50% off Some Items in my Etsy Shop Sale

I have some items at half price in my Etsy shop.  www.etsy.com/shop/PollysVintageBears
This sale is for February 2014 only, they will go back to full price at the end of the month.
Here are the ones that are still available -



Steiff Lion
Was £37.50 Half Price £18.75

Steiff Robby Seal
Was £22 Half Price £11 SOLD

Was £12.50 Half Price £6.25

Was £12.50 Half Price £6.25



Hermann Spaniel Dog
Was £19.50 Half Price £9.75



Knitted Cat Shelf Sitter
Was £12 Half Price £6
 

Irish Black and White Bear
Was £22.50 Half Price £11.25



Lefray Hairy Bear
Was £20 Half Price £10





Bitsy Bears Tea Cup Roundabout
Was £15 Half Price £7.50

Bitsy Bears Carousel
Was £15 Half Price £7.50



1940's Mohair Dog Puppet
Was £15 Half Price £7.50

1940's Mohair Dog Puppet
Was £15 Half Price £7.50
 



More Gifts for Christmas - 49 days to go

Today I am going to show you items in my shop that are for pink lovers - everything that is pink.

Rosalie 6" £42.50 including postage

Rosebud 6" £42.50 including postage

 



Teddy Head Charm £11.50 including postage

Sweetie 4" £32.50 including postage



Christmas Tree Fairies £10.50 each including postage

Buy more than one and only pay one postage

Pair of Christmas stars £6 each including postage

Diddy Dog £12.50 including postage



Pretty hangers £6.50 including postage



Knitted Bears £12.50 including postage

Baby Blanket £23 including postage

Farnell Fur Baby Doll £22 including postage

Pedigree 20" bear Jessie £82 including postage



Bunny Pure Wool Pram Toy
£15.50 including postage

Set of Mice Ornaments
£10 including postage


I hope you enjoyed my pink selections - all of the items are available in my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/pollysvintagebears

I can't believe we are only 7 weeks away from the big day. 

It's a Red and Yellow Thingamebob

This is my latest knitting creation.  I found a really old vintage pattern and decided to give it a go as I liked the look of the finished item.
I have never come across such a complex toy pattern.  Just look at the main part, it's got bits sticking out all over the place.  Whoever designed this was very clever.  How they came up with it is beyond me.



I finished all of the knitted parts this morning and started to stitch it together.  It didn't mention in the pattern that you needed a university degree to assemble it.

Half way through stitching
 



No - it's not an elephant

It is larger than I was expecting at 15"/38cm tall.  I will have to get more polyester stuffing if I am to make any more of these.
If I am pleased with the look of it I have a few more colour schemes in mind.

I will unveil the finished item tomorrow - watch this space!

Diddy Dogs

I wanted to do a bit of knitting, so set about looking for something that I would enjoy doing.
Being predominately a toy maker, I thought I would like to make little dogs or cats.
I came across a vintage pattern that gave me the basics and set about designing the Diddy Dogs.
The first prototype was ok, but not to my liking - the head looked too small for the body, the nose was too flat (non-exsistant really) and I wasn't happy with the nose stitching.
Here is Mark I

Diddy Dog No Nose

I started knitting the next one - blue and yellow stripes, making the head a bit larger.  As I was knitting and kept looking over to this one I realised  all that I had to do was make a little knitted nose for him.  I did so, put a bit of stuffing in, restitched his nose and mouth and 'Hey Presto' his head immediately looked in proportion to his body and I am now happy with him.
Here is Mark II.  He looks better don't you think?


Blue and White Diddy Dog



4" of cuteness

I can't believe how different this small addition has made him look. 
Everything is firmly stitched in place, including his knitted collar and he is stitched together with a strong back stitch.  His eyes are embroidered too, so there are no plastic or sharp bits to come adrift.
I will now get busy knitting various colour combinations in the hope that they will be popular at the Christmas craft fair in a couple of weeks time.  I would like to get at least a dozen made by then.