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