Book Review – Knitted Animal Friends

“Knitted Animal Friends: Over 40 knitting patterns for adorable animal dolls, their clothes and accessories” is the perfect book for knitters looking to create an adorable collection of knitted animal toys. Written by Louise Crowther, the author of “My Knitted Doll,” this book offers a wide range of patterns for creating charming and unique knitted animals.

With a total of 12 different animal patterns, each with their own unique personality and style, you’ll have plenty of options to choose from. The patterns include a basic body with a few color variations and tail additions, so you can mix and match clothes between the animals to create endless outfit possibilities.

In addition to the animal patterns, the book also includes patterns for clothes and accessories, so you can fully customize your animal creations. Whether you’re looking for a gift for friends and family or just want to make something for yourself, this book has something for everyone.

So, if you want to create your own adorable collection of knitted animal toys, add “Knitted Animal Friends: Over 40 knitting patterns for adorable animal dolls, their clothes and accessories” to your knitting library today!

Over the years I have shared a lot of pumpkin knitting patterns, and I’ve knit and crocheted a lot of pumpkins myself. But it feels like there are always more fun things to try with knit pumpkins, so this year I wanted to look a little more beyond basic stockinette or ribbed pumpkins and share some pumpkin patterns with cables, bobbles and colorwork.

In the cable collection we’ve got these cute little basic cable and ribbed pumpkins from Elly Bear Knits. There are two sizes that make a wide, flat pumpkin and a taller round pumpkin. Both are worked in the round as a tube that’s cinched top and bottom when you’re done, and they use bulky weight yarn.

Another cute cable pumpkin knitting pattern comes from Gray Bear Akswokrat. This one is knit flat and it looks like a chunky yarn but you could use other weights to make pumpkins of different sizes. This one also has an I-cord stem and uses yarn to cinch up the sections of the pumpkin, giving it a more natural look.

Add some bobbles to your pumpkins with this design from Autumn Shelter Makes. Also worked in the round in a tube, it features a repeating pattern of bobbles and uses yarn wrapped around the outside to make segments. This one looks like worsted weight yarn to me.

Of course there’s nothing that says your pumpkin has to be a single color, so let’s throw in some colorwork. I love the look of the Cozy Fall Pumpkin knitting pattern from South Stitch Girls. The little leather loop adds a rustic touch but you could also just add a stick. These pumpkins have five colorwork options and are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round.

There’s also the Autumn Fair Isle Trio pumpkins pattern from Equestriann Style, which has three different sizes of pumpkins with four colorwork designs. They are worked in super bulky yarn in the round and look good with high contrast or more muted color combinations.

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