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Review: Granny Square Weekend

Granny Square Weekend by Emma Varnam
GMC Publications
★★★★★

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I love a good Granny Square. I came across Emma’s previous venture, Granny Square Home, last year and I instantly fell in love. I love the inventive use of the traditional crochet technique. So when Granny Square Weekend landed in my inbox I was thrilled. Emma’s designs are always brilliant, she has a fantastic sense of colour and an eye for the perfect application of my beloved Granny Square.  Continue reading “Review: Granny Square Weekend”

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REVIEW: 200 Fun Things to Crochet

200 Fun Things to Crochet edited by Victoria Lyle
Search Press

★★★☆☆

200 Fun Things to Crochet is a collection of five previous titles from Search Press – 100 Flowers to Knit & Crochet and 75 Birds, Butterflies & Beautiful Beasties to Knit & Crochet by Lesley Stanfield, 75 Shells, Corals & Sea Creatures by Jessica Polka, 50 Sunflowers to Knit, Crochet & Felt by Kristin Nicholas and 75 Crocheted Floral Blocks by Betty Barnden. With a large focus on floral designs, it takes the crochet sections from each of these books to collate 200 projects boarding from simple and ready for beginners  through to more complicated designs fit for improvers and advanced crocheters.

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Review: Pixel Crochet

Pixel Crochet by Hannah Meur
Search Press

★★★★☆

Inspired by the 8-bit days of old, Hannah Meur’s book presents you with 101 cool designs to be made up with granny squares of a sizing you choose. The idea behind this book is brilliant. It’s simple and effective and so easy to execute. What’s great about Hannah’s book is that it doesn’t limit you to certain patterns, but merely shows you the pixel patterns you can use on another project of your choice.  Continue reading “Review: Pixel Crochet”

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Review: Learn to Crochet Granny Square & Flower Motifs

Learn to Crochet Granny Squares & Flower Motifs by Nicki Trench
CICO Books

★★★★☆

The granny square is a fundamental part of crochet life, you can’t watch a TV show these days without at least one family having a granny square throw on their sofa. It’s one of my all-time favourite things to crochet, they’re so simple and they can make up so quickly, too.

But in Nicki’s Learn to Crochet Granny Squares & Flower Motifs I’ve been introduced to even more ways that I can utilise these perfect motifs. While the term ‘granny square’ might literally make you think of your granny, that simply won’t be the case with this book. The projects are fresh and bright, let alone inventive.  Continue reading “Review: Learn to Crochet Granny Square & Flower Motifs”