The Bears are on Their Way to Cooperstown!

 

   The Bears are on their way to Cooperstown!  Finally!!           

   Josie was the first bear to 

be knit...last year...but it took all winter for her to be finally finished.  She spent a couple of months in the shop last year but didn't attach much

attention.  Today she was the last
one to be actually finished and dressed!  I was never able to get the hem of her dress to lay flat so I just decided to let it roll...that way you can see the pink bows on the edge of the lace on her bloomers! Her black slipper shoes have satin bows at the toes, too.  And she is wearing a headband with a pink rose.

       DeeDee was the second bear to get finished.  She ended up somewhat                  smaller that Josie...how I don't know...but the bloomers that 
were too big on Josie fit DeeDee perfectly!!  She is wearing a short summer dress with red MaryJane shoes and has a nosegay of flowers with a red butterfly sitting on her arm.

    

    TJ Bear is dressed for his favorite past-time:  Baseball!  He's wearing a Cubs uniform with

his favorite Hall of Famer's (Johnny Bench) number 

embroidered on the back of his shirt. He's even wearing red socks with is black BB

shoes and has white shoe laces!

  All three bears are hand-knit with 100% acrylic yarn and are filled with 100% poly-fill.  Their clothing is removable and is also hand-knit with 100% acrylic yarn and like the bears are machine wash and dryable.  The bears are double-joined (their arms and legs are button joined and then sewed to their bodies to make the joints extra secure) but they are not recommended for children under 3 years old because of the many pieces of embellishment used to decorate them.  Josie and TJ are15" tall while DeeDee is 14".  Because each bear is hand-knit and stuffed, no two will ever be exactly alike.  

   They are available at Cooper Country Crafts, 2 Doubleday Court, Cooperstown, NY (607-547-9247)