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Summary: you won't be disappointed!
Review: i adore this book. in the last few years there has been a huge increase in the number of great crochet books available and this is among the best of them. there are large, full color pictures of all the styles, and nice glossy pages. the clothes are fabulous. i have about 5 projects lined up, including the "Spice Girl" coat made of Noro varigated yarn (2-1/2" granny squares!!) the Fringed pullover which is a sweater in hdc with granny squares along the bottom, as well as a hat and scarf to match, a delicate, confection-like mohair poncho and many more. this book is a very worthwhile addition for any crocheter, but especially one with kids, or grandkids.
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Summary: luv2knit is luv'n to crochet even more!
Review: I ALMOST passed this wonderful book up based on a review that all the designs were using chunky yarns, etc,
I really do not have a fondness for really chunky yarns in knit patterns OR crochet patterns,,Well,,I happened to be at a LYS one day, and what do I see sitting on the large oak table?
A sweater that was made up SO cute I just had to make it up for my grandson,( it was THAT cute, made up in cotton chenille)
I wondered what source this crocheted sweater had come from,,,and lo and BEHOLD(!!) IT was this book! I knew then that I HAD To see this book,,and see if there were any other goodies in it that would be as tempting to make up,,,and,,,YOU BET THERE WAS! ( how about the whole book?) I cant believe I ALMOST passed this one up!( and it would have been too bad as I now have some great new ideas for those 3 grandkids of mine,)
One I must make up is a wonderful poncho made of the softest mohair ( for my 2 year old grandaugther) that is then covered in 2 tone dimensional flowers,,it is SO cute! ( a K1,C2 yarn was used but it can easily be replaced with another similar yarn)
I cant wait to see her " swish" around in her rose covered poncho!
and,,the BEST boys vests and sweaters are in this book!
( and I am NOT kidding!) they really are one of a kind!
I look forward to using this book again and again,,, last thing here , there is a childs scarf and hat done up that I decided to make up as an adult size scarf just because I like the color/stitch combination,,,I was really inspired by this book but I wish she would write book that will go up in size as my grandkids grow past size 3 and 4.
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Summary: better books out there,,
Review: I am learning how to crochet for my grandchildren and have done up a sweater from a different book.
While I like the designs in this book I see that they are using what I would call,,impossible yarns for use with little ones.
I TRIED to crochet up the simple poncho in the silk/mohair blend for my one of my grandaughters, and it was terrible to work with , see my chains , and more importantly
take out or see any errors!
I think I wasted about 60$ on that yarn and have a mess now,,
I will stick with the CROCHET FOR TOTS book when I want to whip up a cute outfit,,I have been successful with this book,,,( as I am new to this craft,) OR I will simply not use the suggested yarns that this book recommends,,
( I think substituting guage in crochet is harder for me to do than in knitting,,)
anyway,.
why would you WANT to make something difficult to wash for a child anyway? there are some wonderful cotton yarns out there today that are certainly soft and worthwhile for children!
I do not think that little ones would be wearing these items too long, the yarns used are not durable enough for children!
and realistically,,,,, how many moms today will take the time to hand wash and block a mohair and silk poncho ,,I dont care HOW cute it is!
There are very cute pictures of children in the book, just not good choices for yarns or projects....
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Summary: Bulky designs
Review: I pre-ordered this book hoping it would provide lots of ideas and inspiration. The designs are bulky and blocky, and I have two boys and I would not put them in any of these designs. I own the Lesley Stanfield and Betty Barnden books and love them.
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Summary: Bulky designs
Review: I pre-ordered this book hoping it would provide lots of ideas and inspiration. The designs are bulky and blocky, and I have two boys and I would not put them in any of these designs. I own the Lesley Stanfield and Betty Barnden books and love them.
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Summary: not just another crochet baby book, but a COOK book too !!!
Review: the gr888 thing about this book is that it uses a variety of the newer and sometimes chunkier yarns in its projects. if you know a little about guage and crochet, then it is easy to extrapolate YOUR yarn into a very similar project or pattern and get WONderful results !!! it is often very hard or expensive to duplicate the yarns used in these books, so having the schematics in this book HELPS a lot too. i am very glad i bought this book, as i do lots of crochet for children for my shop on ruby lane, called Lovely Things.
there are projects in here for toddlers as well, and many of the patterns come multi-sized. as far as i am concerned, THIS is the best book out there for babies and toddlers !!!
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Summary: not just another crochet baby book, but a COOK book too !!!
Review: the gr888 thing about this book is that it uses a variety of the newer and sometimes chunkier yarns in its projects. if you know a little about guage and crochet, then it is easy to extrapolate YOUR yarn into a very similar project or pattern and get WONderful results !!! it is often very hard or expensive to duplicate the yarns used in these books, so having the schematics in this book HELPS a lot too. i am very glad i bought this book, as i do lots of crochet for children for my shop on ruby lane, called Lovely Things.
there are projects in here for toddlers as well, and many of the patterns come multi-sized. as far as i am concerned, THIS is the best book out there for babies and toddlers !!!
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Summary: Great book on new crochet styles!!
Review: Wow, I loved this book at the first sight, believe or not. And it turned out as one of the best book I like to use all the time. It has an equal amount of boys' wears as girls', so I could make them for my son and daughter. The instruction and material list are quite clear and simple to follow on this book, and most of all, you can just find any yarn to make those cute outfits for the little ones. Great book!!
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