About the Design:
When I started the Sweatshirt Jacket for Kids, it struck me that a matching teddy bear pattern would be most appropriate, especially for younger children’s bears.

So, I began a jacket with the one largish bear I had – a Gund® bear that has been well-loved for 21 years. This bear is rather rotund, with a very large head, and short arms and legs.

In my subsequent search for typical bear sizes, I discovered there really aren’t any! Teddy bears come in all sizes and shapes – much like people, but generally, they are not proportioned like people.

So I chose 3 bear lengths and designed a jacket to fit all 3, in an effort to cover a wider range of the teddy bear sizes a child might own.

The jacket has most of the design details of the full-sized Sweatshirt Jackets, with a few small changes to accommodate the unique sizing of a teddy bear. In this way, a knitter, new to sweater making, gets much of the “exercise” of making a jacket, while using much less yarn and taking much less time!

I hope you’ll enjoy knitting these jackets, as much as I have!

Sizes: 3 sizes to fit 11″ / 14″ / 18″ tall bears

Finished Chest Dimensions: 13.5 / 15.5 / 25.5″

Yarn: Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky, 85% wool/15% mohair, 125 yds/4 oz pull skeins, 1 / 1 / 2 skeins C1 (lighter color) and 1 / 1 / 2 skeins C2 (darker color), OR a single color of your choice.

If making a one-color jacket, you’ll need 3.5 / 4.5 / 10 ozs. or 1 / 2 / 3 skeins

Gauges:

1. 16 sts and 22 rows = 4″ (10 cm) in st st using size 9 ndls (or size to give gauge).
2. 16 sts and 32 rows = 4″ (10 cm) in Close Stitch patt, using size 9 ndls (or size to give gauge. To save time, take time to check gauges.

Substitute Yarn Wt: Bulky wt.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Happy Knitting!
Dawn