Knitted Animal Friends: Over 40 Knitting Patterns for Adorable Animal Dolls, Their Clothes and Accessories

Imagine how fun it would be for a youngster to have an entire menagerie of cute knit animals, clothed and accessorized, to grace his or her room. If there is a good knitter in the vicinity, it is possible. This book has everything needed to create the toys except the yarn and needles. Author Louise Crowther begins with a spread delineating all tools and materials needed, followed by a list of the abbreviations she uses in the book. The patterns for adorable sixteen-inch animals begins with body parts patterns. All the animals have the same body parts. Then the specific animals begin. There are thirteen of them including a mouse, dog, hedgehog, horse, fox, squirrel, owl, and more. These are followed by the patterns for clothing and accessories — cute little shoes, pants, coats, even bloomers. Every animal pattern includes a perfectly enchanting full-page photo of a finished product as well as close-up photos of the steps to make clothing and accessories. A section with close-up photos and instructions to put everything together and covering colorwork wraps things up. These adorable animals will be fun and satisfying projects for knitters and the lucky youngsters who receive them.