CRAFT BOOK SUGGESTIONS!

Hi all. When I'm not busy running the Made in Windsor store my day job is working as a librarian at the downtown public library. One of the best parts of my job is that I get to order all the craft books! So if you ever come across a craft-related title that you'd like to buy but maybe can't afford or just prefer to spend your money on supplies rather than books send me the recommendation! I can't promise to purchase everything since my budget is rather limited but I'm always looking for suggestions. Thanks!
Christine

New finished project

This is what Jess finished tonight!
(A purse for my Mom for Mother's Day.)

This purse was crocheted from a pattern in a book called "Hooked Bags: 20 Easy Crochet Projects". It came out differently than I expected, possibly due to the use of different yarn or hook size than the pattern recommended. I used an acrylic yarn that I had lots of, and a 5.00 mm hook. It took about 5-7 hours of crocheting (purse, strap, pansies, sewing parts to other parts). I also bought buttons and stacked them for the centres of the flowers. The purse is also lined, which Michelle helped me do (sewing power!).

(From the book:) How to make a pansy: chain 4, then slip stitch back into the first stitch. Then, going into the centre of the loop, *sc once and chain 3, repeat from * five times (skeleton of 5 petals). Into the first 3-chain loop, slip stitch, ch1, then 5 dc. Ch 1 and slip stitch into next 3-chain loop, then repeat. Now you've made the bottom layer of the two big petals in the pansy. For the other three 3-ch loops, these will be small petals. sl st into the loop, then sc once, then 4 hdc. Repeat for these three small petal loops. Last step is to go back over the two large petals, adding two dc into each previous dc. Tie off- you're done! If you want to get fancy, you can use one yarn colour up to the end of the 3-chain steps, then tie in a different yarn colour to complete the flower.

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