Edward's Menagerie - Over 40 Soft and Snuggly Toy Animal Crochet Patterns
By: Kerry Lord
Get ready to spend some time with a suave high-flying rhino, a lovesick elephant who knows her way around a kitchen and a seriously chivalrous tiger... With just two weeks to go before baby Edward's due date, yarn enthusiast Kerry Lord picked up a crochet hook for the first time and a new obsession began. Over the next 12 months the collection of crochet animals expanded week on week until Edward's Menagerie was complete with 40 unique patterns. These cute animals with larger-than-life personalities are made using simple crochet techniques and the step-by-step instructions enable a complete beginner to get hooking straight away. Each animal also has a universal pattern where you can change your hook and yarn to create four different sizes, making 160 different possibilities. Be warned that these unlikely characters made using a supersoft yarn in a sumptuous natural colour palette will become your new best friends as you hook your way through the whole menagerie!|An adorable collection of crochet animals - from aardvark to zebra! Over 40 patterns using simple techniques, including bunny, cat, monkey, elephant, giraffe, tiger, rhino, hippo and more. Change the size of the hook/yarn to create 4 different sizes - meaning you can make 160 toys from this book!
Product Details:
- Audience: General
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Number Of Pages: 128
- Published: 29th August 2014
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Country of Publication: GB
- Dimensions (cm): 5.1 x 23.2 x 32.5
- Weight (kg): 0.5
Edward's Menagerie: Birds - Over 40 Soft Toy Patterns for Crochet Birds
By: Kerry Lord
Be prepared for forty fine-feathered friends to fly off your hook and put their feet up on your coffee table. Kerry Lord's Edward's Menagerie was a runaway success and now she's back with Birds.
You'll be happy as a lark as your crochet your way through this colourful collection of birds, including a bashful Flamingo, romance-writing Owl and a politically incorrect Pheasant. Read all about these kooky characters, their adorations and aversions, daydreams and delusions, then crochet them for everyone you know friends and family.
Each bird can be crocheted in four different sizes making over 160 different pattern possibilities - so pick your first project and get started! The patterns use basic stitches, are grouped by difficulty and include step-by-step technical guides for beginners, so there's no excuse to chicken out.
These loveable birds are quick to make using a supersoft yarn in a sophisticated colour palette, and will become your best friends as their larger-than-life personalities and easy-to-use techniques get their claws into you.
About the Author
Kerry Lord is the designer and founder of the TOFT Alpaca Shop, a modern British knitwear company offering exclusive knitting and crochet patterns, alpaca yarns and workshops. TOFT takes British alpaca fleece from their own Alpaca flock and from elsewhere in the UK.
Their fashion-led designs are available as both 'ready to wear' and 'ready to knit'. TOFT studio also hosts a full programme of knitting workshops and other textile courses for people to learn to knit from scratch, but also to develop advanced techniques.
Product Details:
- Series: Edward's Menagerie
- Audience: General
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Number Of Pages: 128
- Published: 25th September 2015
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Country of Publication: GB
- Dimensions (cm): 27.6 x 21.0 x 1.2
- Weight (kg): 635.0
Edition Type: New edition
A beautifully made rabbit and her elegant wardrobe which includes accessories and exquisitely tailored garments using fine fabrics.
Welcome to the charming world of Luna Lapin, a quiet and kind rabbit with impeccable taste.
You will learn how to sew your own felt rabbit along with her exquisite wardrobe including 20 garment and accessory sewing patterns. All the clothes are made using the finest fabrics including wool felt, lace and Liberty print cotton.
Choose from a perfectly tailored wool coat, matching tweed skirt and bag, or pretty lace set. Not forgetting the accessories--there are bunny boots, pyjamas and even tiny French knickers to create.
The patterns are suitable for a range of abilities--the basic rabbit and simple items are suitable for beginners but the more tailored pieces are for more experienced sewers--the level of each pattern is identified and all the patterns are full size.
Luna was designed to be passed down by generations as a very special heirloom toy.
About the Author
Sarah Peel is a trained pattern cutter and ex-fashion buyer, avid stitcher, expert rice pudding maker and overall creative. She trained as a garment pattern cutter and then moved in to the fashion industry where she spent 25 years in buying and design. Under her business brand name, CoolCrafting, she runs an online shop and sewing workshops, plus attends and demonstrates at shows such as Country Living, Festival of Quilts, Handmade Fair, Knitting and Stitching Show and more.
Product Details:
- Series: Luna Lapin
- Audience: General
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Number Of Pages: 144
- Published: 1st November 2016
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Country of Publication: GB
- Dimensions (cm): 4.5 x 23 x 32.3
- Weight (kg): 0.57
Sewing Luna Lapin's Friends - Over 20 Sewing Patterns for Heirloom Dolls and Their Exquisite Handmade Clothing
Learn to make Luna Lapin's friends and their exquisite wardrobes. This collection of sewing patterns features five of Luna's best friends and their clothes including Reynard the Fox, Clementine the Cat, Badger, Mouse and even a baby Luna!
Author, Sarah Peel, takes classic garments and recreates them on a miniature scale and with exquisite fabrics including Liberty cottons, wool tweed and French lace.
Full sized patterns and step-by-step instructions are included - as well as a collection of charming stories about the characters and their adventures.
A follow up to Making Luna Lapin (21K copies sold) featuring four new new characters and their exquisite outfits and accessories that will appeal to grown up audiences as much as children.
The design of the garments is often very detailed and replicates full sized tailored garments. Reynard's jacket has mock welt pockets and a beautiful lining, which takes it out of the stadard toy sewing pattern area and gives the patterns a timeless appeal.
Each character has their own storyline which helps to bring them to life for readers.
About the Author
Sarah Peel is a trained pattern cutter and ex-fashion buyer, avid stitcher, expert rice pudding maker and overall creative. She trained as a garment pattern cutter and then moved in to the fashion industry where she spent 25 years in buying and design. Under her business brand name, CoolCrafting, she runs an online shop and sewing workshops, she also attends and demonstrates at shows such as Country Living, Festival of Quilts, Handmade Fair, Knitting and Stitching Show and more. She is the author of Making Luna Lapin.
Product Details:
- Series: Luna Lapin
- Audience: General
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Number Of Pages: 144
- Published: 24th August 2018
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Country of Publication: GB
- Dimensions (cm): 4.7 x 23 x 32.3
- Weight (kg): 0.57
The Wind in the Willows Felt Friends. Beginner-friendly Sewing Patterns to bring Kenneth Grahame's Classic to Life.
By: Cynthia Treen
Bring The Wind in the Willows to life with beginner-friendly sewing patterns for felt animals. Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is a classic that has entertained adults and children alike for over a hundred years. Characters such as Ratty, Mole, Badger and the irrepressible Mr Toad, have influenced children's stories ever since. This book instructs you in the joyful craft of hand-stitching wool felt animals, made posable thanks to interior wire armatures. It will teach you basic sewing and the specialised techniques required to create these charming felt friends that will provide hours of play. The book includes five key characters from the classic Kenneth Grahame tale, with interchangeable clothing, accessories, and a few small furniture pieces. Interwoven throughout the book, a collection of magical photographs and quotes from the original book highlight the animals and their accessories in natural settings to spark the imaginations as you create. This book will transport you to a light-hearted, creative world of charming wool felt animals, imagination and mindful hand-stitching. Through its pages, you can explore your stitching practice while letting your storytelling thoughts wonder. This book will inspire beginners and delight experienced makers with its designs. While creating enchanting felt animals, you will learn to enjoy every stitch from beginning to end, no matter your level of experience, with detailed illustrations, full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions for each project. AUTHOR: Cynthia Treen is a fiber artist, author, and sewing instructor based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Product Details:
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Number Of Pages: 144
- Published: 13th September 2022
- Publisher: David & Charles
- Country of Publication: GB
- Dimensions (cm): 4.7 x 23.1 x 32.9
- Weight (kg): 0.62
