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Irenours-bearsHi to all; I have a question: Does someone now where i can buy cotterpins for woble joints? Is it difficult to use? Thank you in advance 
You can get cotter pins at hardware stores or the bear suppliers. THey are easy to use but don't do as good a job of VERY TIGHTLY JOINTING bears, especially larger bears. And, just keep in mind that if the cotter pins themselves are too thick, they can be VERY hard to turn. The smaller ones, with thinner "prongs" -- for want of a better word for them -- are very easy to turn using a cotter key, which looks like a screwdriver with a slit on the end.
Baird'sBearsI've only done two wobble necks, which makes me less than expert, but I agree with Shelli--the big cotterpins are likely to give you a more stable joint, but they're really hard to turn. I'd use middle-sized cotterpins.
Also, to get the wobble, you need to use a bigger disk in the head than in the body. The smaller the body disk, the more extreme the wobble. It pays to be sure your bear has some well-stuffed shoulders, so the head won't sag permanently!
Eileen
Apple Dumpling DesignsOh look...Eileen has a "real" bear for her avatar now ;)
Cute bear!!!
Yes indeedy, and it's an absolutely darling one! Nice to finally see your work, Eileen. It was well worth the wait!
Past Time BearsGreat little bear, Eileen . . . thanks for showing it to us!!
Baird'sBears
Thanks for your generous comments, lovely ladies!
I've got more bears in progress, but this is Bronwyn, a prototype. Her fur is knitted from imported Turkish eyelash yarn, but otherwise she's constructed like a regular bear, complete with wobble and my first embroidered waxed nose--thanks to Hayley's template!
As you can see, I'm still experimenting with the photography 
, but thanks to you, Shelli, almost sort of beginning to GET IT!
Eileen
Irenours-bearsThank you:) I love to try different things and i never saw a bear with wobble neck
