Adorable Pom Pom Animals: Dogs, Cats and Other Woolly Friends

by Kazuko Ito

Overview

Just a bit of winding, tying, trimming and fluffing!

Pom poms are suddenly showing up everywhere—as fashion accessories, home decor items, and toys. Adorable Pom Pom Animals shows you how to use materials including yarn, mohair, and alpaca wool to sculpt cuddly pom pom animals in different shapes and sizes.

In this charming little book, you will learn how to:

• Select the right yarns to create the correct texture for each animal
• Use stitching and trimming to sculpt and define the designs
• Hone your needle felting skills to give each creation its own personality

This adorable book features lessons, diagrams, sewing tips, and step-by-step instructions on how to make 30 different cute creations, including:

• Miniature Schnauzer
• Dachshund
• Lion
• Brown Tiger Cat
• Bear
• Ice Cream
• Holiday decorations
• Puffer Fish
• Parakeet
• Flowers
• Hearts

Plus, once you've mastered the basics, you can create your own original animal friends!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9784805314852
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	08/14/2018
Pages:	96
Sales rank:	1,109,365
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Kazuko Ito (Koito) is a craft writer in Kanagawa, Japan. She has won multiple crafting awards, including the Tetote Handmade Award and the Craft Cafe Sewing Contest. She oversaw the production of projects such as the Disney Tsum Tsum Pompom Brooch Kit and Disney Tsum Tsum Pompom Kit Book (Takarajima), among others.

Editorial Reviews

07/16/2018
One must really love pom-poms—those small, ornamental tufts of yarn often used to embellish accessories or clothing—to dive as deeply into them as Ito does in this intricate craft guide. Ito begins with seductive pictures of pom-poms, among them rabbits, dogs, frogs, hamburgers, and an apple pencil-topper. Instructions begin with a discussion of tools and sizing before getting into the basics of making pom-poms, and then the individual projects. She shows how to place eyes to change expressions, how to form shapes with glue, and how to trim. The simplest project makes a chick hair tie and involves little more than wrapping yarn around a plastic base called a pom-pom maker, and making a single cut. The more advanced projects include two- or three-tone figures, like the parakeet or puffer fish, which incorporate up to three strands of yarn at points in the winding process. The projects yield palm-sized works of art that are both adorably cute and painstakingly detailed. Ito’s instructive and visually pleasing book will appeal to fans of Amigurumi (crocheted animals) and miniature-making enthusiasts. Color photos. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

"The projects yield palm-sized works of art that are both adorably cute and painstakingly detailed. Ito's instructive and visually pleasing book will appeal to fans of Amigurumi (crocheted animals) and miniature-making enthusiasts." —Publishers Weekly

"Each of the fortysomething pom-poms includes materials, instructions, trimming and sizing guide, a winding diagram, plus front, back, and side-view images of the completed pom-poms. With so many favorite animals and foods represented, this will really get the gift making—for loved ones or simply for crafters themselves—going." —Booklist

"These projects are simply adorable!!" —Crafty Moms Share blog

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