60 Quick Knitted Toys

This book is a "toy chest" filled with inventive patterns! Knitters will love creating this collection of 60 cool toys, which range from tools like a hammer and screwdriver to a ballerina doll. Whip up a menagerie of stuffed animals, a jumbo tic-tac-toe board, hand puppets, or a unique medieval set with a king, queen, dragon, and castle! Every project will capture your heart.

'Knitted Toys' contains 21 designs for a whole range of toys, including finger puppets, a fairy and a penguin, which will appeal to children of all ages. Instructions and close-up photographs make this book suitable for beginners as well as experienced knitters.

Beautifully illustrated in colour photography, every design is easy to knit. With plenty of helpful guidance, easy-to-read patterns and advice on creating just the right expression on each face, even newcomers to this popular and rewarding craft will find it simple to produce a toy that is sure to become a firm favourite.

From cozy cardigans and a whimsical blanket shaped like a sheep to a pinwheel beret, embroidered booties, and tiny legwarmers, this book has a large selection of projects for infant wear.

This gorgeous little knitting book by a very popular author contains irresistibly cute toys for knitters of all abilities. All of the projects are accompanied by a clear, easy-to-follow pattern and fun photography. There also will be a page of basic techniques at the start of the book, including making up, stuffing and some simple surface stitching. Sachiyo is overflowing with project ideas, ranging from a tiny rocket and a UFO, a soldier complete with bearskin, an angel, and lots of cute mini animals including a chubby bunny, a cat, an owl, a dog, a penguin, a bear and a sheep! All the projects are beautifully made and exquisitely designed, with some wonderfully quirky twists. All tiny enough to be clutched in a small hand, these projects are a delight and bursting with character.

Adorable hand-knit playthings, featuring clever twists on classics and enchanting reversibles and interactive toys. Kids love toys, and toys you make yourself are extra-special. If you could buy these imaginative playthings in stores, they would fly off the shelves! This book features stuffed animals, including a luscious lamb and a gigantic giraffe, and finger-puppet fruits that will delight babies and toddlers. With step-by-step directions, clear diagrams and drawings, and gorgeous photographs, knitters of all levels will find it easy to make the Pull-Toy Mama Duck and Ducklings, the set of Russian nesting dolls, and the Princess and the Pea Set. Even older kids will enjoy these, as well as the Felted Bouncy Ball, a felted version of a Super Ball that's perfect for indoor play. A series of five reversible toys—a frog that turns into a turtle, a mouse that changes into a cat, an egg in a nest that transforms into a blue bird, and so on—showcases the creativity that makes Susan B. Anderson a rising star in the knitting world.

With a modular and fully customizable approach to knitting blankets, 60 Quick Knit Blanket Squares provides 60 patterns for endless possibilities. Don't just knit the same blanket everyone else is making. Create your own one-of a-kind designs with 60 Quick Knit Blanket Squares! With 60 beautiful patterns that span all skill levels and include knit and purl textures, cables, lace, and unique stitches,sample color combinations, a range of blanket sizes, a variety of edgings, and several inspirational blanket patterns, even the most hesitant knitter will find plenty to kick-start their creativity. Knitting a blanket by making individual 12 x 12" squares means knitters can work on the go year-round without overheating as they wrestle ever-growing blankets. This approach to knitting blankets is simple, easy, and adaptable up to the very last minute. With every design worked in Cascade Yarns' 220 Superwash Merino, which includes approximately 100 colorways to choose from, these blankets will be soft, easy-care, and affordable.

Create twelve dolls and over fifty garments and accessories to dress them in with this wonderful collection, featuring easy-to-follow instructions. Make an adorable, knitted doll for the little person in your life. Children will love all twelve dolls in this knitting pattern collection which has been designed to provide the perfect playmate. Each doll has their own personality and style—whether it’s Faye with her cute bunny ear hast and cozy boots, or Jane with her chic beret and Breton top. There is a doll here to suit everyone. The step-by-step instructions show you how to make the twelve individual dolls, but you could also mix and match the outfits, hairstyles, and colors to create the perfect doll for you. My Knitted Doll is not for the absolute beginner knitter but will appeal to knitters who do have a basic understanding of the craft. Having said that, the instructions are presented succinctly with easy-to-follow diagrams, with charts for intarsia and other designs.