Mini knitted cosmos : over 40 woolly aliens, rockets, planets and other astro-knits / Sachiyo Ishii ; [photographs by Paul Bricknell] ; [illustrations by Bess Harding].
Introduction -- Materials and tools -- Basic knitting -- Abbreviations -- Sewing up and stuffing -- Key techniques -- Basic embroidery -- The projects -- Green & orange aliens -- Round alien -- Mushroom-head alien & brown alien -- Bug-eyed alien -- Horned alien -- Striped alien -- Planet Earth & Moon -- Astro-bunny -- Astro-elephant -- Astro-giraffe -- Astro-bear -- Astro-dog -- Astro-mouse -- Astro-penguin -- Astro-kangaroo -- Satellite -- Small rockets -- Rocket children -- Parachute children -- Soyuz spacecraft -- Small space shuttle -- Large rocket -- Astronaut in orange -- Moon buggy with satellite -- Space shuttle & astro-kids -- Ground staff -- Astronaut in white -- Flying saucer child -- Planets mobile -- Star babies mobile -- UFOs -- Templates.
Summary:
Bestselling author Sachiyo Ishii gives us mini knitted astronauts, planets, satellites, moon buggies, aliens and a whole host of astro-animals such as dogs, bunnies, elephants and giraffes. Knit your own fabulous cosmos with this delightful book! All the projects are quick and relatively simple to make, with very easy techniques to follow. There is a step-by-step section on how to sew the figures and animals together and the patterns are all suitable for competent beginners. Including full-size templates and more than 40 simple knitting patterns, this is all you need to make your very own knitted cosmos.
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