Knit your own team of Olympic athletes and be a part of the blockbusting sporting event of 2012! Includes full instructions for how to knit the athletes alongside hilarious photos of them in action and how to customize them for your own team. Featuring 18 knitting patterns for athletes including Fiona the Fencer and Wayne the Weightlifter, The Olympknits is guaranteed to get you giggling while your needles are clicking. Step instructions mean that even novice knitters can get in on the action and create their very own team of woolly athletes. It includes full sized templates for the outfits which can be created from scraps of fabric and old clothes. Olympknits is a quirky take on the biggest global event of 2012. It includes full instructions for how to knit together with hilarious photos of the finished athletes in action and how to customise them for your own team. Bonus projects for making medals, podium and creating your very own awards ceremony are available online. Contents include: Introduction; Knitting basics; 1 Bill and Bob the Boxers; 2 Cindy the Cyclist; 3 Reg the Runner; 4 Edward the Equestrian; 5 Fiona the Fencer; 6 Grace and Gloria the gymnasts; 7 Kato the Karatekat; 8 Su, Sal, Sim, Sam and Sven the Swimmers; 9 Rod, Rich, Rick and Ron the Rowers; 10 Wayne the weightlifter.
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Laura Long has a knitted textiles degree from Central St Martins and works out of her central London studio. She teaches knitting workshops as well as designing, making and selling her knitted creations to boutiques and galleries all over the world. Laura also contributes regularly to knitting magazines including Simply Knitting Magazine and Knit Today. Laura lives in South London.
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By Susan Belcher
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I have always enjoyed crafts, everything from crotchet to embroidery, and I have a number of these knitted toy and dolly books. I admit that I was disappointed when I started to go through the patterns.
The athletes are basically the same doll just with different outfits. These outfits are not knitted like other character knit books, but to be made of separate material, and they are extremely basic; therefore, the patterns for the knitted dollies and the sewn outfits should be good for the beginner as well as the experienced knitter.
But what happens when the games are over? Well you can always change their clothes and make them into your favourite sports team, soldiers, dancers, TV/movie character, etc, or just general dollies for the children to play with.
The book contains colour pictures for easy pattern dollies (and horse) which help you visualise what your quick to make athletes.
The athletes are basically the same doll just with different outfits. These outfits are not knitted like other character knit books, but to be made of separate material, and they are extremely basic; therefore, the patterns for the knitted dollies and the sewn outfits should be good for the beginner as well as the experienced knitter.
But what happens when the games are over? Well you can always change their clothes and make them into your favourite sports team, soldiers, dancers, TV/movie character, etc, or just general dollies for the children to play with.
The book contains colour pictures for easy pattern dollies (and horse) which help you visualise what your quick to make athletes.
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I ordered this for my 9 year old daughter who has basically taught herself knitting and is growing bored of knitting scarves for her teddies! This book is so cute and really well put together, the ideas are so cute and seem easy enough to understand - though my daughter has had to go on YouTube a couple of times to learn a new stitch or two! She is really enjoying knitting the cyclist for me (a Bradley Wiggins Fan) and is even going to put some sideburns on him when she has finished.
I like the layout of the book and my daughter thinks it is fun and easy to use, so for that it gets 5 stars!
I like the layout of the book and my daughter thinks it is fun and easy to use, so for that it gets 5 stars!
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By sally tarbox
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Cute and topical book based around a very simple figure- the face has embroidered eyes and a cast-on stitch for a shaped nose.
There are then instructions given for outfits to make a runner, boxers, weight lifter, fencer, karate expert and synchronised swimmers plus a showjumper complete with horse among others. The clothes are fabric and the general appearance is quite basic.
I think it would be a great project book for any teenagers just starting to knit.
There are then instructions given for outfits to make a runner, boxers, weight lifter, fencer, karate expert and synchronised swimmers plus a showjumper complete with horse among others. The clothes are fabric and the general appearance is quite basic.
I think it would be a great project book for any teenagers just starting to knit.
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knitting ok
Knitting patterns ok but not very stylish and the final make up using fabric scraps gave the overall appearance of "Tatty"
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The patterns in this book are easy to use. They are also really fun....
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