The Bear Wallow was founded in 1976 to create a book to preserve the heritage of Northeast Oregon. Our efforts were so well recieved that we have continued in the same tradition of offering limited editions which not only are unique in design, but also excel in production quality. We are not very prolific and our subject matter is somewhat limited, but you can be assured that our Bear Paw imprint is the mark of quality. We not only strive for historic accuracy, but we also like to make history interesting, and we labor very hard with each title to produce a book as a fine work of art. For the past half century, the Bear Wallow has been recognized for its distinctive style of blending original artwork and photographic imagery with storyline to create volumes which not only make very special gifts, but are welcomed by collectors of the rare and unusual. Each title has been offered in a limited edition printing totally produced in America, with 1500 copies numbered  and the entire edition signed by the authors. Rendezvous was our first release in 1978 followed by Traces, Where Rolls the Oregon, A Letter Home, An American Vignette, and Around the Cat's Back. Our next effort then shifted to another era of pioneers with the release of Avian Dreamers as a lasting tribute to the men and women who pioneered the skies.
Hello. I am Bear Berkeley, and my friends just call me Berkeley. I want to be a reporter on day, and I have reported some allready. I have a sister called Bonnie and a brother called Frank and a pet, a hamster, called Henrietta. You can read about us here.
A lot of you know that my assistant knits a lot and I thought she could use her skills for us teddy bears too. I made her a nice cup of tea and gave her some good cookies and asked if I could have a knitting pattern for a hat and share with my friends on my blog. She went on about how busy she is and so on... but in the end she said yes...because I can be quite cute I think.
On sock needles size 3mm cast on 32 stitches and have 8 stitches on each of the 4 needles. Join and knit in the round, place marker, and work as follows:
Wrap yarn around the three middle fingers about 20 times. Take the yarn off your fingers and make sure to secure the loops in the middle with some yarn. Attach the loops firmly and securely to the top of the hat. With the end of the yarn you knitted with, wrap tightly around the place where the loops have been attached to the hat and secure the end on the inside of the hat. Weave in other loose ends on the inside of the hat.
Oh deer Berkeley. I fink I wud like a warm hat for winter but I fink my ead do be the wrong shape for wearin it and my paws do be the wrong shape for nittin it...
Wow, a beary beautiful hat! Our friend Hammie Hamster would just love a red hat like that (Hammie is red too!).