I love the way this book has small pictures of all the tea cosies featured inside on the reverse of the book; I could see exactly what sort of projects I was getting.  There are some lush and inventive designs to enjoy, too, many echoing the wonders of nature.  As the author lives in Queensland, you can expect some coral reef-inspired cosies, as well as flowers, food, birds and bobbles.  This is not a book, however, for beginners, for it does not show you how to knit or crochet, merely mentions what sort of work you will be doing (e.g. knitting in the round on four needles).  But there are plenty of other fine books for beginners and rather fewer (in my opinion) for the more proficient yarncrafter.  How many are there on tea cosies?  This is the only one I have seen to date, which also counts in its favor.

For those already initiated into these twin skills, there are some handy hints at the front, and the instructions are clear, with a full-page finished photograph and maybe another one showing another vital interim stage.  Another thing I liked was the fact that no actual yarn brand names or range names are used, just the color, size of ball and ply.  This means that you don’t need to live in Australia to use this book, and that Australians won’t be discovering that the range is unobtainable before they make anything.  Would that all yarncraft books did this!

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