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Twenty To Make Series
Val Pierce
Search Press
25 April 2011 (1 July 2011 in USA) / ISBN 1844486338
How-To Books/Crocheted
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Teddy bears
have been around, as this book reminds us, for over a hundred years
and aren’t going to wane in popularity anytime soon. Here
are twenty of them all expressing their individuality in this useful
book.
This is the sort of title that is ideal for anybody with lots of
small presents to make, whether to adorn a Christmas tree, hand
out as prizes at a party or sell for charity. Firstly discover how
to make the basic bear body (4” (10cm) high) and then dress
it up in twenty different guises. There are wedding bears, elf,
angel and fairy for Christmas, a dancing bear, bears with different
hobbies such as swimming or keeping fit and of course a panda (my
favorite). Each project tells you what you need to buy and how to
make the crocheted accessories and garments as well as the variations
to the basic body. There is a full page photograph showing you what
the finished item ought to look like, and in some cases a close-up
of part of the bear as well. This is not a book of toys for babies
and small children, these are more intended as ornaments than playthings,
but anybody with a bit of crochet know-how is sure to know how to
render them safe for smaller folk to enjoy as well. This book might
have a small format, but it is large in usefulness.
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