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Stitchers will find plenty of designs to stitch for friends who love cats, dogs, rabbits, ferrets, fish, and birds in 99 Cross Stitch Luvable Pets. Designer Linda Gillum has created a multitude of detailed animal designs that range from realistic to cute to caricature. Many of the designs also include small sayings.



Pros

• Wide Variety of Pets Depicted
• Small, Detailed Designs
• Realistic, Cute, and Caricatured Pets

• Clear, Easy to Read Charts
• Pattern Key Immediately Adjacent to Most Charts

Cons

• So Many Designs - Which One Will You Stitch First?
• Fractional Stitches Used to Create Detail

Description

• Cats and Dogs dominate the designs, but ferrets, fowl, fish are represented as well.
• Each design is fairly small, but packed with details.
• Realistic depictions of certain breeds are included along with cute patterns and humorous designs.
• Charts are clearly printed with black-and-white symbols.
• Since multiple colors of floss are used for back stitch and this is differentiated by colored lines on each chart.
• For most patterns, the key is immediately adjacent, making it easy to determine what floss will be needed for each design.

Guide Review - 99 Lovable Pets from Kooler Design Studios and Leisure Arts

This collection of almost a hundred animal designs features cats, dogs, rabbits, ferrets, fish, and birds designed by Linda Gillum. From realistic, detailed designs to cute critters with small sayings to humorous caricatures, stitchers will be sure to find a design to stitch that reflects a favorite furry or feathered friend.

This leaflet will be a great resource for many projects for pet-lovers. Easy to read charts are composed of black and white symbols with colored lines for back stitch. Fractional stitches are used to create detail. Some stitchers will find this a plus. Newer stitchers will want to master the quarter stitch.