Chicknits is letting us know that this year is the 100th anniversary of the teddy bear. I (rather serendipitously) bought a ball of "Teddy" yarn by Marks & Kattens last night. (Also available at yarn forward.) I've been looking around for knitted teddy bear patterns and found

• Mr. Bean's Teddy (my personal fav)
• a double-knit teddy (double knit = making a circular object on 2 needles)
• knitting.about.com's teddy bear patterns
• planet teddy bear (non-knitted patterns for bears...but a whole bunch of cuties)