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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.
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Susan B. Anderson writes her popular knitting blog at www.susanbanderson.blogspot.com. The author of Spud Chlo?? at the Farm, Itty-Bitty Toys, Itty-Bitty Nursery, and Itty-Bitty Hats, she lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and four children.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't reinvent the wheel,
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This review is from: Itty-Bitty Toys: How to Knit Animals, Dolls, and Other Playthings for Kids (Hardcover)
This to me looks like a relatively ordinary book on toy knitting. You have those uber generic blocks and balls, that always act as filler in this kind of book. Then you have the stuffed animals themselves which are nice, but they are a bit ordinary. For instance, the teddy bear pattern could have come from any of the other books on toy knitting. There's been much better elsewhere already published in similar kinds of gauge (although admitedly not knit in Noro Kureyon Socks)What did surprise me and I thought was a good idea was the little stuffed fruit the author has in the "finger food" pattern. There is a pear, an apple, and a bunch of grapes, still pretty generic in design, but the idea itself was new to me and I do think this is something that kids would play a lot with. Other than that, the reversible toys (there are 5) are cute, but it's not really a new idea (Jean Greenhowe books for instance) and the results' charm owes more to the concept (for instance, one of the toys is a cat that turns into a mouse) than to the beauty of the designs themselves. On the subject of the look of the designs, there are a few standouts. For me the hippo, the baby doll set and the giraffe (the one you see on the book cover) are the better looking designs. A lot of the other designs don't really stand out either in construction or in looks to some of the better toy books out there (some amigurumi books have more detail). The matrioshka design comes to mind as an example of a design that really makes the book a hard sell for me, the concept is interesting but the result is frankly disappointing. Though there is a long technical section for basic techniques like knitting in the round, making I-cord, decreasing, increasing, (again, I stand in doubt this helps anyone; beginners would have trouble learning from what's there and intermediate already know or know how to find this information in a better presentation) there isn't special attention to help make this especially friendly to toy beginners. An illustrated section on how to assemble the critters would have helped, especially since this book probably won't attract assiduous toy knitters, but this is sadly lacking. The patterns themselves are clear, line by line, but do not have schematics to help. It's not necessarily a bad book, especially if you like the style of the toys, but it doesn't set out to reinvent anything.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Totally unique,
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This review is from: Itty-Bitty Toys: How to Knit Animals, Dolls, and Other Playthings for Kids (Hardcover)
The reversible toys in this book are amazing! Very unique, and well designed. I would highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to make memorable toys for the little ones in their lives.... especially aunties like me. :)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Itty-Bitty toys packing a great big punch,
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This review is from: Itty-Bitty Toys: How to Knit Animals, Dolls, and Other Playthings for Kids (Hardcover)
I don't normally like to purchase books until I have been able to peruse them so I took this one out of our library. What a surprise! Itty-bitty toys is jam-packed with wonderful gift ideas for you little ones and their friends. I particularly like the reversible doll set. I am knitting a little hippo now for a friend and I find that the instructions are easy to follow. There are also lots of beautiful pictures throughout the book. I'll definitely be purchasing this item soon!
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