- Hardcover: 80 pages
- Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing (April 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1570761914
- ISBN-13: 978-1570761911
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 22.6 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,501,861 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Library Journal
Animal Knits is a pattern book chock full of enchanting animal designs for kids' sweaters, hats, toys, and more. Well-known British knitwear designer Mellor provides little instruction for the beginning knitter, making this book more appropriate for those with intermediate skills. Paintbox Knits, on the other hand, is not only a pattern book but also a teaching tool; the authors guide the reader step by step through each pattern, including a wealth of knitting instruction along the way. If I were to count the number of designs I would love to make were time and money no consideration and divide by total number of designs, Animal Knits would be batting a record-setting 730 while Paintbox Knits is doing better than most major league hitters at 400. Another way to gauge value might be to observe that while Animal Knits costs 77? per pattern, Paintbox Knits costs approximately $1 per pattern. Public libraries should seriously consider purchasing both.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
There are only a handful of knitwear designers whose hot-off-the-press books are eagerly awaited, and Mellor is among them. Now, with four books to her credit, she accents the playfulness of children and their love of animals in offering 26 delightful patterns to charm kids up to six years. Color photographs march across the pages, allowing reader-knitters to decide which ones to create first, which will be difficult, since each pattern is cuter than the others. Directions are complete and, when appropriate, are accompanied by graphs. Many hours of pleasurable needlework lie ahead. Barbara Jacobs
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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This review is from: Animal Knits (Hardcover)
I generally don't like Mellor's stuff (I would never buy Paintbox Knits--but I keep looking through ALL the knitting books I find) but the fish hat (bomber style) in this book really caught my eye. It is adorable: colorful but not complicated. I also found her sweaters (the ones with just ONE large animal on them) striking: a rooster (the best), a dog, and a butterfly. I am not particular to roosters or butterflies and her animal designs (like the one for the dog) aren't great but the color schemes make the sweaters stand out. I also like the way the table of contents is laid out: there are color pictures of each design. You also get good views of each design; I wish more knitting books had such good photos. If I were to splurge, I would buy it. For now, I've put it on my wish list.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Great Book!!!,
This review is from: Animal Knits (Hardcover)
I love all of Zoe Mellor's book. In this one the Ladybird pillow and blanket top my favorites list. The cover sweater comes in a close second. This author just seems to have endless creative ideas when it comes to knitting for children. Almost all of her patterns are unisex which is lovely.Happy Knitting,
3.0 out of 5 stars
nice work,
By Das Wohl (Eugene, OR United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Animal Knits (Hardcover)
This book is surely full of fun and nice projects. But every project is specified for different age group; so if you want a pair of cute slipper for your 6 years old daughtor, you may find that you need a lot more work than you think a pattern would do for you, because it only tells you how many stiches and materials are there for infants 3 or 6 or 9 monthes. Great book for looking for inspiration though, and study maybe, coffee table book even.
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