Product Description

"Vintage Crochet" contains a gorgeous collection of timeless fashion pieces, pretty accessories, classic and quirky gifts, and modern-retro furnishings for the home and garden, all specially commissioned by Loop's founder, Susan Cropper, from a variety of leading international crochet designers. Using an array of sumptuous, textural yarns - such as alpaca, silk, cotton, mohair and cashmere - in subtle, earthy and vibrant colors, such as dirty pinks and blues, shades of cream, earthy brown, leafy green and burnt orange, these nostalgic designs will let you indulge your inner hippie-chick while creating future heirlooms to treasure. The projects feature a variety of different stitches and techniques - some quick and easy, and others requiring more time and skill. Each pattern comes with yarn specifications and suggestions for embellishments using buttons, ribbons and pompoms.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #91570 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Nice patterns and pictures, but full of eratta
I bought this book last week and it looks lovely. It has gorgeous photographs and a good mix of patterns for the home, baby and wearables. However, some patterns do have mistakes in them so check on the internet - just key 'vintage loop crochet errata' into google and it will take you to a site where the corrections are listed. I tried to make the 'lula' bobble scarf, but even I could tell there was something not right and I have only been crocheting for 6 months. I think the patterns could have more information to help the beginner. Overall it is a nice book, but I was disappointed by the errors. I have edited this review as even the eratta page has errors! I have e-mailed the company that published it and have highlighted the errors - I think I will be returning this book.

A few pretty items, but nothing outstanding
Nothing in here really screams (to me of course) to be made right this minute. Of course that's my own personal taste, but a lot of these patterns are very similar to a lot that is available for free online. It does come off more as an advert for the shop rather than a good selection of vintage patterns. Check out google for some stunning vintage crochet patterns. There are several websites dedicated to providing much more wearable patterns for free...

Beautiful book
I absolutely love this book. The photography and styling are gorgeous, I find just looking at the pictures inspiring. The designs are original and unusual but still have a classic feel to them. I have made a few of them already and found the instructions clear and easy to follow. The baby's cardigan has come out perfectly. I found the hipster tote came up very small, so I ended up using a 6mm hook and chain of 40 - this is big enough to hold an A4 folder.