Tiny Bears

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These are my teeny bears, collected mainly over the past few years.

As the collection grew, I started to run out of space. So I started looking at smaller bears.

This is the smallest of my cuddly bears. He's made of (I think) pipe cleaners and was bought in a specialist teddy shop in Brighton. He's holding a standard matchstick, to give an indication of his size. That's a little Meccano car next to him, which he got one Christmas.

These two are Button Bears, acquired at Bears'n'Bunnies, in BlueWater shopping Centre, Kent. On the left is Kevin, in a very cute, hand-knitted sweater. On the right, Horatio with his little sailor collar.

These three came from a shop in Oxford, called (I think) Next to Nothing. They're hand made by a company called Country Folk, based in the Cotswolds. From left to right, Rusty (the first one I got, a present from Ant), Dandelion (a Christmas gift as a friend for Rusty) and Rosebud (who I got for a friend, but couldn't bear to part with).

A few other tiny bears. Back left is Pip. He's around 20 years old and I made him from a square of felt left over from something else. He's stuffed with cotton wool. Back right is Blue. He's got a pin attached to wear as a brooch. I got him somewhere in the US, forget where. The front three are basically the same as Blue, but without pins. I got them at a Bear Fair in Brighton a few years ago, to go on my Christmas tree.

These three were hand-knitted by my sister Heather, together with their picnic tablecloth, a plate of lettuce and tomato sandwiches, Swiss roll, chocolate cake and lemonade. The two bigger ones are jointed - I have no idea how she did it!