The weekend just gone was a wonderful one, I finally finished my crochet teddy bear. It certainly took longer than I had hoped but just looking at the end result, I'm very glad I didn't give up. There is a lot of heart and meaning with this teddy bear and it all started with a friend who received some terrible news.
The first thing you want to do when someone gets bad news is hug them, but what do you do when you can't be there all the time? That's when the idea of a teddy bear struck me. I'd not long learned how to crochet African Flowers and saw how people had made them into all kinds of things, blankets, jackets and various soft toys.
I found out how to make a teddy bear and went from there, searching through my lovely stash of wool (doesn't everyone have their own stash?) and picked out some nice shades of pinks that would go well, and a white to outline them, then I was off and making African Flowers any chance I got, which, when you work full time is not much of a chance.
Pinks were chosen for two reasons, the first being my friend's favourite colour is pink, and second is what she is fighting, breast cancer.
So now even though I can't be there all the time to give her a hug, there is a teddy she can hug whenever she needs.
