My free-hand bear. I made this months ago but the muzzle/mouth was all wrong and made the poor thing look like a blue pig. Amigurumi World helped me with bear faces. I also made this more homely dude from the book: 
It seems when I follow patterns, the results are less than stellar. Noted.Yet the author is the one who started the putting-the-muzzle-above-the-eyes thing and I finally see why. She did it high enough on the head so it looked like the creature was looking up at you. A lot of amigurumi-ers do this without achieving that affect. Example: one of the many many ridiculous bear cupcakes: 
Sigh. 
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