Due to my own silliness and the draconian return/exchange policy of a local yarn shop, I have an extra copy of Jan Messent’s Knit a Fantasy Story. I confused this book, which I already own, with another of Messent’s books, Knit an Enchanted Castle. D’oh!
Anyway! If anyone is interested in this book and would be interested in swapping something for it, please let me know. Here are a few pictures from the book. Also, the cover picture is the actual copy up for swap, but the interior pictures are from my own copy – I wanted to avoid breaking the spine for the pictures.
Update: chittavrtti and I have worked out a swap for this book. Stay tuned, because I’ll be featuring pictures from some of my other Jan Messent books in the future – her stuff is amazing. I doubt I’ll ever knit any of it, but I love to look at the pictures.
This one’s clickable – check out the detail of this farm!
Sheep!!
A wizard
A dragon
A unicorn
A knight in shining (knit) armor
A witch and a black cat!
Er, is there something you haven’t told us or were you going to knit a fantasy story for the kitties? Hey, maybe Chaos & May would like their own black cats!
Marina had the same thoughts as I…they’d make great cat toys iwth enough catnip inside. Not only did you buy it once, you bought it TWICE?
Hee hee hee.
I can see that as a wonderful project to do…but it’s not something I have the time for! I’m sure tho’ that someone will take you up on the offer! I love the sheep – I think they look like the ones I bought a Christmas…
(((hugs)))
The Meezer is right! Someone is willing to do a swap only I don’t know what I got you’d wanna swap for. Any ideas? *** CV
Oh, the sheeps are so cute!!
I’ve never seen or heard about that book before but its definitely going on my wish list! Knitted dragons, knights AND SHEEP? Dude.. so cool.
I have never seen those before – what amazing detail!
I have never seen or heard of those books — amazing!! (I must echo the, “HUH? What you up to?”) I love the idea — I could almost doe it — and I’ll bet even the knitting is fun, but the finishing of each of those little pieces would probably kill me. I still have a 2-year-old teddy bear in pieces. Just how tall is that wizard, though — 3″, 4″, 8″ — it’s hard to tell scale. Maybe I’m making a mole hill out of a mountain. ; )
That fantasy knitting looks like a blast! What a great toy for a kid (OK, or a kitty), wish I knew one who’d be in to that! I’m doing another contest, would you give it a plug? 250th commenter gets 2 skeins claudia hand paint. Pics on the blog. Thanks!!!
what a fabulous book… and there are patterns for all those cute things? how cool.
Hmm. I’ll have to get a copy for my mother…:)
How cool! I’d never seen those books before. Might be on my list.
That is so freaking cute! I’d get that book just for the dragon! How is the Enchanted Castle book different from this one?
I love that dragon!
So when do we get to see the village you’ve knitted? I’m particularly fascinated with the idea of knitting a knight in shining armor….
That is super cute! Can you get it anywhere or did you get it some place special?
What, no fairies?!
And is it wrong that I covet the sheep just a tiny bit? So cute.
These are the most precious things I have ever seen. The wee sheep are adorable.
I love the black cat! Chaos and Mayhem could have mini-mes!
This is awesome, what a great book!
Oh my goodness! I think I would actually knit those cute little sheep.