Whether you’re shopping for the crafter in your life, or searching for ideas for homemade and heartfelt gifts to give, these colorful books offer dozens of knitted, crocheted, and sewn projects to brighten the holiday season—and all year-round.
Softies Only a Mother Could Love, Edited by Jess Redman and Meg Leder
Designed by crafters from around the world, these imaginative softies range from lovable animals to quirky monsters. With easy-to-follow patterns and step-by-step instructions, you too can make your own unique and cuddly friend using little more than a needle, thread, and colorful scraps of fabric.
Sock and Glove by Miyako Kanamori
These sixteen stuffed creations are pieced together from ordinary socks, gloves, and mittens to create a charming menagerie of monkeys, elephants, pigs, rabbits, and more. Perfect for crafters of all skill sets, these projects are easy to construct—and even easier to love.
Happy Gloves by Miyako Kanamori
From the creator of Sock and Glove comes this new collection of softy projects—from chipmunks and lions to teapots and flowers—crafted using cast-off gloves.
Tiny Yarn Animals by Tamie Snow
This colorful guide presents twenty sweet and simple-to-make yarn creatures assembled using several basic crochet stitches, which even beginners can easily master. The results, from a winsome lamb to a wide-eyed lemur, make for delightful companions.
Wacky Baby Knits by Alison Jenkins
Dress your baby to be the hippest and most stylish child on the block with these twenty knitted designs, from cupcake hats to monster booties.
