We just finished a sweet pair of sister bears for a customer. They are in memory of her mom and her mom’s best friend.  Bernice and Kate Bearingsley are adorable velvet bears with soft suede accents.

they have matching heather wool stocking caps decorated with a little crochet flower. Their sweet noses,claws and smiles were handstitched with black cotton floss. They have shining black cat’s eye bead eyes.

They both have button joints with beautiful natural hardwood buttons. Their stuffing is weighted to make them feel wonderfully ”real” and so nice to hold and hug.

 Bernice has chocolate wool velvet with caramel suede accents.

 Kate has caramel velvet and wheat suede accents

 Each bear was individually made and they are one of a kind, just like their older sister Mabel Bearingsley! We made Mabel not too long ago, and Mabel  was the inspiration for the creation of Bernice and Kate.

 They have a card dated and signed by the artist too.

handmade is the very best way to say I love you!

They found our little sled today and asked to go out and give it a try, but its way too cold for little bears today! :0)

With the weather getting cooler, some of us bears here on the Moor asked if we could have some cozy winter hats to go out and play in.  We were so happy with ours, that we asked if some could be made for you too!

I had to try them all on of course The hats are handmade here on the Moor with lots of love, out of beautiful natural fibers. This brown one I’m wearing is going to a bearfriend in California. 

Here’s another beautiful stocking cap, made of evergreen cotton cable knit and accented with a super cute rustic jingle bell:

Here’s a beautiful angora fair isle grey winter hat, warm and soft just like a bunny!

These hats aren’t just for bears! Any rabbit, lamb, other animal friend, or doll my size might like a cozy hat too! Contact the Craggy Moor for sizing details.

And last but not least, a beautiful cream colored italian merino wool hat with crystal star pendant!

All hats have free shipping in the U.S. and for bears outside the U.S. we can calculate shipping for you.

If you’d like ear holes in your hat, we can do that too! We’ll tell you how to measure, and we’ll put some in for you before we send it.

All of our hats are one of a kind, individually made, and our supply of adorable wools, cottons and other natural materials changes all the time so each hat is unique!

Thanks so much for taking a peek.

I wanted to do a quick post on this adorable custom mouse pair for our Craggy Friend Janie! She ordered a white mouse in memory of a favorite pet; and then a country mouse for her friend.

 Angelina Meadowgrove is an adorable wool/silk blend mousie with pretty country apple plaid cotton accents!

 Rosie Snowdrop is a beautiful white angora mouse with pink floral linen accents.

Sometimes sweet Craggy Moor Collectibles come and go too quickly for me to post for you!

One such cutie  is Katie Flowerseed. She was just adopted and is travelling to Canada! We’ve been able to send quite a few of these patchwork mousies out to new loving homes, and we thank you so much if you’ve adopted one.

The Craggy Moor Store is being featured over at My Knitting Life and Other Stories today on her “Favorite Etsy Shop Friday”segment! We love this blog, and are so honored to be there today!! Nicole tells wonderful stories about her life, and the things she loves. 

Nicole gave us the chance to tell her readers a little bit about us, how and why we got started and what inspires us. We hope you stop by her blog and enjoy the interview.

Knitted for Ewe is Nicole’s Etsy shop and we love it too.  Nicole makes wonderful handmade knit softies, bags and other things.

 We first discovered her shop when we saw the listing for this lovely wristwarmer set with embroidered leaves.

Thank you again Nicole! And keep doing what you do!

Anna over at For the Love of Cute is featuring The Craggy Moor Store today as her pick for this week’s “Feature Friday”!!

Feature Friday – The Craggy Moor Store

We are very honored Anna! Thank you so much! We are also blessed by the wonderful comments being left. It means so much to us to hear from you.

  Go on over to For the Love of Cute and subscribe to their feed today so you can get a daily dose of cuteness too. I love how Anna sends along a list everyday of samples from some of the most wonderful handmade items. There are some truly talented folks out there!

Meet Polly Pendleton! She’s the newest in our line of JUST FOR YOU extra special hand crafted bears.

Polly is a shy sort of bear,gentle and kind, with a voracious appetite for books. Reading them that is! She’s a sweet bear with a very kind disposition.

Polly’s 9 inches tall, and made from a beautiful grey Pendleton wool coat we found (gently cleaned and cared for here on the Moor). Her muzzle,paw pads and ear linings are a creamy natural suede.

She’s stuffed with our favorite stuffing: 100% brand new wool batting, a touch of dry lavender, and a few steel bb’s to make her pleasantly heavy and “real” feeling in your hand.

Polly wears a cute little hand knit colorful wool stocking cap with a pretty silver engraved metal charm dangling from its point.

Polly’s paws and nose have handstitching, and her sweetly shining eyes are antique bronze colored czech glass beads.

Polly’s joints are secured with 6 strand cotton floss, and charming striated natural wood buttons. She has a wonderful folk art appeal and such a charming, unique look.

Polly would make a wonderful gift for the bear lover you know, or collector of things folk artish :0) Better yet, she’d love to come and live in your favorite reading corner!

Polly is individually made and comes with a card dated and signed by the artist.

She is a collectible and contains small parts so is not suitable for children under the age of 12.

Thank you for visiting!

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Bartley has been adopted! If you’d like a lovely angora black bear like Bartley, we’d love to make you one! Contact us to place your custom order!

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 Every once in a while we get a truly lovely piece of material that just must be made into something special for you.

This bear is the first of what we hope will be a long running individually made series of extra special friends called “JUST FOR YOU”

These sweet handmade bears, bunnies and lambs will be made of those amazingly soft, cuddly fabrics that won’t be suitable for young children, but are something extra special for the young at heart. JUST FOR YOU friends will be made with our own home designed patterns-simple, waldorf style loveables in the most exceptional all natural fibers we can find.

JUST FOR YOU!!

This is Bartley Bearhardt!

Bartley is made of a wonderfully soft charcoal black angora/lambswool blend repurposed sweater material that just begged to become a black teddy bear! Bartley is accented with sweetly soft cafe au lait colored creamy brown velvet.

Bartley is 8 1/2 inches from his head to his toes (6 inches sitting).

Bartley is stuffed with 100% brand new wool batting, a touch of dry lavender, and has triple washed pea gravel in his tummy and feet to give him a nice heavy feel.

Bartley has lovely tiger’s eye glass bead eyes with lovely caramel colors that coordinate nicely with his fur.

Bartley’s face is hand stitched with 6 strand cotton crochet thread.

We love texture variance in our handmade friends here so Bartley has an extra special set of Craggy Moor handmade buttons at his joints. Coffee stained to a dark brown, and hand etched, our buttons are all one of a kind, and they add a woodsy, rustic appeal to Bartley’s black bear looks.

Bartley comes with a card dated and signed by the Artist! He’d make a charming individually made addition to your teddy bear collection. He’d make an endearing gift for someone you love who collects folk art treasures or who just needs a special someone to hug :0)

Handmade is the BEST way to say I love you!

The week has been quiet at the store but busy on the Moor!! We are getting ready to go to the Ohio Scottish Games Saturday!! Woot!!

We are so excited, its our big family day out for the summer. We are looking forward to all sorts of fun.

This week has been a busy one at the sewing machine too! If you’ve custom ordered an item, its being finished and shipped by Saturday!

And there are some bears, bunnies and sheep also in the works that you are sure to love too, so check back often-there are some new treasured friends on the way next week!!

We also have a new line of Craggy Moor Collectibles coming soon that will be just for you! We’ve found some lovely cashmere and angora blends that just begged to be made into something extra sweet. The fabrics are so lovely but are not always suitable for very young children.  We all need a special friend to hug though! So the first of this adorable series will be out next week. JUST FOR YOU.

This weekend a few new hares were born on the Craggy Moor!

This is Logan Harefoot

And this is Hadley Harefoot!

Logan is a wonderfully old fashioned looking Caramel colored wool/cashmere blend hare made from repurposed materials (gently cared for here on the Moor). He’s full of “old world” charm from his sage and cream plaid lined ears,

to his button joints (Logan’s buttons are handmade wooden buttons made right here on the Moor!), to his little plaid lined tail and paws and his sweet little hand stitched cotton nose.

Logan’s antique brown czech glass eyes sparkle with love for someone special-maybe you or someone you love!

Logan Harefoot is individually made just like all the hares here on the Craggy Moor, and each one has their own unique look and personality.

Logan also comes with a card dated and signed by the Artist so you know you are getting a truly one of a kind friend made with much love.

Then along came little Hadley Harefoot! He’s made with a wonderful softly textured repurposed Shetland Wool. The wool has lovely subtle shades of blue woven into it, which is what really drew us to choose it.

And you can still feel the lanolin in this beautiful used-to-be- sweater material.

Hadley’s ears and paws were lined with the softest, nicest dark slate blue cotton knit that compliments the texture of the wool in a pleasing way.

Hadley has pretty, shining antique brown czech glass eyes, and a matching hand stitched chocolate brown cotton nose. He also has a cute little white cotton yarn, a touch of cabling on his head; hand stitched cotton tail, and sweetly mismatched silver metal buttons at his joints that complete his endearing folk art look. He looks like a little treasure someone pulled out of a cedar chest just for you.

Come meet Hadley and if he “speaks” to you, take him home to be yours.

Hadley, like his brother Logan, is individually made and  comes with a card dated and signed by the Artist,  so you know you are getting a true one of a kind gift, or addition to your own collection of loveables.

Come to our store to find out more about them!

**Hadley and Logan are true collectibles, and though securely made,  contain small parts so use your discretion when buying for very small children.

We had a teddy bear picnic here on the Moor and a few of our bear friends asked if we could find them good homes.

One such bear is Babboo. Babboo is a sweet chocolate brown Waldorf style wool bear with such an loving, friendly disposition. He’s looking for someone special to love him. He does love peanut butter toast he wanted me to tell you; and asked me if I might find him someone who might take him on an adventure or two. (he’s an adventurous sort of bear)

Baboo is 8 inches tall. He’s made of a lovely, soft brown wool that has interwoven strands of deep, dark brown that makes it look very much like real bear fur!

The wonderful thing about wool is that it’s slightly cool when the weather’s warm, and slightly warm when the weather’s cool. He’ll always be huggable, and his light lavender scent is so soothing.

Baboo’s face is hand stitched cotton knit with a soft, velvetty feel. Babboo is stuffed with the Craggy Moor’s favorite stuffing too: 100% brand new wool batting, a touch of dry lavender, and just enough dry, inert lentils to make him pleasingly heavy and “real” feeling in your hand.

Babboo also has a little cranberry wool heart just bursting with love (you know how teddy bears are so very loving in nature)

Babboo was individually made, like all the bears here on the Moor. You know if you give Babboo to someone you love they are getting a unique little gift that’s just for them.
Best of all, Babboo is completely child friendly! He’s ready to be a best friend to even the tiniest little one.

Don’t forget the young at heart though! Babboo would make an endearing addition to any folk art and teddy bear collection. After all, who can resist a hug from a teddy bear?