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Giveaway: Animal Lovies

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Animal Lovies reivew and giveaway

Congratulations to Lee!

This is a book that I really want to need so I can keep it and knit all these adorable projects for myself. But I know I would never actually make them, not having a baby anymore, so I want this book to go to someone who will really use it

Animal Lovies by Yolanda Soto-Lopez includes 10 knitting projects for really cute snuggly blankies with little heads and arms that make it a blanket/doll combination. The patterns are for a bear, bunny, lamb, penguin, duck, bird, dog, panda, cat and giraffe and they are all so cute I can’t even tell you. You can see all the projects at Leisure Arts.

The blankets are 12 inches square and all the projects are rated easy +, so if you have some projects that involve increase and decreasing under your belt you’re ready for this book.

If you’d like a chance to win this one, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, March 20. I’d love to know which animal or animals you would knit and who in your life you can knit lovies for.

Thank you for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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Comments

  4. My daughter loves giraffes, her room is decorated with them and the one in the picture is Aaadorable! I would knit for her. Thanks for having this fun give-away.

  5. I’d love to win this and give it to my mom or grandma (and then inherit it later!). They always knit or sew something for any baby they know of – and my brother and his wife are due any moment!

  7. The giraffe is my favorite! I would make one for my sons new baby, the grandbaby of course!

  12. I started making the bunny blanket pattern years back to give to new babies. I have gotten tired of the pattern but the babies love it. This book would give me other ideas. I wish I could post a picture of what is left of my grandson’s bunny blanket. We can’t wash it anymore. I have knitted others and he won’t take to it maybe he would pick out one of the other patterns and then give up the one that is falling apart.

  15. I feel like the Cookie Monster- me want, me want! I love knitting loveys, softies, cuddles and more for the wee ones.

  16. It would be difficult to decide, but that giraffe is super cute and it seems that someone I know is always expecting 🙂

  18. I would love to create all of the animals shown. They are all so cute. First to case on would have to be the brown bear followed by the puppy. Thank you for the sweet giveaway.

  21. I would definitely knit them all for mmy first grandchild due in May. It’s absolutely fabulous.

  24. I would love to own this book, and would knit many of them for friend”s grandchildren, and charity. First would be the dog. Thank you for the giveaway.

  25. As a former teacher, I have a great love of children. I show this love by sharing my knitting talents. I know I would make good use of this book and make many children feel loved and happy!

  26. Starting with the giraffe, I would love to knit one each for my 6 grandchildren under 4 years of age and 3 great-nieces/nephew who were all born in the last 6 months. What gorgeous gifts to give. Thanks for the opportunity.

  29. I have a new grandbaby due in Aug. I have never cared for the knitted animals my mom made, but love the idea of the blanket attached so will have to try one, and my babies always loved their giraffes, so guess that would be the starting point. ;>) MS

  30. I have over 70 grand children and great grand children with both a little girl and a little boy coming in the next couple of months. I think this would be a great gift for these tiny gifts from Heaven.

  32. I knit for preemies and babies in hospital. This book is full of brilliant ideas, thank for sharing with us and offering to donate . I will make much use of it if it comes to me
    X

  34. Hummm, even if no potential grandchildren, your friends may have grandchildren in the works. My knitting friends & I always seem to be knitting blankets, hats, & booties for their new grandchildren. Plus several belong to other groups that knit & donate to local organizations. None to our local hospitals since the accreditation person for this region was going to revoke accreditation if they continued to accept “flammable” hand made purple hats or anything else that didn’t come from a qualified vendor.

  35. Ohh just to own the book would be delightful and then to reproduce favourites for my still growing grand-family.

  36. My grandson would love one of those. Maybe the panda or the giraffe. I would have to ask is mother what his favorite animal is.

  40. These are adorable animals. I would make the giraffe first. Then the panda. Then one by one all of them. Grand kids & great grand kids love animals & blankies.

  43. I would LOVE to make my 8 month old grandson the bunny and the panda – and a bear! My favorite is the panda!

  45. I love the lamb and the giraffe! I would start on one now so that when I needed a gift,it would be ready since I’m not the fastest knitter.

  46. It seems that any time anyone is expecting, I’m the one that gets the invite to their baby shower, or receives the phone call, to let me know, because I always make a layette set for the person’s little one. In fact, last year I did nothing but made baby afghans, sweaters, and bibs!! Some people got a little more. Anyway, this would make a cute addition to my collection that I send out to the Moms’ to be!! Thank you for the great giveaway!!!

  47. I almost forgot!! Of course I would have to make the Duck, Puppy, and Giraffe!! I thought that they were so cute!! I might attempt one of the others, with a little bit of tweaking, here and there.

  48. This would be great to win, I will have 11th grandchild come September and 8 of them will be under 5 yrs. of age. I would be able to make every one of the lovies . They are all soo adorable .

  49. These are adorable! I would love to knit a kitten, a puppy, and a giraffe for all the little ones I know!

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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