One of the best things about being a librarian has got to be unpacking the boxes of new books. It's like a little bit of Christmas every week!
As soon as I pulled Knitted Animal Cozies out of the box, I just knew this was my latest favourite craft book. The animals are so desperately cute and adorable, I just wanted to knit them right away. I found myself wanting to take up drinking coffee just so that I could knit myself a woolly Sheep Cafetière Hug. Or even golf, because who wouldn't want cute, fluffy, puppy cozies for their golf-clubs?
Once I recovered from the cuteness overload, I realised it's written by Fiona Goble, who just so happens to have written several other crafty favourites of mine. I actually like Fleecie Dolls so much I bought my own copy! And once I've knitted all the cozies I need in my life (maybe I'll skip the Tortoise Stool Cozy) I rather think I'd like a Knitivity.
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Since most of the cozy projects are knitted in chunky or aran weight wool, or are pretty small, they should be quick to make -- unlike Grandpa's socks which I'm still working on 10 months later (the end is in sight, though, I'm 7 inches down sock number two)!! And if you're new to knitting, the book has great, clear instructions on how to knit, including how to do the various stitches in the patterns.
Go on, you know you want some knitted animal cozies too!
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