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T
o celebrate the publication of Edward’s
Menagerie: The New Collection, the
official sequel to my first book, I spent
a very busy two weeks on the road
meeting fans, sharing tips and tricks and
chatting all things #edsanimals!In order to mark five years of Edward’s
Menagerie animals being such a big part
of my life, I approached John Lewis and
Partners haberdashery departments to
provide a space for me to book sign and
meet and greet TOFT fans across the UK.
I visited 18 stores across England, Wales
and Scotland on what was one of the most
inspiring, uplifting and humbling trips I
have ever done in the history of TOFT. The
most exciting thing for me has been the
incredible show-and-tell sessions where
many people brought along their first,
favourite, or whole collection of makes. It’s
amazing being a craft author – the patterns
that I have written are taken, tweaked,
added to and taken so much further
beyond my creativity and imagination.It all started with a last-minute decision to
crochet a super-sized version of Sid the
Giant Anteater, my favourite pattern from
the new book. With less than a week to go
we knew we had a tight deadline on ourThis month, Kerry tells us
all about her whirlwind
book tour across the
UK promoting the new
collection from TOFT
KERRY’S
JOURNAL
“It was one of the
most inspiring,
uplifting and
humbling trips I
have ever done”