Mouche & Friends: Seamless Knitted Toys by Cinthia Vallet - French knitting book

Mouche & Friends: Seamless Toys to Knit by Cinthia Vallet - French knitting book

Mouche & Friends is the first book by Cinthia Vallet which includes patterns for 12 knitted toy animals, as well as their clothes and accessories.

Come and meet Mouche the bear and his adorable friends: Henri the orangutan, Agi the sheep, Billie the raccoon and many more!

Cinthia's toy-making process is unique and completely transparent. The animals are knitted with natural fibers and worked in the round, starting from the nose and going down to the feet - growing a toy rather than building it. It's fascinating to see how these little creatures come to life while knitting.

The book is for knitters of all kinds. Cinthia guides her readers through the techniques step-by-step with clear and illustrated tutorials, which makes knitting easy and enjoyable. She also shares her tips for working small circumferences, choosing yarns, and preparing a toolbox for toy making.

Mouche & Friends: Seamless Toys to Knit and Love is more than a knitting book. It's a charming imaginary world filled with love and friendship waiting to welcome you.

"With this book, I want to offer you a poetic interlude that conveys the spirit of childhood; an enchanted interlude where we allow ourselves to dream and play," explains Cinthia.

Cinthia Vallet is a designer living in Nantes, France, with her husband, four children, and furry companions. She is known for her charming seamless knitted toy animals.

They began to take shape in her mind after she discovered the magic of seamless knitting, and her first pattern was published in 2018. Cinthia realized that if you can make a sock and shape a heel, you can also shape a small animal directly on the needles.

With an aesthetic rooted in her passion for children's literature, Cinthia develops her characters like an illustrator would, but with wool and in three dimensions. She gives each one a name, a story, a little soul, and a lot of herself.

• 216 pages
• Patterns for 12 knitted toy animals, as well as their clothes and accessories
• Paperback
• Print only, no digital download code available
• Weight: approx. 1.5 lb / 680 g
• Dimensions: 201 x 240 x 20 mm
• ISBN: 978-952-7468-56-2 (English version) / 978-952-7468-57-9 (French version)
• Printed in Latvia