This year I made two Christmas presents one of which was a womble. 
When my eldest was young the Wombles were on children’s television and my daughter’s favourite womble was Orinoco. She had a cuddly Orinoco which she loved and so when I was offered a knitting pattern to make a womble that was clearly Orinoco I said “Yes!” becuse I thought it would be fun to make it for her. 
(As you can see the pattern is a little worse for wear having been carried all over the place while knitting him.)
I decided to replace the white mohair of the pattern with eyelash yarn for greater authenticity. I have never knitted eyelash yarn before or the chenille needed for the face and hands but in the end it wasn’t as hard as I imagined and I could count the stitches which was important.
I am pleased to report that my daughter was really over the moon to receive him (even more than I had anticipated) so it all seemed very worth the effort, though I had regretted it a bit when it came to the sewing. (Never my favourite part.)
I also made a little blue bear for my granddaughter. 
I have a little blue bear that I made when pattern testing for another blogger which sits on my computer tower unit 
and I had asked my granddaughter whether she would like one ages ago but had never settled down to actually making one.
With Christmas on the horizon it seemed the ideal time.
I used the same wool as before because it needed aran weight and I generally use double knitting but still had a small ball of the blue aran.
However I decided to use a 2.5mm hook because I had one with a comfort handle in this size but not for 3mm which I think I used for the original. 
You can see that the latest bear came out a little smaller. But no bad thing and he apparently has joined the pocket pig 
and a Christmas angel 
I had made previously!
Rainbow Junkie 
So sweet. No wonder they were pleased.
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Oh, your womble is excellent. He is the epitome of wombleness!! Well done!!
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Thank you. I was pleased with him (even though he’s not quite perfect!)
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Aw, the Wombles of Wimbledon…. I still can sing all of the song 😍
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Yes it is a jolly song! We might have had a record.
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Love the womble so much! Abi has a whole set of womble books signed by the author.
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Wow! that’s amazing.
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so cute 🙂 I bet you were tempted to keep him for yourself….
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Maybe just a bit!
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Any chance I could have a copy of the Orinoco knitting pattern
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Technically I shouldn’t – copyright and all that – so let me think about it.
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Hello
Is there any chans that I Aldow could get a copy of the pattern. As s beginner I had been told that these wombles patterns shall be easy and they are very expensive.
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I haven’t replied to your comments before because I don’t know where you could get a copy of the pattern, since the link I had suggested before is no longer available. Even more importantly I really don’t think it is a suitable pattern for a beginner.
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Hi
I would also be interested in a copy of the knitting pattern if at all possible. I run a litter picking group called The Wombles of Hambleton and my son is heading overseas to do some voluntary service. Naturally we are int he process of raising money for him to go so this would be ideal Let me know your thoughts. Many thanks
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Well you appear to be able to buy a copy of the pattern here – http://www.patternsgalore.co.uk/toys-c-84_98/the-wombles-orinoco-character-toy-p-661.html#.Xh7bnMj7S70 (12/9/23 pattern is no longer here)
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