Wednesday 24 December 2014

Happy Christmas - Iorek Byrnison

Iorek Byrnison: Can is not the same as must.
Lyra Silvertongue: But if you must and you can, then there's no excuse. 

Wishing a Happy Christmas to everyone who has visited my blog over the last year. Thank you for all your comments. I hope you are all enjoying being with family and friends, eating and drinking a bit too much, and having a thoroughly good time.


I am working on a new idea, inspired partly by looking a polar bears for my little model bear. Also because I am a big Philip Pullman fan, and love his character Iorek Byrnison. (Pullman beats Rowling hands down. Ooh - I bet that is a bit controversial and a few of you don't agree.) I should really have put him in a suit of armour. At the moment I am just playing around with a few ideas.



 

23 comments:

  1. Oh I love your bear!! I did a little sheep pillow one time....white sheep on blue background. http://ravel.me/VTGrandViewFarm/sp

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  2. Wow, are we reading each other's minds! I love polar bears and like you prefer Philip Pullman to Rowling. Your bear is very impressive.
    Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I look forward to seeing your lovely creations in 2015.

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  3. I continue to enjoy seeing all of your creations. Aren't polar bears magnificent?

    Merry Christmas! Thank you for visiting my blog multiple times over the past year.

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  4. I love polar bears, too -- and worry about their future. I love your pattern!

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  5. ooooh, these polar bears are wonderful!

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  6. I also loved the Pullman trilogy- your polar bears are coming along nicely. The smaller ones seem harder to get the shape quite right....

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    1. I like the shape of the big one best too, although it is harder to knit. So I am thinking there may have to be another medium sized bear.

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  7. Awesome job on the polar bear! The dimensions look spot on. Did you use a pattern or did you make this up yourself?

    Sean at His and Her Hobbies

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    1. No, I just got a polar bear photo and transferred it onto a grid.

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  8. Great Job! Love the polar bears. Thanks

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  9. Your knitting skills amaze me! Love those polar bears (and everything else on your page). Such talent.
    My Saturday Snapshots are HERE.

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  10. Lovely! Right now, I'm reading Philip Pullman's edition of the Grimm's Fairy Tales and am loving it!

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  11. I haven't really read any Pullman, and not that much Rowling (only HP #1) but I look forward to forming an opinion about Pullman vs Rowling. I love polar bears and their plight makes me so, so sad. How clever you are to knit a polar bear.

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  12. Gorgeous needle work! I love the polar bears....and thanks for sharing. Thanks for visiting my blog...and hope you have a great New Year.

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  13. Such a beautiful piece of work your Polar Bear is.


    Thank you for sharing with the Clever Chicks Blog Hop! I hope you’ll join us again next week!

    Cheers,
    Kathy Shea Mormino
    The Chicken Chick
    http://www.The-Chicken-Chick.com

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  14. Your polar bear is very cute - Happy New Year:) thanks for visiting my blog so regularly this year, you are a top commenter!

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  15. Love the bears and the color. Curious to see what you are making.

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  16. I love your blog, you are a natural at it, and of course your fantastic creations. Wishing you a woolly inspirational 2015.

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  17. Love Iorek, and all of The Dark Materials, but I've never been tempted to read any Harry Potter, so we must be kindred spirits! Your Iorek is beautiful.

    Have a lovely crafting week, and happy 2015 to you and yours.
    Alison x

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  18. I love Iorek, and Polar bears in general. I really enjoyed The Dark Materials books, but I was disappointed with the film. Creative Blessings. Tracy x

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