Crochet Style: Chic and Sexy Accessories [Spiral-bound]

Shannon Okey (Author)

Book Description

Series: Style | Publication Date: January 1, 2007

Crochet Style offers inspiring pieces to accentuate personal style and add excitement to any wardrobe. From simple stitches and quick projects to advanced patterns that include intricate stitch work, this book holds interest for beginning and expert crocheters alike. An array of projects, from lacy hoop earrings and funky beaded necklaces to an elaborate poncho and sleek eveningwear, entices the reader to experiment with personal style. These pieces lend versatility and individuality to any look. Over 170 original full-color photographs show stunning detail and offer suggestions of stylish ways to wear each of the beautiful items. All of the designs are fun to wear and even easier to make. Crochet Style includes everything you’ll need to get started, from “Crochet Basics” to “Sources and Resources”, yarn types, patterns, plus a plethora of information and inspiration. Step-by-step photos show you how to hold your hook, make stitches, and the best places to buy supplies. Crochet Style comes as a unique, spiral-bound, easel-style format allowing for “hands-free” crafting and access to all the information at a glance. You are likely to be “hooked” on this book!

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Crochet Style offers inspiring pieces to accentuate personal style and add excitement to any wardrobe. From simple stitches and quick projects to advanced patterns that include intricate stitch work, this book is perfect for beginning and expert crocheters alike. An array of projects, from lacy hoop earrings and funky beaded necklaces to an elaborate poncho and sleek eveningwear, entices the reader to experiment with personal style. These pieces lend versatility and individuality to any look.

From the Back Cover

Crochet Style

Crochet Style: Chic and Sexy Accessories includes 27 of the most “now,” one-of-a-kind accessories in a collection that features fabulously chic items that are easy enough for a beginner to make and inspiring enough for a veteran.

Inside You’ll Find

• Over 170 original full-color photographs, many of which show each accessory in stunning detail and suggest stylish ways to wear each beautiful item

• Concise, step-by-step directions accompanied by full-color photographs that illustrate each step in the crocheting process

• Projects that range from an adorable shrug in the palest green, a mod cap and a cropped jacket, to smaller accessories like a headband, belts, handbags, earrings, necklaces, and much, much more

• A comprehensive resource guide featuring the best places to buy supplies

• A mini-course in crochet basics—from the tools to the essential techniques that build skills and confidence so that every fabulous crocheted item can be made with professional-looking results

• A unique easel-back, spiral-bound format that allows the pages of the book to lie flat or stand upright, easily facilitating “hands-free” access to the information

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 128 pages
• Publisher: Home Arts; 1st edition (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580113311
• ISBN-13: 978-1580113311
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,415,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well thought out with cute designs, July 30, 2007

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This review is from: Crochet Style: Chic and Sexy Accessories (Spiral-bound)

Finally another cute crochet book....to join Happy Hooker and Fabulous and Flirty Crochet.... my favourite crochet books so far. This one is more like FFC in that there are no cushions or toys etc etc.... it's accessories and items of clothing. The patterns are a mix of simple to less simple, and include a cute jacket, an adorable short sleeved bolero jacket, the waistcoat on the front, and various bags, scarves, hats, jewellery... I want to make most of them. Nothing starchy here. Another nice point - patterns take you step by step, so if you, like me, are somewhat of a newbie, that's a big plus. I have been crocheting seriously (as opposed to single crochet edges for knitting) for a few months now, but am tackling intermediate crochet patterns. I don't quite have the guts to tackle something from the coolest book of all - Teva Durham's - but I will.... anyway, this book is very helpful for people at my stage. If you are at a higher level, it may irritate you that half the book is made up of instructions - I can't stand it any longe rin kn itting books! But these are very well done ones - large sized photos of real hands doing real crochet. I like having this - great reference!

My one very minor gripe, which isn't enough for me to remove a star, is that the yarn used in the patterns is not described in generic terms. By which I mean that I have no idea whether the astrakhan used for the jacket is sportweight, aran, whatever. As any crocheter knows, the crochet hook size given is not much of a help, as one tends to use a larger size hook than one would a knittng needle. Anyway, it's quite minor, because all you have to do is search the net and find out what the yarn is. But I'm lazy....

Recommended...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not interesting, February 23, 2010

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The quality of the book is great it is free standing and the pages dont close when doing patterns. The patterns are okay but I thought they would be more exciting by looking at the cover. The yarns are expensive or not within my budget of yarn to just go out and buy. Someone who loves crocheting and buying expensive yarn may love this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great book (as all of Shannon's are) with an awful, awful design flaw., July 28, 2009

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This review is from: Crochet Style: Chic and Sexy Accessories (Spiral-bound)

Shannon Okey, Crochet Style (Creative Homeowner, 2006)

Shannon Okey is a friend of mine, and I have to say that it pains me to give any book she writes a review that is in the least critical. I will rush to add that what I am critical of here has nothing to do with Okey's writing or the designs and patterns found here, which are as energetic and fun as ever (as well as cheesy, in that retro sort of way, on occasion), but the design of the book itself. It's done as a kind of vertical flip-book, designed to stay open without you having to hold it that way, for obvious reasons. Problem is, someone couldn't figure out whether the reader should turn the book when turning the pages (it does come with an expander to hold it up in a triangle) or not, so sometimes a two-page spread has one page facing one way and one page facing the other, while at other times the two pages face the same way. While I preferred the latter layout a great deal, I would have at least been satisfied with a bit of consistency. Still, if you're looking for some interesting new ideas for what to do with all that yarn, pick this up. ***