Not your mama's crochet

This book has is all wonderful easy to follow instructions and great projects. This book is great for beginners and a must have for any crocheter!

Yes, get out your hooks and your light weight yarn. It's hookin'time!

I really enjoy the patterns. I like that they use classy yarns yet list less pricey ones for each project. One of the best innovations in the pattern instructions is that the knitting gauge of the yarn is included so you can go into your stash and make substitutions for the yarns. So far what I've tried out has been accurate. I appreciate the careful editing that equals less frustration and potentially unfinished projects.And since I hardly ever follow a pattern as written, I really like the sections on "Variations". They inspire me to invent even more alternatives.

A BEGINNER BOOK

I was expecting some new ideas and projects I would want to make. Instead this is a good book to give to a teen who wants to learn to crochet. Half the book is a "how to crochet" explanation of stitches and the projects are rather basic, even the ones that are sort of new in style.