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Knit Baby Head & Toes!

Jaunty caps and hats to keep baby's head toasty warm. Cute knit socks and booties for baby's sweet little feet. They're essential gifts for any newborn. Instructions for 15 projects in plain English; no complicated terms. Recommends yarns best suited for a baby: cottons, chenilles, and warm, washable wools. One-of-a-kind projects include: Baby Beret: a rakish French cap for a not-so-terrible enfant; Puppy Slippers: happiness is a pair of warm, felted, floppy-earned puppy slippers; Lettuce-Edge Booties: complete with lacy trim; Honeybee Socks: decorated with 3-dimensional honeybees.

Knit Baby Blankets!

Written with the beginning (or infrequent) knitter in mind. Instructions for 15 projects in plain English; no complicated terms. Heirloom-quality projects include: Basketweave Blanket: a traditional favorite, and easy to knit; Baby Bunting: a hooded baby blanket with colorful trim around the hood and down the open front; Aran for Baby: based on a traditional knit from Ireland's Aran Isles; Felted Carriage Blanket: soft and very warm, trimmed with satin blanket binding. HC 125pgs

Nursery Rhyme Knits

Hats, Mittens & Scarves with Kids' Favorite Verses! Tips and tricks for patterns plus color key and yarn requirements. Tell your little ones magical stories in yarn! HB 127pgs

Kids Can Do It! Knitting

Contemporary little projects for the young interested knitter to learn knitting and have something they like to wear: little neck purses, mittens, scarfs. headbands. The very clear drawings of knitting processes and techniques that illustrate the patterns will be that part of this book that keeps it on your knitting bookshelf.

50 Baby Bootees to Knit

Great book by Zoe Mellor which includes many incredibly cute socks and bootees for little ones. Hard cover and spiral bound so you can easily view patterns.

Mittens  

Knit mittens!

15 cool patterns to keep you warm by Robin Hansen. Each pattern includes complete instructions for multiple size mittens. Hard back, 126 pages. Instructions, charts and illustrations are very thorough. A great help with multi-color knitting!

Knit hats!

The book may have a silly shape but it has some seriously fun to knit, challenging hat patterns. Clear instruction for children to adult sizes. Most are knitted on double-pointed needles in worsted weight wool with all kinds of decorations, (carrots or morning glories?), and shapes from pill box in lumpy yarn to mohair berets to hats with flaps. Hey, you might even learn a new stitch, like the headbands in a double-knit fair isle-like pattern. Good chart layout.

Toys  

Pocket Pals

Need a use for your scraps of yarn? Knite thes adorable little toys. Instructions for hand or machine knitting. Includes instructions for their own little pocket and pouch.