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Crocheted Wild Animals

A Collection of Cuddly Creatures to Make from Scratch
Series: Knitted
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Crocheted Wild Animals offers 14 charming and colourful crochet projects featuring wild animals from across the globe. Each creature, from polar bears to camels and flamingos, is brought to life with distinct personality and detailed patterns. The book includes a clear, comprehensive techniques section suitable for various skill levels, alongside fascinating facts about the animals.
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This book is ideal for crochet enthusiasts of all levels, as well as anyone interested in crafts inspired by wildlife. It appeals to both children and adults who enjoy creative, hands-on projects and learning unusual facts about animals.

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Inside this fun, colourful book there are 14 feral friends from all over the world to choose from, each with a very distinct personality.

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This gorgeous collection of wild animals to crochet will enchant children and adults alike. Inside this fun, colourful book, there are 14 feral friends from all over the world to choose from, each with a very distinct personality.

The projects vary in level of complexity, and there is a comprehensive and straightforward techniques section to help you learn the necessary skills. Along the way, you will also learn some interesting and surprising facts about these fascinating creatures.

Projects include: rabbit, camel, frog, flamingo, polar bear, and chameleon.

  • 14 gorgeous projects all exquisitely photographed
  • Clearly presented, easy-to-follow crochet patterns
  • A comprehensive, illustrated techniques section
  • Projects that vary in complexity, appealing to a range of abilities
  • A colourful gallery showcasing the animals
  • Full of fascinating facts you didn't know about wild creatures

Crocheted Wild Animals is authored by Vanessa Mooncie, who spent many happy hours as a child sitting with her mother and grandmother learning how to knit and crochet. She went on to study fashion and textile design and became a self-employed children's wear designer, illustrator, and commercial interior designer. She now specialises in silkscreen work and designing crochet jewellery, which she sells through her company Kissy Suzuki (www.kissysuzuki.com). She lives with her family in a rural village in the south of England.

Vanessa is a regular contributor to craft books and magazines and is the author of other titles for GMC, including Crocheted Accessories, Animal Hats, and And Sew To Bed.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781861089267

Publisher: GMC Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd

Illustration: 175 Halftones, color; 41 Illustrations; 154 Charts

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

About the Author

Vanessa Mooncie studied fashionn and textile design and became a self-employed children's wear designer, illustrator and commercial interior designer. She now specializes in silkscreen work and designing crochet jewellery, which she sells through her company Kissy Suzuki (www.kissysuzuki.com). Vanessa is a regular contributor to craft books and magazines and is the author of other titles for GMC including Crocheted Accessories, Animal Hats and And Sew To Bed.

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