Meet Your New (and Very Fast) Best Friends!Love the look of hand-knitted toys but tired of fiddly, complicated patterns? Little Knitted Garden Friends is here to save your stitches. These 15 precious, soft-bodied buddies are designed specifically for little hands to hold and makers to love.Why you'll be hooked (or rather, needle-obsessed):Speed-Dating for Crafters: Most patterns take just about an hour. You can knit a whole squad while binge-w...

An irresistible collection of utterly cute baby clothes, these patterns will give great delight to the knitter and those who see the results. There are booties that look like little strawberries, a set of bumblebee hat and mitts, and a cozy cot blanket that looks like a field of daisies. Lovely hats, botties, mitts, little coats, and cardigans—none of the patterns are complicated, and many are suitable for beginners. As well as cute clothes, there are accessories for the nursery, including...

Love rabbits? Love knitting? Then this book is for you! Packed with 20 brilliant, bouncing bunnies to knit and love, this book has a carrot-crunching character for everyone! From fluffy, cuddly rabbits and bean bag bunnies to egg cosies, finger puppets and even a bunny bride and groom, this fun book includes projects for knitters of all abilities. It contains practical advice, basic techniques and a handy list of abbreviations. Using a mix of yarns and weights, from fluffy and textured to ...

Learn to Knit the Easy Way opens the door for budding knitting enthusiasts! Featuring comprehensive, introductory lessons for beginners who want to learn the art of working with chunky yarns with larger needles. You'll learn key techniques such as knit-and-purl, cast-on and cast-off methods, increases and decreases, and picking up new stitches from lifelong needle crafting enthusiast, designer and instructor Val Pierce. Val distills her established teaching methods into a single e...

"With twenty granny squares of flower patterns, hexagons, circles and triangles you can make eight different crochet projects . . . A great stashbuster." —Examiner.comWant to learn how to crochet? Make a granny square! The simple techniques have lasted for decades and now they are trendier than ever. With endless colour and size variations, creating these squares is fun and easy. They can be used like building blocks and combined with other squares to make original ...

Learn to crochet 20 different, adorable pairs of baby shoes quickly and easily.Looking for a unique baby gift? Here are twenty gorgeous shoes, booties, and pumps to crochet in a range of colors and styles, for both boys and girls. Choose from red strawberry-style shoes with flowery toes, smiley car shoes, Christmas booties, and even shoes shaped like frogs! Each pair of shoes requires relatively small quantities of yarn and can be crocheted quickly, easily, and on t...

Discover how to knit 20 cuddly new friends with these fun projects.All the bears in the book are based on the same, simple knitted bear, instructions for which are provided at the beginning of the book and are easy enough for even novice knitters to follow. There are 20 unique designs, including a hiking bear complete with boots and a backpack, a beach-loving bikini bear, a sweet honeybee bear, and a pretty pink ballet dancer, each with its own knitted outfit and ac...

Welcome your new baby to the world with lovingly knitted garments and accessories! This book is filled with easy-to-knit projects you'll want to make for the baby in your life. Top knitwear designer and author Val Pierce presents 25 simple patterns for practical but adorable baby knits, from bootees to hats to blankets. Whether it's a kimono-style jacket that you don't have to pull over a newborn's head or drawstring mittens that keep your little one from pulling them off, One-Stitch B...

"Full of beautifully constructed clothing and toys for children from infants to teens . . . includes pattern pieces and step-by-step instructions. "— Think Crafts!Whether you stitch up a pair of cute baby shoes, knit a clever cardigan, or upcycle adult sweaters into children's sweaters, Sweet & Simple Handmade by Melissa Wastney has something for all the little ones in your life. This how-to book features 25 adorable—and very practical—projects des...

This is a very easy crochet pattern and great for beginners. The size of the Doll depends on the size of the crochet hook, thickness of yarn and how you stuff them; a bigger hook and thicker yarn makes a bigger doll. A doll stuffed tightly is bigger than one stuffed loosely.Size: The dolls are 3 inches/ 7.5 cm high (excluding ears).This crochet pattern is written with U.S.A. crochet terms: ch = chain, sc = single crochet (UK : dc = double crochet), st = sti...

Crochet pattern to make 7 little animal dolls: a bunny, puppy, bear, cat, ducky, frog and piglet.Size: the dolls are 2.4 inches/ 6 cm high (excluding ears).This is an easy crochet pattern and requires knowledge of basic crochet terms.For materials you can use:No 2 yarn (Sport, Baby). I used Catania from Schachenmayr SMC (white, black, green, brown, pink, dark, pink, red, peach and yellow).3.00 mm hookBlack and white embroidery floss...

In this all-crochet addition to the One-Skein Wonders® series, Edie Eckman and Judith Durant offer 101 exciting crochet projects — including jewelry, scarves, bags, hats, dresses, and home decor items — that each use just one skein of yarn. With projects organized by yarn type and weight, you'll be crocheting lacy shrugs for the springtime and heavy-duty beanies for the snowy winter months. Whatever your experience level, you're sure to find a delightfully portable project that suits your ...