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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Toy:
    • Giant Anteater
    • Armadillo
    • Fruit Bat
    • Ring-Tailed Lemur
    • Brown Bear
    • Wolf
    • Gray Seal and Pup
    • Polar Bear
    • Penguin
    • Crocodile
    • Koala
    • Chimpanzee
    • Lion
    • Leopard
    • Tiger
    • Zebra
    • Mandrill
    • Camel
    • Meerkat
    • Elephant
    • Giraffe
    • Panda
    • Orangutan
    • Kangaroo and Joey
  • Hints
  • Methods
  • Index of Animals
  • Resources and Achnowledgments

Title: Knit Your Own Zoo: Easy-to-Follow Patterns for 24 Animals
Author: Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne
Publication Date: TPB:2014
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., NY
Page Count: 176
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 6 3/4" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 9781579129606

PATTERN RATING:Star Rating Every pattern is well detailed and picks up the formation and characteristics of the breed it represents so to be instantly recognizable. These are marvelous!

INSTRUCTION RATING:Star Rating Instructions are well broken down but are in very fine print and brown ink(rather than black) making them harder to read. I don't care. Instructions for putting your knit pieces together are pretty sketchy and without back-up illustration. I still don't care. These are patterns for someone who already knows the basics of knitting.

SUMMARY- These are not meant as toys for younger children, though most could be made child safe I would think. I was astonished at the cleverness of the designs and fine detail they were able to imbue in these designs. I will happily buy all their books sight unseen - these are really top shelf books.

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