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Weekend Makes: Crocheted Toys

25 Quick and Easy Projects to Make
Series: Weekend Makes
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Weekend Makes: Crocheted Toys by Emma Osmond is a delightful guide for craft enthusiasts keen on creating charming crocheted toys. It features a variety of adorable patterns, each accompanied by clear, step-by-step instructions ideal for weekends. This book offers inspiration and practical advice to help you bring these fun projects to life, making it perfect for both beginners and experienced crocheters alike.
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You might enjoy this book if you're keen on bringing charming characters to life through crochet, perfect for adding personal, handmade touches to gifts or dΓ©cor. With step-by-step instructions and delightful projects, it caters to both beginners and experienced crocheters looking to unwind with creative projects over the weekend.

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This new edition to the Weekend makes series presents 25 cute and colourful toys to crochet with love for young children and babies.

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Weekend Makes: Crocheted Toys is a delightful new addition to the Weekend Makes series, offering 25 cute and colourful toys to crochet with love for young children and babies. Perfect for using up your remnants of yarn and quick to make, you'll be delighted with the results and so will your little ones!

In this collection, you'll find a variety of toys and games, from tactile stacking rings and an adorable giraffe to a practical stroller toy and educational number cubes. You'll want to make them all! There is even a toy basket to store all your precious makes.

The essential tools and techniques section ensures that those new to crochet need not worry, as these simple projects are achievable for all levels of ability.

Projects include: baby rattle, elephant toy, number cubes, caterpillar, memory game, fishing game, finger puppets, balls, cars, and a toy basket.

Author: Emma Osmond was originally taught to knit and crochet by her grandmother, and this wonderful skill has become her career. It was in the haberdashery department at Liberty of London that her love of yarn was established. There, she enjoyed teaching beginners' knitting and crochet classes, giving people the opportunity to take a handmade item home with them at the end of the day. Now, Emma creates beautiful patterns that are inspiring and enable you to use your newly learned skills in different ways.

Selling Points:

  • Projects include: baby rattle, elephant toy, number cubes, caterpillar, memory game, fishing game, finger puppets, balls, cars, toy basket.
  • Suitable for those with basic to intermediate crochet skills.
  • Projects include a mixture of toys and games.
  • Includes 25 gorgeous toy projects.

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    Weekend Makes: Crocheted Toys is a delightful new addition to the Weekend Makes series, offering 25 cute and colourful toys to crochet with love for young children and babies. Perfect for using up your remnants of yarn and quick to make, you'll be delighted with the results and so will your little ones! In this collection, you'll find a variety...
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Emma Osmond's Weekend Makes: Crocheted Toys is praised for its user-friendly layout and plentiful illustrations, making it a recommended addition to any needlecraft collection. It offers an engaging mix of quick projects, perfect for using yarn remnants, with ideas fit for both beginners and those with more crochet experience. The book provides 25 projects designed to complete in a weekend, focusing on toys and games for children and babies, such as educational cubes and sensory toys.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784945497

Publisher: GMC Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd

Illustration: 80 full-colour photographs, 30 full-colour illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 275.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 152

About the Author

Emma Osmond was originally taught to knit and crochet by her grandmother, and this wonderful skill has become her career. It was in the haberdashery department at Liberty of London that her love of yarn was established. There she enjoyed teaching beginners' knitting and crochet classes, which gave people the opportunity to take a handmade item home with them at the end of the day. Now Emma creates beautiful patterns that are inspiring and enable you to use your newly learned skills in different ways.

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