Knitted Wild Animals: 15 Adorable, Easy-to-Knit Toys [Paperback]

Published 2010


Stuffed toys are great projects for beginners, but when you’ve grown bored with dolls and bears what do you knit next? How about a tiger, a warthog, or a moose? KNITTED WILD ANIMALS has a menagerie of soft, squeezable wild animal designs to inspire your knitting wild side. All of the toys feature an irresistibly pear-shaped body, realistic colors, and lots of fun details—a soft, curly mane for the lion, trunk wrinkles for the elephant, and a banana snack for the monkey.

With a primer on knitting basics to chapters on embroidering and stuffing your super cute safari softie, even a beginner can knit these cushy, cuddly creatures!

Beautiful Gifts: Easy Techniques, 18 Unique Designs by Scarlet Taylor, Bill Milne (Photographer)

Published 2007

It's knitting. It's beading. It's two, two, two craft sensations in one great book! It's Knit with Beads: Beautiful Gifts, the second book in the popular Knit with Beads series. The eighteen inspired projects in this new book include great bags, hats, and socks, plus fun gifts like the Cozy Neckwarmer, knitted with plush multicolored slubbed wool and oversized glass seed beads, the Let It Snow Christmas Stocking, featuring a sweet snowman and beaded snowflakes, and the adorable Puppy Love Sweater, a hoodie with sequined edging. Who wouldn't love gifts like these? Knit with Beads: Beautiful Gifts starts readers off with the basics of knitting with beads and offers step-by-steps for such techniques as bead embroidery, beaded fringe, beaded knitting, slip-stitch beading, stranded beading, hook beading, and bead knitting. Simple enough for beginners, pretty enough for advanced knitters, these gifts will have every crafter making a list of lucky friends and family.

The Chicks with Sticks Guide to Knitting: Learn to Knit with More Than 30 Cool, Easy Patterns by Nancy Queen, Mary Ellen O'Connell

Published 2008

Chicks, start your sticks! This time it's all about knitting * More and more chicks want to knit--industry groups report huge increase in numbers of under-35 crafters * Follow-up to The Chicks with Sticks® Guide to Crochet * Fresh, fun, fashion-forward projects and super-simple step-by-steps, great for gatherings Stop letting worry knit your brows, ladies. Let go of your fear of knitting, and take hold of The Chicks with Sticks® Guide to Knitting. With more than 30 simple, chic projects plus simple step-by-step instructions, this book is the complete guide to starting and enjoying this fun, rewarding hobby. New knitters can finish up their first projects in a weekend; more advanced beginners (that is, the ones who have knitted scarves before) can move to the next level. Call your posse and settle down in the living room or at the coffeehouse. The Chicks with Sticks will take care of the rest, from essential tools and materials to basic lessons to more than 30 doable projects, including cool belts, beautiful scarves, felted bags, stylish wraps, and snuggly sweaters.