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Creative Makers: Simple Crochet: With 35 Vintage-Vibe Projects for Your Handmade Life [Hardcover]

Sara Sinaguglia (Author)
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Publication Date: 3 Sep 2012
As Featured in Country Homes and Interiors

Portable, pretty and quick to learn - crochet is back in vogue and Sara Sinaguglia is one of its most talented advocates. Taking her inspiration and palette from her country cottage home and the glorious Dorset landscape that surrounds it, Sara has created 35 easy-to-make crochet projects for in and around the home. The book begins with step-by-step photographs demonstrating how easy it is to teach yourself to crochet. From cushions, coasters and bags to toys, scarves and her now famous apple cosies, bring a little of Sara's stylish vintage vibe into your crafting life. Gorgeous photography by top lifestyle photographer Yuki Sugiura captures the sheer pleasure of turning a few balls of richly coloured yarn into something individual. Never has crochet looked so beautiful!

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Creative Makers: Simple Crochet: With 35 Vintage-Vibe Projects for Your Handmade Life + Granny Chic: Crafty recipes & inspiration for the handmade home from dottie angel and ted & agnes + Mollie Makes Christmas: Living and Loving a Handmade Christmas: Crochet, Knitting, Sewing, Felting, Papercraft and More
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  • Hardcover: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (3 Sep 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1845336992
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845336998
  • Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 19.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 46,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

Sara Sinaguglia is thirty-something mother of two living in Dorset, with a cat, two hens and several bantams. When not crocheting, sewing or knitting, she's running a cookery school with her husband, a Sicilian chef. With a background in design, interiors and antiques, Sara stumbled on crochet when she moved from London to the country. With a cottage in the middle of the woods, shelf edgings and crocheted blankets seemed to fit the eclectic mix of local auction room finds and mismatched tableware. Keen to stick to natural fibres and fabrics she realized she would need to produce her own work to avoid acrylic fibres in garish hues. After learning to crochet she picked up linens, cottons and yarns and started creating. She now sells her crochet creations via etsy and teaches crochet workshops. Her work was featured on the front cover of the sell-out first issue of hot new craft magazine, Mollie Makes. Visit Sara's blog: http://onechurchillsgreen.typepad.com/
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could be better 4 Jan 2013
By Sheenagh Pugh VINE™ VOICE
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My daughter and I, both total beginners, have both tried this book out. So far my daughter's got really into it and has made several small items. I've figured out how to do 2 basic stitches.

So far, so good... but the diagrams and instructions are sometimes not as clear as the author thinks. It's not easy to tell others how to do something that you're good at, and that seems obvious and simple to you - as anyone who ever had a maths teacher can testify. In her book "Simple Knitting" a few years ago, Erika Knight did this very well; this author is less adept. The diagrams need to be bigger and there could be more of them, illustrating more stages. I figured out the chain stitch OK, but could not fathom what she meant in the instructions for the slip stitch until Daughter demonstrated - and she herself had to go online to get further instructions for things that were unclear to her.

On the plus side, there are patterns for several small items that are easy to make and which give an incentive to learn. At least, the mats and quilt squares do. But many of the items are infuriatingly twee, useless and a bit too Country Lady for my liking - who on earth wants an "apple cosy", in this world or the next? I suppose they provide practice, but I'd have more incentive to carry on if I thought I was making something more useful and less pretentious. Maybe this is the nature of crochet, I haven't yet got far enough to be sure!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Retro, for the wrong reasons. 17 Jan 2013
By Squeebles VINE™ VOICE
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(reviewed by my girlfriend!)

Crochet generally suffers from an image problem and being forever associated with the 1970s and granny's beaded milk jug cover, multi coloured sofa throws and piles of coasters, doilies and decorative circle patches made by people who never cracked crochet beyond basic circles. This book does, sadly, nothing to improve on that image.

Arguably the book embraces naff crochet, calling it "vintage vibe", but make no mistake - this is beautifully presented 70s style home-made, and some would say, tat. Complete with beige 70s colours and faded backgrounds.

'70s style is completely personal choice, and the patterns here are reasonably clear to follow. (Although they are way too complex for an absolute beginner, unless you've got a helpful friend who can walk you through them.) The book layout is absolutely charming. But I do have two reservations about the patterns.

The author uses some very pricey, designer yarns, and there are no notes about what yarns could be substituted in their place. A lot of the patterns are for adding crocheted embellishments to other items, such as towels, pillowcases, and knickers (really). What the book doesn't mention is that once you add these embellishments the item becomes unwashable, so only good for a single use. (Yes, you could wash your grotty knickers with the delightful crochet trim very gently in cold water by hand if you really wanted, but you'll then spend an hour carefully ironing that itchy trim back into place.)

A first glance a lovely, charming, enthralling pattern book. On second glance, not so much.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book But... 17 Jan 2013
By Vicki @ Cosy Books TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
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This is an absolutely beautiful book...I could happily look through it again and again. The paper is thick and luxurious and the photography stunning, if you enjoy a vintage whimsy, as I do.

I'm very new to crochet myself, having just started to learn a few weeks ago. I find the instructions in here quite good however they lack a little illustration, so abeginner may need to hop onto youtube just to check they're getting it right.

The patterns vary. I really like the apple cosy's. yes, they're pretty pointless...but cute and this will be good practice for crocheting rounded shapes. There's a lot of stuff I would never bother with...like a leather steering wheel cover!

Overall a truley beautiful book, but practically speaking probably not the greatest out there.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful retro style
My sister is into crochet and always on the look out for patterns and ideas, often bidding on sites for 60's and 70's patterns. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Nozza
4.0 out of 5 stars Courtesy of A Trillian Books
There's some really nice projects in this book and I really liked that some of them combined crochet with sewing, or adding crochet to ready made items. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Tasha
4.0 out of 5 stars Useful and pretty.
This is a beautifully presented book with lovely photos. There are 35 diverse projects aimed at 3 different levels of expertise for the home and to wear that can easily be... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Lily
4.0 out of 5 stars My wife and teenage daughter thought this book had a lot of good...
My wife and 18 year old daughter like art & crafts, knitting and sewing, plus they are both very active in the Brownies/Girl Guides and the Duke of Edinburgh award that can include... Read more
Published 24 days ago by Keith Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Introduction to Crochet
First off, I would like to say - I love this book! I learnt to knit as a young child but never learnt to crochet and I have been teaching myself over the last couple of years. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Wobette
3.0 out of 5 stars Attractive book but perhaps not the best range of projects
I've been on the lookout for ideas for new crafty projects to complete on long summer evenings while camping and which can be completely handmade without having to rely on access... Read more
Published 26 days ago by K. L. Wren
4.0 out of 5 stars Review writen by MIL
I am still quite new to crochet but have some experience. I really enjoyed this book and the projects inside. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sian Louise
4.0 out of 5 stars Clearly basic, but fun.
I've been trying to get to grips with crocheting for quite some time, and this lovely retro style pattern book has certainly helped me get my head around the basics of the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by catherine
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, Quirky Yarnwork
I taught myself to knit a few years ago and thought this would be a great way to extend my yarn skills to crochet. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Simon Tavener
3.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners
I taught myself crochet a couple of years ago, and this is a good book for beginners. There are detailed explanations of how to crochet, and most of the patterns are ideal for... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A John
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