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I think I have been watching one too many crime shows. As I was working on a bear this morning, and as I pricked myself with the needle for about the fourth time, I suddenly thought about how much DNA we bear makers must leave on our bears after we have made them.
If there were ever a query about who was the true artist who created a bear - I bet a DNA crime lab could solve the problem!!!
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Jellybelly Bearshaha!!!! Me too Christine!! lol. Too many crime shows and I've thought about it too haha. Well, I've heard about painters leaving dna over their paintings because they lick their brushes and things like that...we wet the end of cotton to thread needles (or am i the only one and you are all thinking gross! lol) so guess we have all types of dna huh....hmmmm...anyone want to buy a bear! 
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FenBeary FolkCSI eat your heart out, I have left dna on my few that I have made so far, maybe we could have a dna log (like a fingerprint one) would cut out copy cats :crackup: :crackup:
Kim-Bee BearsLOL... I love crime shows! I always think about how they could trace me with my needle felting wool, mohair and dog hair LMAO... :crackup: :crackup:
Sometimes when I watch them alone too late at night, I scare the jeepers out of myself!!! 
Tami Eveslage Original Teddy BearsThat's funny but I have thought about that too!
Sophie Z'Ourson mine they'd find a mix of my DNA and cat DNA too. Impossible to get cat pile away from my bears!
Beary hugs,
Sophie.
Posts: 65LOL Christine. I just did a very pale grey one and was amazed I hadn't drawn blood once. On the home stretch, doing an ear, the inevitable happened - blood all over the bear's head and plenty of it! I sponged it off quick and lucky it left no mark, but that could have been several days' work down the pan! Like Sophie, mine prob have pet DNA - as my mini bull terrier follows me everywhere and is usually sat next to me when I'm making things! Maybe I should make bears with short, spiky ginger fur then there'd be no evidence! Actually doesn't seem to matter much with bears but it's worse when you;re knitting as the dog hairs seem to stick to wool!
MerBear OriginalsI've had that thought many times too - especially after sticking a felting needle through my finger.
Marion
Thank you so much girls. You make me feel "not quite so odd" thinking about this!!
