More than 40 fun, simple knitting patterns for cute and cuddly farmyard animals and people
This gorgeous book brings you more than 40 irresistible mini knits for knitters of all abilities. The fun, simple knitting patterns include a whole range of cute little farmyard animals, as well as fields for them to live in, a barn to shelter in, and some farmers to look after them with their own country cottage!
Choose from all your farmyard favourites such as cows, sheep, pigs, donkeys and horses along with chickens, ducks, pheasants and crows. Many of the patterns require only small amounts of readily available yarn, so they are ideal for using up scraps from your stash. The book also contains a useful techniques section, with step-by-step instructions on stuffing and sewing up, creating tails and manes, and the embroidery stitches needed to create the facial features and details.
With a handy foldout template sheet stored in the back of the book, this is all you need to make your very own knitted farmyard.
Table of Contents
Intro
Materials and tools
Basic knitting
Abbreviations
Step-by-step, basic animal, pony
Step-by-step, basic doll with dungaree
Step-by-step, doll variation, green grocer legs
Key techniques (animals’ tail, mane, dolls’ hair variations)
Basic embroidery
Projects:
Pig & piglets
Bull
Cow
Donkey
Goat
Pony
Sheepdog
Sheep
Alpaca
Dog
Cat
Turkey
Pheasant
Chicken & chicks
Turkey
Duck
Magpie & crow
Pigeon
Farmer - man
Farmer woman
Girl with basket
Children
Baby
Shepherd
Shepherd child with sheep
Scarecrow
Pumpkin
Greengrocer
Vegetable patch
Vegetables
Vegetable cart
Thatched cottage
Cottage variation
Barn
Fields with pond
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Extra Information
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About Sachiyo Ishii
Sachiyo Ishii was born and raised in Japan. She was a money broker on Wall Street and in London before discovering the joy of handicraft after her second son was born. She learned dressmaking and Waldorf doll making and has been designing and creating dolls and toys ever since. She teaches knitting, doll making, wet and dry felting, sewing, crochet and spinning, among other crafts. She has authored a number of best-selling titles for Search Press, and has sold over 200,000 copies of her books to date. Her work also regularly appears in knitting magazines.
Sachiyo lives in Sussex, UK with her husband and two sons.
Visit her website at www.knitssachi.com and her Instagram: @knitsbysachi
