I found a cute pattern for a polar bear. I didn’t have the yarn used in the pattern, but I did have some Bernat Pipsqueak yarn on hand. I switched to an H hook and the pipsqueak yarn and ended up with this adorable bear.
Mine is only 7.5 inches tall, so it is a bit smaller than the 11 inches the original pattern states the finished bear will be. Because of that, I also had to make the cowl significantly smaller. In the end, I absolutely love it! The brown eyes I used for this project are some safety eyes @gozer sent along as extras in a swap we did earlier this year. They are perfect. Thank you, gozer, for sending the eyes!
Edited to add:
I made a second bear! I have named them Mistletoe and Holly
You can’t really see your stitches, but you can feel them if you go slow. You also need to ALWAYS count, every single row, to make sure you didn’t miss any.
That said, I have a baby otter pattern I created with fun fur yarn. In it, you hold one strand of fun fur and one strand of normal worsted weight yarn together and it works very well. Allows you to see the stitches. I’m not sure how that would work with this pipsqueak yarn, but you could try!
