Knit your own pet

Muir and Osborne are best known for Knit Your Own Dog and Knit Your Own Cat, but what if you're a knitter who loves ferrets or komodo dragons? The latest in their series gives equal time to a variety of pets, including hamsters, mice, rabbits, parrots, snakes, and turtles. The authors have designed these pets to be easy for knitters of all levels, although the shaping involved in knitting a canary or a Shetland pony will be more complex than the simple tube shapes required for making the guinea pig or corn snake. As with the other volumes in the series, the pets are fully customizable, allowing knitters to replicate their own companion animal in yarn-or create the pet of their dreams. If exotic creatures aren't your thing, simple, easy-to-knit cat and dog patterns are included as well. VERDICT Animal lovers will enjoy these quirky, simple knitted pets. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.