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Nov

5

WRAPPED IN CROCHET - A BOOK REVIEW AND A GIMME!

November 5, 2008 | 1 Comment

WRAPPED IN CROCHET: SCARVES, WRAPS, AND SHAWLS
KRISTIN OMDAHL

What?  ANOTHER book about crochet scarves??  Why not something more impressive, fresher, newer, more fashion forward??  Kristin Omdahl has expanded her crochet horizon with many of the designs in this book, yet another winner from Interweave Press.
Overall, the quality of this book is what we have learned to [...]

Oct

29

CROCHET TECHNIQUES by Renate Kirkpatrick

October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Crochet Techniques by Renate Kirkpatrick has a great cover - colorful and appealing.  The attraction doesn’t end there - but was not exactly what I expected from the title.  There are several sampler projects in the book, each with well defined stitches accompanied by clear explanations and schematics.  The first project is all in white [...]

Oct

27

ULTIMATE SOURCEBOOK ??

October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m not quite sure this is the ‘ultimate’ book of knitting and crochet stitches but it’s a useful one, albeit half of it is devoted to knitting making it virtually worthless to me.  If you both knit and crochet, this may well be an excellent resource for you.
I have come to appreciate most of the [...]

Oct

20

A HECK OF A YARN

October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I saw this book (new to me) at the library and decided to check it out even ‘tho it is entitled, “The Knitter’s Book of Yarn”.  I don’t usually bother to peruse books about knitting.  But, since crocheters use the same yarn as knitters, I decided this book might contain something I could use.
Well - [...]

Sep

10

SCREEN GEMS - COMPUTER SCREEN THAT IS, an on-going series

September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments

Many of us know the name
Robyn Chachula
as a luminary in the crochet world. What I didn’t know about her is that she’s a structural engineer. In my own long and varied career path (or simply job history), I worked for seven years in the world of forensic engineering (accident investigation). One of [...]

Jul

1

BOOK REVIEW - CROCHET DESIGNS BY TESS DAWSON

July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I ran across this project packed book in the new release section of my local public library. It’s subtitled ‘25 must-have items to make’. I agree that there are a good number of attractive projects in this book, making it a good value for the money.
The book is divided into several sections by [...]

Jun

16

CROCHET LITERATURE OVERLOAD??

June 16, 2008 | 4 Comments

So, I’m home recuperating from my knee replacement (doing well, thank you) and a bit fuzzy because of the pain meds. First, Saturday’s mail held the latest copy of Crochet Today! Yippee! Something to stare at that requires no attention span. Lots of pretty pictures. Monday, TWO boxes of books [...]

Jun

7

SWEATER SURGERY??

June 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sweater Surgery: How to Make New Things from Old Sweaters (Domestic Arts for Crafty Girls) (Hardcover)
by Stefanie Girard (Author)
Here’s a book I really want to buy. It combines two of my favorite things - crochet and recycling. Actually, I can buy other people’s cast off crocheted and knitted sweaters and use them to [...]

May

29

DOUBLESTITCH, the review

May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Doublestitch, Designs for the Crochet Fashionista
by Erika and Monika Simmons

Published by Interweave Press, 2008, 128 pages, ISBN 978159668006630
Erika and Monika, identical twins, are young, beautiful, fashionable, and talented crochet entrepreneurs. Their crochet designs are fashion forward - aimed at younger women with great shapes. As with many books of crochet fashion, some of [...]

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