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Best in Show: Knit Your Own Cat Hardcover – January 1, 2011

by Joanna Osborne (Author), Sally Muir (Author)

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Best in Knit Your Own Cat offers the unique opportunity to knit yourself a cat. There are 16 different breeds included, from a charming moggy to a sleek Siamese, a precious Persian to a loving long hair. With Sally Muir and Joanna Osborne's designs you can now knit your precious pet, reproduce your favourite breed or even knit the cat you have always desperately wanted. The cats are surprisingly easy to make. It will only take a few evenings to create a covetable companion for life. Idiosyncratic descriptions of the various breeds accompany beautiful photography, making this book irresistable for both keen knitters and devoted cat-lovers.

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144
Pages
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EN
English
Publisher

Collins & Brown
Publication date

2011
January 1
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8.7 x 0.7 x 6.9
inches
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1843406624
ISBN-13

978-1843406624
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Collins & Brown (January 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1843406624
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1843406624
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.17 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.74 x 0.71 x 6.93 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,969,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #990 in Toy Making
- #5,372 in Knitting (Books)
- #5,459 in Crocheting (Books)

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R. Cummings

Puuuurrrrrrrfect

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014

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I am a cat lover from way back and these are VERY cute. Tho' we are not necessarily talking easy to do. Some are, some aren't (sort of depends on the hairiness of the cat breed) and some of the faces are "off". You might want to consider doing much different eyes, but the bodies are pretty good.

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YooperReader

A cat lover's dream

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2011

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These are probably the most realistic cat patterns I've encountered. If you like Alan Dart, you'll love these. The photos make the cats jump off the page, and make me want to drop everything and make every one in the book.

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Cute!

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2013

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Very cute book! I like the examples and patterns, although I'm not sure I will actually make one. Some are fairly complicated.

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Cheri

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014

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fun to knit

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Michael Penney

Here kitty kitty!! Almost every cat covered in ...

Reviewed in Canada on February 2, 2017

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Here kitty kitty!! Almost every cat covered in this book. Totally worth getting if you are a cat person or not.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2011

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The patterns in this book are marvellous and the photographs charming; really it's a book that's worth owning for the pictures alone. As far as actually knitting the cats goes, the patterns are fairly clear, though the explanations of techniques in the back could have benefitted from some illustrations, and they produce much better toys/models than most other books I've seen, but be advised, if you don't know how to wrap and turn or pick up stitches, you won't be able to knit the cats. Fortunately there are a lot of good instructional videos on YouTube (knitpicks videos are particularly helpful, I find), so this rusty knitter was able to brush up her skills and have fun.

In terms of equipment, the patterns call for needles of 2.75mm, both ordinary and double-pointed, and use 4-ply wool - though of course, you can still follow the patterns using different materials if you want to. You're also advised to use pipe cleaners to shape the legs and tail, unless it's a gift for a small child.

If you're just starting out you should probably begin with something easier, but if you're experienced or ready to hone your techniques, this book is lovely.

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Thought I'd come back and add to this review having had some more practice with the book. The more I use it, the better I like it. Having had some practice with the basic techniques of wrap and turn and picking up stitches (though there are some patterns where you only need to do the former), I'm finding the patterns are quite straightforward. Having said it's not for beginners in my original title, I now think that if a beginner can teach themselves a few basics, it's actually a very good book to start with: the patterns are very well laid out and the whole book is easy on the eyes, the cats are quick to knit and rewarding. I've used it as a jumping-board, and now my knitting's a lot more advanced.

The making up can be a bit of a fiddle and if you don't do it very carefully the cats can come out wry-necked or twisty-legged, and the 'standing up' cats tend to get a bit melty-legged if you don't stuff and pipe-cleaner them very thoroughly, so I've tended to stick to the sitting and lying-down cats. There's one particularly good pattern near the end for a lying-down but not curled up tabby (pp 130-133), and if I have a complaint it's that, while the authors offer a lot of variations on the standing-up, sitting-up and curled-up cats, they only offer the one pattern for the short-haired lying-down one, and as it's one of the most attractive patterns in the book, as well as one of the most stable once it's made up and sitting on your shelf or desk, that's a real pity. I'd really like it if they'd offered more variations on that theme.

But that said, it's an extremely good knitting book. I've made a lot of cats as gifts for people since getting it, and they've been received with universal excitement, and now my friends are all impressed with me!

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Jane Orr

Fun knitted animals

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2020

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I love this series of Best in Show knitting pattern books. There are several distinctive cat breeds, I especially like the look of the Siamese. I highly recommend all these pattern books. I have 2 dog breed books (5 made so far), and the farm animal one as well as the cat book. Plenty to keep me busy during lockdown!