I thought that I would share with you one of my very favourite crochet books...
As the photo tells the book is 100 Flowers to Knit and Crochet by the very talented Lesley Stanfield. This is one of my most well used crochet books as the damage to the spine will testify for.
The book is (as the title suggests) dedicated to both knitting and crocheting: it is split into the two sections, with equal time spent on each craft. This can be a rarity - as crochet so often made to feel like knitting's poor relation. Not in this book.
I can't really comment on the knitting sections (I can knit - just choose not to, in favour of the flexibility and freedom of crochet), but the crochet section is FANTASTIC. It is even themed into basic, intermediate and advance patterns, so there is truly something for all. The patterns are charted, for those of us who prefer not to read: as crochet patterns can be scarily wordy in places. The results are always, as the worked-up photographs show. Perfect!
This book should take pride of place on the bookshelves of all knitters and crocheters.
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