Crochet Style: Chic and Sexy Accessories

Finally another cute crochet book....to join Happy Hooker and Fabulous and Flirty Crochet.... my favourite crochet books so far. This one is more like FFC in that there are no cushions or toys etc etc.... it's accessories and items of clothing. The patterns are a mix of simple to less simple, and include a cute jacket, an adorable short sleeved bolero jacket, the waistcoat on the front, and various bags, scarves, hats, jewellery... I want to make most of them. Nothing starchy here. Another nice point - patterns take you step by step, so if you, like me, are somewhat of a newbie, that's a big plus. I have been crocheting seriously (as opposed to single crochet edges for knitting) for a few months now, but am tackling intermediate crochet patterns. I don't quite have the guts to tackle something from the coolest book of all - Teva Durham's - but I will.... anyway, this book is very helpful for people at my stage. If you are at a higher level, it may irritate you that half the book is made up of instructions - I can't stand it any longe rin kn itting books! But these are very well done ones - large sized photos of real hands doing real crochet. I like having this - great reference! My one very minor gripe, which isn't enough for me to remove a star, is that the yarn used in the patterns is not described in generic terms. By which I mean that I have no idea whether the astrakhan used for the jacket is sportweight, aran, whatever. As any crocheter knows, the crochet hook size given is not much of a help, as one tends to use a larger size hook than one would a knittng needle. Anyway, it's quite minor, because all you have to do is search the net and find out what the yarn is. But I'm lazy.... Recommended...