Adorable pom pom animals Dogs, cats and other woolly friends

Kazuko Ito

Book - 2017

"Just a bit of winding, tying, trimming and fluffing is all it takes to make anyone feel creative! Pom poms are suddenly showing up again 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 c...reations. Plus, once you've mastered the basics, you can create your own original animal friends!" --

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Published
Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing [2017]
Language
English
Japanese
Main Author
Kazuko Ito (author)
Item Description
Translated from the Japanese.
Physical Description
95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
ISBN
9784805314852
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Review by Booklist Review

The mini-crafts revolution has grown larger. Add to the Japanese-originated amigurumis a new twist: turning bits of yarn fluff, aka pom-poms, into realistic critters and foodstuffs. Pom-poms, sized up to three and a half inches, become brooches and hair ties as well as palm-of-the-hand companion animals. First is the gallery of finished designs in color: amazingly lifelike lions, penguins, miniature schnauzers, and puffer fish and adorable replicas of foods like hamburgers, sushi, and sweets. Thorough explanations allow crafters to ensure their end results approximate what Ito has produced. Expect details on tools, materials, and making eyes and noses via captioned up-close photographs and diagrams. Techniques, too, receive a similar treatment, with attention to trimming methods and how to use a felting needle. 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.--Barbara Jacobs Copyright 2018 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

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.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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