difficult.....though given your instructions so far I dread to think how they'd tell you to decrease!.... :-)

Going back to your earlier post.....if you repeat rows 1 and 2 four times wouldn't you get a rectangle and not a blob?

[JuniperEccles]

I'm just making it up as I go along now and blobbing all over the place! I'm determined to make a recognisable teddy somehow!

[gness]

Please don't name it Mr Blobby, Juniper!....x

[JuniperEccles]

I promise I won't!!!!

[JuniperEccles]

Hi, Tuvok and Gness. I wrote to Woman's Weekly and told them what an unintelligible pattern I thought it was and this is their reply!

"Let me address the shaping first. The idea is how to make a bear out of just square. You do that by sewing in darts later on and the excess fabric becomes part of the stuffing.

As to the st count of 30: 1st row: k8 cream, using Blue for dot k across 1st row of chart (chart is 8 sts across, so cont in cream: k3 cream, k2 blue, k3 cream), k14 cream to finish the row. 8+8+14=30.

As to row 11, it says pattern 20 because you are still finishing one dot while starting another. So, k8 cream, then 11th row of chart (k2 cream, k4 blue, k2 cream), then k4 cream to make up the 20 sts in 'pattern 20' (8+8+4=20), you are now ready to start your pink dot so 1st row of chart (k3 cream, k2 pink, k3 cream), you should be left with 2 sts which you k2 cream.

3rd to 10th row: Repeat 1st and 2nd rows, 4 times, working 3rd to 10th rows of chart. Means:

3rd row: As 1st row: k8 cream, 3rd row of chart (k1 cream, k6 blue, k1 cream), k14 cream.
4th row: As 2nd row: p14 cream, 4th row of chart (p1 cream, p6 blue, p1 cream), p8 cream.
5th row: As 1st row: k8 cream, 5th row of chart (k8 blue), k14 cream.
6th row: As 2nd row: p14 cream, 6th row of chart (p8 blue), p8 cream.
7th row: As 1st row: k8 cream, 7th row of chart (k8 blue), k14 cream.
8th row: As 2nd row: p14 cream, 8th row of chart (p8 blue), p8 cream.
9th row: As 1st row: k8 cream, 9th row of chart (k1 cream, k6 blue, k1 cream), k14 cream.
10th row: As 2nd row: p14 cream, 10th row of chart (p1 cream, p6 blue, p1 cream), p8 cream".

Why didn't they say in the first place !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gness]

Well!!!! A knitter only needs to look at that to understand and get the image in your head.........as you say......would have been better printed like this to begin with....

Did they use "pleats" or "darts in the original pattern...or almost pattern?... :-)

Darts would look better than pleats but without doing it I think I'd rather shaping.....

Anyway! Now you know what you're doing I hope your sister appreciates the blooby bear.....I suppose you could call it.....Means Bear......x

[gness]

Blobby not blooby......but you could call it Blooby.....xx

[JuniperEccles]

I could call it a lot of things but they wouldn't be allowed to be printed here! I understand the pattern now but I'm worried I'm losing my touch!

They use the word 'dart' in the original. I'd still prefer to do shaping as it looks as if you've knitted it too big and have had to put a dart in it to cover up your mistake!