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Mad Monkey Knits

I am so lucky to have people in my life who seem to enjoy my obsession with knitting about as much as I do.  For example,  I received a wonderful gift from one of my daughter-in-laws, Suzanne, relating to this obsession.

A while back I yammered about the great work of Christine Grant from Mad Monkey Knits, a knitting designer from the UK.  Suzanne meticulously went through Grant's site then purchased and printed in colour (yea, I love having patterns printed in colour) no less than six different fun animal knitting patterns.  I'll list the names of the patterns here, and if you wish, feel free to go to MadMonkeyKnits.com to see all of them using the search function:

          *Lottie Lobster                                        
          *Pet Baby Chimpanzee
          *Bobby the Boxing Kangaroo
          *Eddie the Nursery White Elephant
          *The Meerkat Family                                
          *Tracy Triceratops and Baby

Pictured here is Lottie Lobster ready to eat (well not really, unless you truly want lots of fiber):

Christine Grant's Lottie Lobster

And I think I know some young guy who simply needs a couple of triceratops in his life.

Christine Grant's Triceratops Family
Lately I have been making far too many useful/practical items.  It is time to get back to the more whimsical, quirky items I love to knit and these patterns are just the inspiration I need.  So a belated, but nonetheless sincere, thank you Suzanne.  These patterns are quite a wonderful gift indeed for someone with my type of interests.  ( Do you think the Lemur Centre at Duke could use a few knitted meerkats to go along with the lemurs? Yup, you're right, probably not.)
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