Knitted Animal Friends: Over 40 knitting patterns for adorable animal dolls, their clothes and accessories: 1

I’m totally addicted to creating these beautiful knitted animals. The patterns are meticulously written making them easy to follow. I just love them. I have 2 of these animal friends pattern books and no doubt I will be making every single one.

I absolutely love all the animals and their mix and match outfits in this adorable book. I do not consider myself a very experienced knitter and was at first a little intimidated after reading through the list of abbreviations for all the different stitches and techniques. However, after watching some of the techniques on You Tube I found numerous, easy to follow, tutorials. I also found a list of errata shown here, on the Boobiloo website, after reading other reviews.

I am overwhelmed by the quality of the patterns in this beautifully illustrated book. The instructions are so detailed and easy to follow. I have been able to achieve fantastic results that have blown away loved ones that I have given the animals to as gifts as well as myself. Through knitting the animals in this book and using YouTube when I came across techniques I hadn’t done before I gained a real sense of achievement. The finished results are so beautiful, especially for sitting on shelves with their amazing dangling legs. The clothes fit beautifully and children (and me) love the fact that they can dress and undress the animals. The animals with tails that fit through the clothes are particularly special. Make more than one and they can mix and match the clothes. The fact that the yarns used are beautiful to knit with are washable is great. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Thank you so much Louise, you got me through lockdown!

Loved this book. Great characters and accessories to knit. I would say this is not for a beginner. Some experience to follow terminology is required. The characters themselves are lovey to knit.

Lovely patterns and would have given 5 strs but some of the instructions are rather cryptic and even though I am an experienced knitter , I have struggled with some of the instructions and had to work them out on a sample.

The patterns really make it easy to make these animals. They are so cute and easy to customise to individualise them. The clothes are interchangeable though the collection.

This book is brilliant! Written clearly and concisely and the patterns knit up well. I love it. I read the reviews before purchasing and noted some more negative reviews, but I am so glad I went with the positive ones. I am not an experienced knitter (my mum taught me the basics as a child but have done very little in adulthood - taught myself to cable knit and ‘in the round’ only last year), but I find this book very easy to follow. There are a couple of things that I had not done before( (such as picot castoff), but if I am not fully understanding the written instructions in the book, a quick internet search and watching a video soon has that sorted. I have started teaching Ukrainian refugees to knit and I am happy to start them on patterns from this book soon, as it is so clearly written. Some reviews said about the size of the print being too small and I cannot comment on the actual book as I purchased the kindle version, but I would say that I would struggle with any paper pattern in the evening light, hence why I prefer kindle/PDF patterns so that you can adjust the size! After knitting three of the animals from this book, I have now purchased the second book; Wild Animals (wasn’t originally available in kindle format but now is) and again, I absolutely love it. Only on my first project from that book, but I would say that the patterns are slightly easier (for example the sneakers), so if you want to ease yourself in, maybe buy Wild Animals first. But the results are lovely. All knitted as presents so far, and all very much loved. My aim is to do all the animals from the two books. 😀

This really is a beautiful book. I cannot wait to get out my needles and yarns to get on making all these cuties. I have had a good read of this and I know these will be easy to knit these up in no time at all. Someone is going to be over the moon when I gift theses to them soon 😃 Happy to recommend and say buy it and knit them all.

Es un libro que describe con mucho detalle sus patrones, además de que explica las técnicas necesarias para realizarlos.

Patterns are lovely and easy to understand.

J'adore l'auteur Louise Crowther dont les modèles sont tous plus originaux les uns que les autres. Avec ce livre, on s'amuse à tricoter des animaux habillés (il y en a 13 en tout) avec différents styles. Il y en a pour tous les goûts. C'est très original à réaliser, mais demande un bon niveau en tricot. On tricote, on assemble, on coud ! Une très chouette collection très bien expliquée et claire avec de jolies photos. Le livre peut être vu sur Youtube. Alors à vos aiguilles et bon tricot ! Je recommande ce livre qui donne envie de tout tricoter !

Love this book. Super cute patterns. Easy to read and knits up quickly.

The patterns were very clear... all instructions were explained fully... and the actual book is printed on quality paper... the pictures to explain stitches are close up... it’s a beautiful book... and am so pleased I purchased it ... the animals and their clothes are sooo cute