THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD KNITTING PATTERN, not the actual dressing gown shown in the photographs.
Delight your significant child and make bedtimes fun by dressing their favourite Build-A-Bear* or similarly sized teddy bear in a unique dressing gown - hand-knitted by you!
This quick and easy-to-knit bear's dressing gown knitting pattern from Bears With Flair is available as a downloadable 5-page PDF. (If you would prefer a printed version of the same pattern, please pop over to eBay, and search for "bear dressing gown knitting pattern".)
The pattern is designed specifically to fit upright Build-A-Bear* teddy bears, and provides instructions for a dressing gown styled with two patch pockets, and a tie belt with belt loops.
Information about the yarn. I used Sirdar Snuggly Snowflake DK to create the pattern but I have discovered that Sirdar has since discontinued this particular yarn, and that it is becoming increasingly difficult to source. A good substitute yarn is Schachenmayr’s Baby Smiles Lenja Soft which, like the Sirdar Snuggly Snowflake DK, is also a 100% polyester yarn sold in 25g balls.
It is important to do a tension swatch before you start knitting, to make sure that your tension is as stated in my pattern, and go up or down a needle size if necessary to achieve the stated tension. For info, the tension to aim for is 17 sts and 28 rows to measure 10cm x 10cm using 4mm needles.
Finished garments fit upright Build-A-Bear* bears, either with widely spaced legs or with narrowly spaced legs.
The clothes would also fit other bears or stuffed toys with the following approximate dimensions:
• Height excluding ears: 38cm - 46cm (15in - 18in)
• Width around tummy: 37cm - 40cm (14in - 16in)
The knitting pattern is written in English, using standard UK knitting terminology. Yarn and needle conversions are provided for US and Australian knitters, along with a glossary of UK terms and their US equivalents.
Excluded from sale
Please note that no bears, clothes, wool or other knitting or sewing accessories are included in the sale. The bears shown in the pictures are for information only and to display the pattern and indicate what the finished garments would look like.
How to complete your purchase
Once you have completed payment for your pattern, go to the Downloads area of your Etsy account, where you will be able to download the knitting pattern.
Refunds and exchanges
Please see my shop policies for full details, but in brief, if you purchase a digital product the only circumstance in which I am able to offer a refund or exchange is when you have not already downloaded the file. Once you download a digital file it is no longer eligible for a refund or exchange.
Copyright
Bears With Flair is the legal owner of this pattern. This pattern was wholly created by Bears With Flair and is copyrighted. The photographs belong to Bears With Flair.
This pattern is for personal use only and may not be resold or used to make commercially available clothes.
For any other intended use, please contact Bears With Flair.
PLEASE NOTE: There are a number of scam websites appearing to advertise Bears With Flair knitting patterns (Yanchamarket, Chubomarket are two that I have found and there may well be more). The ONLY places that you can buy Bears With Flair knitting patterns from are Etsy and eBay. If you try to buy my branded products anywhere else you will not receive anything, as they do not have the product to sell.
*Build-A-BearTM Trademark is owned by Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.