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by: Zoe Mellor
List Price: $19.99Amazon.com's Price: $13.59 You Save: $6.40 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432041
EAN: 9781581809008
ISBN: 158180900X
Label: North Light Books
Manufacturer: North Light Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: November 10, 2006
Publisher: North Light Books
Sales Rank: 29227
Studio: North Light Books
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Product Description:
From a cute chick and a curly-haired doll to colorful mice and a patchwork tortoise, here you will find 25 unique designs for newborns to teens.
Try knitting the colorful Stripy Ball for little ones to play with, or Goldilocks and the Three Bears Finger Puppets for older children to enjoy. The Shiny Robot has real retro charm while the Slithery Snake can even double up as a draught excluder!
With toys ranging from quick and easy to more complex designs, there's something for every child and every knitter.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Easy patterns but not the best of its kind
The patterns are interesting, colourful and different. The toys are simple, old-fashioned characters with a modern twist. They are easy to knit as specified (beginners patterns). BUT
- the patterns do not cover finishing well - placement of features, sewing seams, etc
- the patterns as specified result in a lot of "scarring" ie obvious seams in obvious places. The patterns are difficult to modify so this does not happen. I note the photos have the toys carefully placed so the scarring ... Read More
Rating:  - Knitted Toys Review
This item was exactly as advertised and shipping was very fast. I am quite satisfied.
Rating: - Cute but complicated.
Lots of cute patterns, adorable ideas. This book for the advanced knitter. It gives almost no instruction on how to finish the pieces and there are LOTS of little pieces to sew together. It also assumes that the reader knows how to make all different kinds of increases and decreases - and will use many different kinds in one toy. These can be found easily enough online, but I would have liked a little more instruction for finishing the specific pieces. A good book - but if you have never knit toys ... Read More
Rating: - fun bright and funky toys
it's hard to find a book with lots of designs that are modern and worthwhile to buy (with lots of likeable patterns). this is one such book I'd recommend.
Rating: - Beautiful, must-have book!
I just got this book a week ago, and I'm so pleased with it! I have just started making knitted & crocheted toys, and this book makes me excited every time I look at it - I can't wait to make each toy pattern! There are lots of great photographs, and the patterns are really easy to follow - lots of details. Each toy is beautiful - you will want to make them all. I'm making the bear right now and really having a great time with it.
I had a little trouble finding some of the yarns that the ... Read More
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