Knitted Aliens & 3 DK Acrylic Yarns

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Knitted Aliens & 3 DK Acrylic Yarns Knitted Aliens
- Twenty to Make & three DK Acrylic Yarns presents close encounters of the knitted kind! Fiona Mc Donalds instructions make knitting twenty adorable aliens easy & fun, so blast off & have an adventure with these charming characters. This title features twenty designs & twenty alternatives that are perfect as gifts. About the Author Fiona Mc Donald studied classical painting & drawing at The Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, Australia from 1985 to 1989. After moving to the Blue Mountains, she began developing her unique oil-painted, needle-sculpted, life-size cloth figures, & her own line of fabric dolls & dragons. On returning to her home town of Armidale, Fiona added to her skills by learning to knit. This latest phase in her career has resulted in her developing designs for dolls & other toys. Review I have knitted two of these alien whilst on holiday & Mum made another two. The patterns include only basic knit, purl & basic increasing & decreasing. They would make them a brilliant project for a new knitter with some help making up. Will (6) particularly enjoyed adding the decorations to the knitted bodies, & both he & Anna chose the wool. It was a great way to use up little ends & some of the novelty wool I cant resist but wouldnt necessarily want to wear! Sometimes the fancy wool made bits come up bigger then expected but I think thats definitely the fun of these, each one comes out with their own personality. As the name suggest there are twenty patterns in this book, giving lots of potential for a whole planet of daft aliens. Due to the size of the book it was sometimes difficult to knit & keep the pages open, especially if you need to keep a count of the short rows, which you would need to do with the fluffier wool. I can see this book coming out over & over again as the kids grow up & are able to complete more of the stages themselves. I can also see no reason why these aliens couldnt be stuffed with lavender & live in an underwear drawer or be threaded onto a bag dangle. One nice thing is that the models in the photos are not so perfect that you feel your own efforts would be a poor comparison, they give you a very reasonable expectation that every single alien you make will come out totally bonkers!-Jennyflowerblue.blogspot.com This book

Includes:: three 25gm balls of Double Knit acrylic yarn -in pink, grey & blue. Colours may vary depending on stock availability.