Knitted Icons

by Carol Meldrum

Knit all your favorite icons—from the King to the Queen!
 
From Madonna and Jackie O to Che Guevara and Chairman Mao, here are step-by-step instructions for creating gorgeous, eerily life-like knitted dolls of 25 legends of the screen, music, sports, and history.
 
Including everyone from Mr. T and Elvis Presley to Gandhi, and Queen Elizabeth II, and even King Kong, Knitted Icons is full of memorable personalities and easy-to-use patterns. Each doll measures a substatial 10 inches tall—suitable for posing on your desk, bookshelf, or doll display of your choice.
 
Every finished doll is photographed in glorious full-color and accompanied by biographical background sidebars, along with evocative quotes from the icons themselves.

Genres: Knitting, Crafts

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Allie]

i got this solely for the godzilla pattern and it's the only one that has a weird unexplained graph in it. i'm currently typing out written instructions for it because i want to make it, but reading charts while knitting isn't something i've mastered. it baffles me because so many reviews for this particular pattern on ravelry say it's bad, and i understand why.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun - dolls.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish more of the clothes were, in fact, knitted as opposed to sewn - but the instructions are easy to follow and the patterns actually come out (not always a given for pattern books). I was also able to kind of fudge a half-scale version of the Marilyn Monroe doll that turned out quite well.

[Raina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not an accomplished knitter, but if I was, I'd totally make myself an Einstein and or an Audrey (or maybe an Abbie?). And some Beatles for Bill. Any knitters want to gift me? :) Such an awesome idea, and totally hilarious to flip through, knitter or not.

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

Holy moly! You can knit your own Madonna, Elvis, or, my personal favorite, Gandhi.

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't wait to start working on some of these. They would make great homemade Christmas gifts!