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[Laura Lynn]

Hi Gisele,

Congratulations of 50 years of marriage!  It sounds like you have a lovely family.  I’m so glad you are enjoying the classes and patterns 🙂  I’m looking forward to seeing more photos of your bears!

Hi Rose,

Oh my goodness, I am so sorry about your accident!  I understand about your desire to use eyes that you insert after the head is stuffed instead of safety eyes.  I think the bears look better too when you can both see exactly where you are placing the eyes and also you can sink them into the head instead of having them just lie on top of the fabric.  But yes, it’s a shame that they are then not child safe.

I have had a few collectors purchase my bears for children and I tell them about the dangers of the eyes (and the steel bb’s inside too).  I recommend they treat the bear as they would a porcelain doll.  Once I compare my bear to a fragile doll, they understand a bit more.

I understand about a crowded home!  My bears are upstairs, but I’d love to bring some of my collection downstairs.  My boyfriend has been living in this home for over 30 years and has some stuff (and understatement!)  I do think I’ll be able to bring part of my collection down when I find a good way to protect/display them.  I love seeing how other people display their bears.  I may have to start another post about that!

I do enjoy seeing the knit toys others create.  I can neither knit nor crochet.  I may have to remedy that sometime if only to knit scarves for my bears 😉