crochet on the edge

As promised I am going to review "crochet on the edge" by Nicky Epstein.

I have never reviewed a book before but I buy most of my books on line and of course you cant look at them before you get them so I thought this might be useful to others.

The book contains over 200 edgings including ribs, ruffles, flora and fringes. There are 9 full scale projects. The patterns are written in detail and charts are provided too so whichever you prefer is there. The patterns are written in American, by which I mean that, for instance, a double crochet is actually an English treble. I am quite used to converting now-a-days so this doesn't bother me at all.

I find this book quite inspiring. I've already used one of the edging on a blanket that I gave to my almost 2 year old great neice. My brother took a photo of it on Christmas Day because I couldn't find our camera. However, he hasn't sent the picture to me yet but I will put on my blog when he does.

I've started making the Medallion Medley wrap. It has about 30 medallions and could be used as a wall-hanging too!

I want to buy rings to crochet round to try some of the other edgings and it inspired me to spend my Christmas Amazon vouchers on a book called "Freeform Crochet and beyond" by Renate Kirkpatrick in order to see how I can explore a more creative side of crochet.

I would heartily recommend "crocheting on the edge". It is one of the most interesting and useful books on crochet that I own. (And I own a lot!)

Below are some photos of some of the medallions from the Medallion Medley.

'Gusta

first photos

2nd post of the day! I thought I would post a some photos
of my crochet. This is a shawl I made for my sister.
She works from home and gets cold during the day sat at her lap-top.

I was a bit worried about photos because in the mess that is our house I cant find my camera.





Among other things that are lost is the cordless phone which is also our answering machine. Several remote controls are gone. I'm hoping
that whilst tidying up I'm going to find so much dropped change that we shall be able to repay the mortgage.



This photo is a blanket that I made for a young girl who was
expecting. Her mother was also expecting and had her baby first
and commandeered this blanket so I had to make another for the second baby. This was made from a very soft yarn and felt wonderful.

In the next day or so I'm hoping to review the book "Crocheting on the Edge" by Nicky Epstein.

'Gusta

29th December 2008

This is the first post for this blog. I have decided to blog on at least two subjects.

The first is crochet. I will detail what I am up to with my crochet. I will review books and yarns as honestly as I possibly can and tell of my successes and failures.

The second subject will be tidying up. I have been ill for 11 years. I have just started working again and I haven't tidied up the house in most of that time. I hope to log my tidying with photos and descriptions where photos would just be too embarrassing!

Other things will doubtless crop up as time goes on. I am for instance training to be a driving instructor and studying for an Open University degree. These things will appear some times too.

I dont know how entertaining this may turn out to be but the crochet side of it will be informative and I sometimes design my own things which I will be able to post on here too.