New Bears Available at "Hugglets Winter Bearfest"

Scarlet Sunset
16"(41cm) one-of-kind bear made from hand dyed long pile mohair in rainbow colours (peach, lemon & pink), filled with super polyester fibre and steel shot & pellets to give extra weight, with matching fuchsia ultra suede pads, black glass eyes, with a coral coloured embroidered nose. Fully jointed. Scarlet Sunset is completely hand sewn.

Evangeline
12"(31cm) one-of-kind bear made from hand dyed long pile silky alpaca in rainbow colours, filled with super polyester fibre and steel shot to give extra weight, with contrasting turquoise ultra suede pads, black glass eyes, with a pale pink coloured embroidered nose. Fully jointed. Evangeline is completely hand sewn.

Marcella Marriott
14"(36½cm) one-of-kind bear made from hand dyed mohair in rainbow colours, filled with super polyester fibre and pellets to give extra weight, with matching Fuchsia 100% wool felt pads, black glass eyes, with a multi coloured embroidered nose. Fully jointed. Marcella Marriott is completely hand sewn.

All these bears and more are on my preview page on the web site www.kmbears.com

Hugglets bear guide

The Hugglets guide is out now I have a small number available

The snow in January

This was the January snow in my garden
The ice was really bad, the road was like an ice skating rink



the canal was frozen almost completely, this was the only bit where the ducks could swim.

it was nice to walk along, but really cold.

the canal is on the left, completely frozen

A new Rainbow bear

This is Pastel

She is a one of a kind hand dyed "rainbow bear"

Made from Japanese alpaca.

She is filled with super polyester fibre,

steel shot and pellets to give him extra weight.

Pastel has pink wool felt foot and paw pads and a multi-coloured embroidered nose.

she is fully jointed and is looking for a new home.

Please let me introduce you to “Opal”

Please let me introduce you to "Opal"

He is a 12"(31cm) one-of-a-kind bear made from soft cream alpaca, this alpaca feels like lamb's wool.

Opla is filled with super polyester fibre, pellets and steel shot to give him extra weight.

He has matching cream foot and paw pads, black glass eyes and has a brown embroidered nose.

He is fully jointed and is looking for a new home.

I am now getting ready to hand dye some new Rainbow bears, these bears will be available in the next few months.

An afternoon in Knaresborough

We enjoyed a Sunday afternoon in Knaresborough.
Now a peaceful Market Town.
This must be one of the most photographed places in Yorkshire.
The famous bridge over the River Nidd
The name of Knaresborough has undergone many changes over the centuries. Its origins are traced from the time of the Domesday Book. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the town is written as Chenaresburg. Though the exact origin of the town's name is lost, its development through various different spellings can be traced through documents going back to the eleventh century.

I stood for ages waiting for the train to move away so I could photograph the station.
I got bored so this is the photo I took!

The castle was first built by a Norman baron on a cliff above the River Nidd.
The castle now pretty much lays in ruins, not much remains.
This is a small part of the castle. I love arches and architecture.

Walking by the river.

During the summer we had a lovely holiday in Wales,

We visited my favourite place Portmeirion village, we spent the day walking round and looking at all the lovely vibrantly coloured buildings.
With its beautiful gardens full of vibrant plants and trees.

Portmeirion village is famous for the 1960’s cult series The Prisoner, staring Patrick McGoohan he was also the creator and driving force behind the 17 episode series.
Even The Beatles were fans. Its cult status was confirmed with the establishment in the 1970s of the official Prisoner Appreciation Society

Portmeirion is an Italianate resort village in Gwynedd, on the coast of Snowdonia in Wales.

Williams-Ellis designed and constructed the village between 1925 and 1975.

He incorporated fragments of demolished buildings, including works by a number of other architects. He wanted to pay tribute to the atmosphere of the Mediterranean.

Portmeirion's architectural brightly coloured buildings and deliberately fanciful nostalgia have been noted as an influence on the development of postmodernism in architecture in the late twentieth century.