Edward's Menagerie: Over 40 soft and snuggly toy animal crochet patterns

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You can download this from your TOFT area once the book has been shipped and you will also receive a link to the .

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TOFT cannot be held responsible for any issues that occur as a result of incorrect tension, such as running out of yarn or a finished project that is not the right size. These cute animals with larger-than-life personalities are made using simple crochet techniques and the step-by-step instructions enable a complete beginner to get hooking straight away. If you're wondering how big an animal will be once you have finished crocheting it in TOFT DK yarn, we've broken down each Edward's Menageriecollection for you in a handy table below.TOFT is a British craft company based in rural Warwickshire and home of the Edward's Menagerie and Alexandra's Garden collections of crochet animals and flowers by Kerry Lord. Most of our patterns indicate the best range of pages to print to minimise the amount of resources used.

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Tension is the number of stitches and rows required to achieve a given unit of measurements using a specific pattern, yarn weight and needle size.

You can view our guide to TOFT yarns HERE, where you will find the standard tension across all of our yarn weights. Edward's Menagerie is a collection of 40 animal soft toy crochet patterns designed by Kerry Lord, suitable for beginners to advanced crocheters. The standard crochet tension for an Edward's Menageriepattern made with TOFT DK yarn is 6 sts x 7 rnds to 3cm on a 3mm crochet hook. Please note that if you are working from a printed version of a TOFT pattern, we are unable to replace this for you.

Edwards Menagerie: A Book of Crochet Soft Toy Animal Patterns

This hardback book is the sequel to Kerry Lord's international best-seller ' Edward's Menagerie' and brings many more of your favourite animals to life using the popular amigurumi crochet technique. Most of our kits come with 75-100g of yarn for you to complete your project, allowing for techniques like loop stitch, and adding any features such as chain loops or slip stitch spines once the animal has been sewn up. Some patterns may retain exclusivity to a certain subscription or retailer, usually for a period of weeks or months. If you have a TOFT complete kit, we've photographed the standard tension and printed it onto the kit for you – so you'll just need to hold up your body part (we recommend a leg) to your box and you can see if the size of the stitches matches. If your tension is not quite right your finished animal might be too large or too small, and use more yarn in the process.For crochet patterns and Edward’s Menagerie patterns, here is a breakdown of the most commonly used UK terms and their US translations. We also understand that it can be frustrating when you have too much yarn left over, so we've done our best to make sure the yarn included in our Edward's Menageriecrochet kits is just the right amount. The amount of yarn used will vary for each animal, as well as being affected by the maker's tension. Projects at this level involve additional more complex techniques and are suitable for confident beginners or those with a little more experience.

Stuffing: how to stuff your animal - ToftUK Stuffing: how to stuff your animal - ToftUK

If the square is too small, your tension is too tight – you’ll need to increase your hook or needle size.All you need to get started is some wool and a crochet hook, so you'll be busy making Seamus the Alpaca, Clarence the Bat, Bridget the Elephant, Rufus the Lion, Claudia the Saddleback Pig and many more - once you've made one you'll want to crochet the whole menagerie! Learn how to stuff your animal using synthetic high-loft stuffing to create the perfect cuddly animal, as well as howto sew your Edward's Menagerie amigurumi animal together.