Octavia Warms Up ¦ Walter Worm's Good Turn
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Our cover illustration this month is by Shirley Hughes from The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook (see her article in this issue), published by Bodley Head (0 370 31516 2) at £8.99. We thank them for their help in reproducing an illustration from the book.
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Octavia Warms Up
Illustrated by Lynne Farmer
Walter Worm's Good Turn
Illustrated by Lynne Farmer
These two books have a beguiling air of battiness about them. Walter the Worm goes camping with the Worm Scouts and Octavia the Octopus goes to ballet classes. The joke is that both characters are knitted-the instructions for knitting them are included. So are instructions for knitting Walter the Worm a Scout neckerchief, woggle and sleeping bag and for making Octavia the Octopus a scarf, legwarmers and headband (I can't believe I'm writing this!).
Both books would appeal to any new knitter longing for something simple and jolly to make and I think they're wonderful . . .
