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Giveaway: Animal Knits for Kids Books

February 23, 2015 by Sarah White

wina copy of two sweet animal knits for kids books

Congratulations to Patty!

Kids in garments that look like animals are always really cute, and this week I have a couple of fun animal knitting for kids books, perfect for a new parent, grandparent or someone who just loves to knit for little ones.

Gramma Nancy’s Animal Hats by Nancy Nielsen includes patterns for hats and booties inspired by animals. They range from bears and bunnies to monkeys, turtles, chickens, cats and dogs, and they all use pretty simple techniques and Vanna’s Choice yarn, so they’re a good value and machine washable.

And Animal Knits for Kids by Amanda Berry has 30 projects for babies and little kids inspired by the zoo. It starts with an adventurer outfit and goes through the jungle, reptile house, polar regions, tropical seas and forest. Garments and accessories are included, such as the tiger jumper on the cover, a coiled snake toy, penguin mittens, a shark hooded vest and a hat with reindeer antlers, to name a few.

For a chance to win both of these books, leave a comment on this post. Why not tell me what your favorite animal is, or whether you’ve ever knit an animal-inspired project. (When I was a kid leopards were my favorites, and my daughter has a fondness for penguins, in case you were wondering.)

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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Comments

  1. Sandy DeSito says

    February 23, 2015 at 3:49 pm

    Looking to make animal hats for my new grandson … Owls

  2. leighes says

    February 23, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    I love penguins, my granddaughter loves monkeys and I am hoping to be able to knit her some fun hats with a monkey or something else cute! thanks 🙂

  3. Becky Thomas says

    February 23, 2015 at 4:14 pm

    I have never knitted an animal hat before but would love to do some for my 4 month old grandson Jeremy 🙂

  4. Sandy says

    February 23, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    I’m currently working on a fox hat for my grandson. These books are full of fun things I co knit for Jaxon.

  5. Lorinda says

    February 23, 2015 at 6:13 pm

    I’ve never knit an animal themed item yet but my daughter wants a unicorn hat!

  6. Mel Pi says

    February 23, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    I’ve crocheted a couple of the cute hooded cowls with fox ears. But I’m a new knitter and would love more cute patterns like this.

  7. marianne says

    February 23, 2015 at 8:14 pm

    penguins, dolphins, owls. Would love the chance to win. Thanks for your generosity.

  8. anrobinson12 says

    February 23, 2015 at 8:16 pm

    Before my son was born I made him a blanket that was shapes like a bear and had a stuffed head. It’s so cute! And I embroidered his initials on it 🙂

  9. Kay says

    February 23, 2015 at 10:12 pm

    My daughter loves monkeys and kitties. This is too cute.

  10. ella says

    February 23, 2015 at 11:53 pm

    I love wolves and I would TOTALLY knit an animal-inspired project! It would be so fun!

  11. Linda says

    February 24, 2015 at 3:44 am

    I like cows! I made a little blanket with a cow and it’s great. THANKS for the giveaway!!

  12. lindarumsey says

    February 24, 2015 at 4:22 am

    My favourite animals are otters and snow leopards. My daughter adores owls and my son, penguins!

  13. Yvon says

    February 24, 2015 at 5:44 am

    I’ve knitted a rabbit hat for my baby girl and she wore it a few times. While I love cats, I think she loves monkeys.

  14. Jenna O says

    February 24, 2015 at 7:41 am

    I love lions!

  15. Maryanne says

    February 24, 2015 at 9:11 am

    I like cats, dogs, foxes, pretty much anything furry. I knit a fox hat for my younger daughter last winter. I also knit a cow-spotted sweater for the same daughter when she was a baby.

  16. chickie brewer says

    February 24, 2015 at 11:20 am

    I have needed crochet an animal themed item. I think I would enjoy doing a lion when I was a kid.. My granddaughter would want me to make anything that looks like a house cat.

  17. Patty Manders says

    February 24, 2015 at 11:29 am

    I knit foxy-scarves for our two older DGDs in 2014. They looked wonderful and were scarves they loved to wear. One of our DDs loved black and white animals (penguins, killer whales, zebras, pandas, etc.). She was torn between two careers–concert pianist or accountant. Both black and white occupations!

    from too darn cold VT,
    the Vermonster

  18. Mary Helene says

    February 24, 2015 at 11:30 am

    Have never anything with an animal theme. So many really cute patterns to choose from now. My daughter would love to have a fox hat.

  19. Chris Murphy says

    February 24, 2015 at 11:45 am

    I knit a couple of animal sweaters for our son when he was little: one had a whale, wrapped around the sweater’s body with the tail on the back of the sweater and then a dinosaur sweater. Now it’s bunny hats for the granddaughters! Would love more ideas!

    Favorite animal? Probably a cat; one that’s past the kitten stage.

  20. Cathy says

    February 24, 2015 at 12:07 pm

    Would love to try animal hats for my 6 grandchildren!!

  21. amchart says

    February 24, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    A giraffe … they’re just cool! Can’t recall knitting a animal anything, but I could be forgetting!

  22. Karey says

    February 24, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    I like cats, bears, hedgehogs, pandas, really any animal! I’ve knitted a few cats but I haven’t do any other animals yet. But some parakeets are up next on my list.

  23. Merry says

    February 24, 2015 at 2:26 pm

    I love cats and knitted a little cat toy for my cousin’s baby. I should knit more of them for the new babies in my life.
    wahoomerryf on Ravelry

  24. Andrea B says

    February 24, 2015 at 2:42 pm

    My fav is definitely chickens (or exotic birds in my case as you aren’t allowed to have chickens). I’d make adult sizes of the cover hats.

  25. Pat morris says

    February 24, 2015 at 2:44 pm

    I love all animals ,but I have to say that horses are my favorite.
    I do and will alway knit animal inspired projects. I’d love to have these books to use.

  26. ELM says

    February 24, 2015 at 3:57 pm

    I have done a zebra. And many kinds of creatures – but not many animals!! So many to try… not enough time to do them all!!

  27. Mary Sue says

    February 24, 2015 at 4:37 pm

    I think the animal hats I make are cute until I see someone else’s…this is definitely a “gotta have” to add to my cache of ideas. Turning a spider man one over in my mind now, and I will figure it out…soon I hope. :>)

  28. joyce hancock says

    February 24, 2015 at 4:52 pm

    I like elephants and knit my grandson an elephant lovey. It turned out pretty cute. I think that kids respond well to animal knits.

  29. wendyhatton says

    February 24, 2015 at 4:59 pm

    I regularly crochet small animals as soft toys to give away and would love to branch out into these sweet hats. The chickens are so cute!

  30. sandra says

    February 24, 2015 at 5:10 pm

    Love to learn from these books.

  31. Theresa says

    February 24, 2015 at 8:41 pm

    I am a beginner knitter so I haven’t the knowledge to make fancy animals. Ready to expand my horizons!!

  32. Kiri says

    February 24, 2015 at 10:36 pm

    I’ve knit a couple bear hats for babies and a stuffed fish you. I would love to try some other animals!

  33. ashley says

    February 25, 2015 at 2:03 pm

    I love chickens – I would love to make my baby a chicken hat!

  34. kimberlychapman says

    February 26, 2015 at 7:08 am

    My 9 year old is currently obsessed with anything to do with racoons because of Rocket, and my toddler loves hats of all kinds. I totally want to make those chicken hats!

  35. Elena Tucker says

    February 27, 2015 at 10:33 am

    My husband and daughter are obsessed with red pandas. I am planning on making both of them hats when I find a pattern that I can modify (my daughter is 22 🙂 )

  36. Carolsue says

    March 1, 2015 at 5:07 am

    I knit a cat scarf once! My daughter loves foxes, so I’d like to do something with foxes next.

  37. ameunier says

    March 1, 2015 at 4:32 pm

    I’ve just finished little booties for my unborn niece. I’d love to make an animal hat to match and these are cute!

  38. Anne L says

    March 13, 2015 at 10:12 am

    As I have a new grandson (first grandchild) and I know my daughter-in-law would love an animal hat for him, these books would be inspiring and I’d have fun knitting him one – well, one every year until he refused to wear them!!! A koala hat would be fun.

  39. Diane Scotford says

    September 10, 2018 at 8:42 am

    I would like to make a sheep hat and chicken one for my Grandson but he loves animals so would like them all

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