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Arne Nerjordet
and Carlos Zachrison
Search Press
5 November 2013/ ISBN 9781782210474
How-To Books/Knitting and Crochet
Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
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This is the third of Arne and Carlos’sumptuously
illustrated and imaginative books on creating with yarn. After
Christmas and Easter, it is the turn of summer and the garden,
in this case, a special garden created by the pair where there
was nothing. Now there is a beautiful place and it needs filling
with more than flowers, so here is a book of garden inspired
projects.
The projects in here are delightfully unexpected and unusual
which is wonderful; there are already so many books on this
subject on the market after all. There are dolls, throws, bags
and household items galore but with a twist. Knit a hippy, a
scarecrow, a beelike character and a gardening mouse and dress
them. Instead of granny squares, make a blanket for those cool
evenings outside from crocheted flowers. Use yarn for cross-stitch
too and make pansy inspired mats and pillows, or make 70s inspired
mats from curlicue bands shaped like flowers and butterflies,
for many uses. There are many other projects among the pages,
lushly illustrated with Victorian scraps, flowers, and photos
of their wonderful garden. The projects themselves are aimed
at the improver upwards, in a written style with no charts and
nicely spaced out. All the yarns mentioned are available in
Norway but maybe not elsewhere; a list of websites is given
for readers to try to obtain the originals, otherwise use something
of the same variety. The authors state that most of the projects
are about using up leftover yarns (surely a garden themed book
needs to be about being green) and this is the best method.
A gorgeous book with a lot to recommend it.
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UK Reviewer: Rachel Hyde's
work can be found in Sewing World, Sew Hip, Popular Crafts
and other magazines. Her craft blog is Green
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