100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet showcases a lush bouquet of blossoms perfect for embellishing your favorite clothing or accessories. As a finishing touch for all your handmade garments or a great pick-me-up for a vintage find, these lovely blooms are the perfect way to use up scraps of yarn or try out interesting new yarns.
Breeze through this gorgeous collection featuring a colorful palette of simple spiraling roses, saucer-sized poppies, delicate lilacs, an assortment of vegetables, and more. All are shown full-size and in scale and is complete with stitched leaves and embroidered stems. Each flower has full instructions, yarn requirements, and a suggested skill level. An additional section serves as a refresher course with basic techniques and provides inspiration for embellishing your finished flowers with beads, buttons, and sequins. You can also learn how to use the flowers in a range of fun projects, from customizing clothing and accessories, to decorating gift-wrapped packages.
This book will inspire all knitters and crocheters to pick up their needles and start creating their own beautiful blooms.
Foreword/About this book 6
1 Before You Begin 8
Materials and equipment 10
Crochet symbols 12
Abbreviations 14
Terminology and aftercare 15
Notes on knitting 16
Notes on crochet 18
2 Directory of Flowers 20
Flowers 22
Leaves 42
Fruit and vegetables 44
3 Technical Instructions 46
Knitting instructions
Basic designs 48
Intermediate designs 54
Advanced designs 62
Crochet instructions
Basic designs 66
Intermediate designs 74
Advanced designs 92
4 Projects 108
Project 1 Clothespin bag 110
Project 2 Evening purse 112
Project 3 Stationery 114
Project 4 Christmas gift wrap 115
Project 5 Baby's cardigan 116
Project 6 Winter scarf 118
Project 7 Summer shoes 119
Project 8 Ruffles 120
Project 9 Place settings 122
Project 10 Shopping bag 124
Index 126
Resources and credits 128
DeniseQ
Posted June 13, 2009
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A great reference book for the library of any knitter or crocheter. There are flowers, leaves, fruits, vegetables, lady bugs and butterflies to make out of yarn to adorn hats, scarves or even afghans. The patterns are grouped by skill level so you don't accidentally find yourself "over your head" with a pattern that is too difficult. The variety of flowers is enormous - daisies, poinsettas, roses, tulips, pansies and flowers I've never heard of. If your imagination needs a jumpstart, there are suggested projects at the back of the book to get you started. How about a shopping bag to take to the grocery store with a small cluster of peas and carrots attached to the handle?
I had this book on my wish list for several months and no one took the hint so I bought it for myself. It was a great gift.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Awesome comprehensive book of flower embellishments for your yarn projects. I only crochet, so I've only used 1/2 of the book, but have found the patterns well done and easy to understand. The overall outcomes are so cute and you can use them to give your projects that last touch.
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Posted September 19, 2009
This book was bough for a public library, and our knitter's group loved it so much that several of them bought the book for themselves. Great variety of patterns!
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Posted July 25, 2009
so many ideas and beautiful projects. a must have for any knitter or crocheter
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A wonderful addition to your liobrary of reference books for any one who is a true string junkie
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This book has been the best I have purchased so far regarding crochet....flowers,size,color and so many shapes so much fun watching your project....the patterns are easy and anyone can do.....enjoy!!
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Overview
100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet showcases a lush bouquet of blossoms perfect for embellishing your favorite clothing or accessories. As a finishing touch for all your handmade garments or a great pick-me-up for a vintage find, these lovely blooms are the perfect way to use up scraps of yarn or try out interesting new yarns.
Breeze through this gorgeous collection featuring a colorful palette of simple spiraling roses, saucer-sized poppies, delicate lilacs, an assortment of ...