Weekend Makes: Crocheted Toys: 25 Quick and Easy Projects to Make

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This new title in the Weekend Makes series presents 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! A variety of toys and games are included, 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 means that those new to crochet need not worry, 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, 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, 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. 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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"If you're looking for a book to help you use up remnants of yarn, this new title in the Weekend Makes series is packed full of quick and-easy makes including finger puppets, stacking cubes and adorable toys. Created by Emma Osmond, every page is filled with gorgeous pictures and clear instructions - a great choice for those newer to crochet."

"Cancel your weekend plans and settle down with this exciting new release! With 25 quick and easy projects that can be made in two days or under, this selection of super-cute projects has been designed by Osmond to satisfy every skill set. Focused on toys and games for children and babies, this book features educational number cubes, an ingenious sensory toy and so much more!"

Profusely illustrated throughout, Weekend Makes: Crocheted Toys is a complete course of instruction that is thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, making it an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, and community library Needlecraft instructional reference collections.

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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.