28 beast-loved baby patterns to knit up in a flash! There's the Dancing Dinosaur Cap, Serrated Shark Hat & Mitten Set, Wild Thing Ogre Cap, What a Hoot Owl Beanie, even a Bright Butterfly Scarf and Hat Set. You see the monstrously good theme here? Baby Beasties celebrates all creatures big and small from land, water, and air with easy-to-knit patterns for hats, mittens, and scarves. Designed to fit newborns, babies, and toddlers, these adorable pieces are fun, colorful, and simple to make. Perfect as gifts for the holidays, birthdays, and welcome-to-the-world celebrations. Imagine having your favorite bundle of joy looking like a mini Abominable Snowman this holiday season? She'll be deliciously cute. How about transforming your little toddler into a Stinging Bumble Bee? He'll love buzzing around! There's the Puckering Clown Fish Cap, and if it weren't puckering, it would be smiling, just like you. These are just a few of the 28 whimsical patterns that are sure to please parents, grandparents, friends, coworkers and most of all, the precious children wearing them. Easy-to-follow instructions and 75 beautiful photographs guarantee success for knitters of all abilities. You don't have to be a ferocious knitter with tons of experience but you can be to take on these sweet projects. Even new, sleep-deprived parents can successfully complete these projects! Well-loved baby knitwear designer Debby Ware offers you straightforward instructions to guide you through every step. There's a weight chart, knitting needle size guide, instruction for special stitches, and a metric conversion chart for making life easy. Part dress up and part practical, the hats, mittens, and scarves in Baby Beasties will stir the imagination as well as protect your favourite cutie from the cold. AUTHOR: Debby Ware is the author of "Too Cute," (Martingale and Company, 2002) and the coauthor of "BabyKnits Hats & Booties" (Creative Publishing International, 2006). She is the founder of DebbyWare, which sells baby knit kits -- a pattern plus yarn -- to more than 800 stores and catalogers across the country.