DIY Marvel Bracelet

I made this Marvel Bracelet a while ago for a friend but forgot to put it on my blog. This took me a while to make but nowhere near as long as the DIY Spiderman Bracelet took. This is due to the much simpler pattern and less colours. Also the Marvel Bracelet has less strings therefore less knots.

The pattern i found had to be adapted to make it small enough to be bracelet size. I have the adapted pattern for this somewhere.... I'll have to dig it out. 16 background strings were used (14 of which were white 2 of which were red) and a red skein for the main colour. The loop and tails of the buckle are made with macramé square knots as discussed in my Spiderman Bracelet Blog.

The pattern that I based the bracelet on can be found Here

The reason that this bracelet is not completely rectangle and is sort of wavy at the edges is because I accidentally used two different types of skein. If one string is slightly different in thickness to another then this is what happens. Rookie mistake! 

Crochet Bear

I have an Uncle who for some reason still loves his bears... So what better than make him a unique homemade crochet bear?

This bear's limbs are attached with safety eyes which I think is a brilliant idea as it makes them easy to attach and when they are attached they move!

It took me 2 days to make all the different parts and attach the legs. However I needed to get smaller safety eyes as I bought 10mm instead of 7.5mm and couldn't fit the 10mm eyes into the arms...so it took me a bit longer to finish the bear off. The pattern is just increases and skip stitches to decrease with 8ply yarn. The smaller parts are a little fiddly definitely worth it though.

I'm not sure if I want to add any detail to the bear such as eyebrows, nose detail or a belly button, I'm not the best sewer so I may just ruin it.

Here's where I got  the pattern for this great bear: Little Teddy