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For a man who spends the busiest time of the year packing presents, travelling across the world in his robust sleigh and reindeer friends, he too needs a place to kick his legs up comfortably. For the

Anna Chung emailed us to show us her tiger and leopard mats inspired by the tiger and lion patterns in issue 144. She says, “Each stitch brought calm and joy, transforming pain into creative triumph.”

Notes Unless otherwise specified, use a longtail cast on for all pieces. Use yarn tails and mattress stitch for seaming. All the animals use the same pattern for Body, Arms and Legs. For Mouse use Yar

Notes Use a stitch marker or pin a note onto fluffy pieces to identify right sides. Oversew to seam chunky yarn pieces for Bear and use mattress stitch to seam DK yarn pieces for outfit. To mark stitc

YOU WILL NEED ■ Any DK yarn in white and brown ■ A 2.5mm (US B/1 or C/2) hook ■ A stitch marker ■ Toy stuffing ■ 2 safety eyes, 8mm ■ Safety nose, 15mm ■ Black stranded cotton TENSION Tension is not c

Find the joy in creating gorgeous little animals from yarn. Here is a fun and easy project from a brand new book, Cute Knitted Animals , by Sue Stratford