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Many of the "effects" were created by embroidering on top of the afghan rather than actually crocheting. Many beautiful pictures, but some of the afghans are just colorful renditions of old patterns. If you dont have many books yet this might be a good one for you, but it was a little dissapointing.
This book has fantastic photos, but pattern instructions, wools and needles are all inappropriate for Australian readers.
If you look carefully, you will see that two of the afghans are the same pattern, with different colors. I was very disappointed with this book. I will not use any of these patterns.
Can't wait to finish current projects so I can get started on this one. I bought this book mainly for the instuctions for the afghan on the cover, but there are some very nice surprizes inside as well.
I might not actually be able to fit one into my old fashioned house with its Late Victorian through 1950s "decor", but I found most of the patterns inspiring, and will probably get this book out when cooking up my next "from scratch" afghan. I down rated this otherwise beautiful book to 4 stars for the pattern mistakes (see other reviews on this).What I like about the book is the fact that unlike so many many crochet and knit patterns and books that have only one "arty" photo of the project that's either out of focus or has the afghan so folded up or otherwise obscured by objects put in for "atmosphere" that the picture is unhelpful.I am amazed at how many commercial afghan patterns do one of the following: Have only one picture showing the WRONG side of the afghan;Don't show both ends, or all sides, (and inspection of the pattern reveals that either the beginning edge or the ending one is rather weird and poorly thought out);Give few or no clues as to how to actually assemble the thing so that it lies flat and looks decent on both sides.Have a picture of a sample afghan that has obvious MISTAKES (sometimes this goes with mistakes in the pattern).This book however often has a photo of the entire afghan laid out fully in view, and enough close-ups that one can actually see the stitches and assembly method well enough to resolve problems with the patterns, a big help that is second only to having diagrams as well as text directions (sadly, most afghan patterns have only text).I also personally enjoy the imaginative if somewhat wild use of colors in most of these patterns.
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