Sachiyo Ishii was born and raised in Japan. She was a money broker on Wall Street and in London before discovering the joy of handicraft after her second son was born. She learned dressmaking and Waldorf doll making and has been designing and creating ever since. She teaches knitting, doll making, wet and dry felting, sewing, crochet and spinning, among other crafts. She has authored a number of best-selling titles for Search Press, selling over 220,000 books worldwide, and her work regularly appears in knitting magazines. Sachiyo lives in Sussex, UK, with her husband and two sons.Visit her website at www.knitssachi.com and her Instagram: @knitsbysachi

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• Introduction 4Materials and tools 6Knitting techniques 10Basic embroidery 14Making the universe 18Astro-penguin 18Striped alien 20Round alien 22Mushroom-head alien 24Brown alien 26Bug-eyed alien 28Horned alien 30Earth & moon 32Green & Orange aliens 36Small space shuttle 38Astro-bunny 41Astro-bear 44Astro-dog 46Astro-mouse 48Striped UFO 50Green UFO 52Pink UFO 54Purple and Yellow UFO 56Red & Blue Rockets 58Soyuz spacecraft 62

Sachiyo Ishii was born and raised in Japan. She was a money broker on Wall Street and in London before discovering the joy of handicraft after her second son was born. She learned dressmaking and Waldorf doll making and has been designing and creating ever since. She teaches knitting, doll making, wet and dry felting, sewing, crochet and spinning, among other crafts. She has authored a number of best-selling titles for Search Press, selling over 220,000 books worldwide, and her work regularly appears in knitting magazines. Sachiyo lives in Sussex, UK, with her husband and two sons.Visit her website at www.knitssachi.com and her Instagram: @knitsbysachi

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• Introduction 4Materials and tools 6Knitting techniques 10Basic embroidery 14Making the universe 18Astro-penguin 18Striped alien 20Round alien 22Mushroom-head alien 24Brown alien 26Bug-eyed alien 28Horned alien 30Earth & moon 32Green & Orange aliens 36Small space shuttle 38Astro-bunny 41Astro-bear 44Astro-dog 46Astro-mouse 48Striped UFO 50Green UFO 52Pink UFO 54Purple and Yellow UFO 56Red & Blue Rockets 58Soyuz spacecraft 62

Sachiyo Ishii was born and raised in Japan. She was a money broker on Wall Street and in London before discovering the joy of handicraft after her second son was born. She learned dressmaking and Waldorf doll making and has been designing and creating ever since. She teaches knitting, doll making, wet and dry felting, sewing, crochet and spinning, among other crafts. She has authored a number of best-selling titles for Search Press, selling over 220,000 books worldwide, and her work regularly appears in knitting magazines. Sachiyo lives in Sussex, UK, with her husband and two sons.Visit her website at www.knitssachi.com and her Instagram: @knitsbysachi

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• Introduction 4Materials and tools 6Knitting techniques 10Basic embroidery 14Making the universe 18Astro-penguin 18Striped alien 20Round alien 22Mushroom-head alien 24Brown alien 26Bug-eyed alien 28Horned alien 30Earth & moon 32Green & Orange aliens 36Small space shuttle 38Astro-bunny 41Astro-bear 44Astro-dog 46Astro-mouse 48Striped UFO 50Green UFO 52Pink UFO 54Purple and Yellow UFO 56Red & Blue Rockets 58Soyuz spacecraft 62