Tottie Tomato is always up for a tea party. Today, she’s sipping tea with a group of teddy friends.
copyright Noreen Crone-Findlay
Some of her teddy friends are really tiny. One little mischievous fellow decided to go for a little dip in his teacup, which raised a few eyebrows. Other than that slight social faux pas, the tea party was a great success.
What’s the story behind Tottie’s tea party today?
Well, the other day, a lady asked me if I still had copies of my Crocheted Teddy Bears book. I checked on my shelf, and realized that I did, but only had 2 copies left and that I had tagged it to transpose it into pdf format.
So, I spent the day and evening working on re-building the book as an eBook.While I was working on building the pdf’s, I wondered what had happened to the original teddies from the book. I had crocheted a really enormous one, and knew that I had given that one away, as I just don’t have room to store it.
I knew I had several of the tinier teddies from the book scattered around the studio, but it took some searching to find them.
Some of them completely eluded me, but I just remembered that there is a collection of them in my workshop boxes, so I will have to see if I can lay hands on them.
I love crocheting teddies with unusual materials. Do you see the teddy bear that I crocheted from wire?
He’s the one who’s whispering secrets into Tottie’s ear. Because he’s kind of see-through, I put some precious objects inside him, which then makes him even more special.
I have stitched pins on the backs of the other really tiny bears, and I wear them as pins.
A friend made me the naughty little one in the teacup, and spool knitted a cord onto it to turn it into a fine little bookmark.
So, you see, teddy bears can do more than just sip tea!
They can do all manner of important things.
But, when you think about it, really, all a teddy bear REALLY needs to do, is to just be him or herself.
A lesson that we all could learn from, yes?
PS: If you are interested in the pdf patterns for my crocheted teddy bears, they can be ordered from:
Tottie Talks Crafts Blog 