Product Description

The book every crocheter has been asking for -- a complete collection of crocheted embellishments that are sure to add a special touch to crocheted or knitted projects. Here you'll find a wide variety of colorful borders and decorative bands, dimensional flowers from life-like roses to dainty daisies, elegant tassels, charming beads, all types of fringes, versatile cords and braids, ruffles and curls, and much more. Easy-to-follow instructions and nearly life-size photos of each piece make this book by Jean Leinhauser a classic for every needleworker's library.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #294416 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• 96 pages

Customer Reviews

My Favorite Crochet Flower Book
I ordered three crochet flower books, this is the one I use the most.

The instructions are easy to follow and if you do get confused just look at the clear colored pictures.

I made assorted colored flowers to sew onto the front of a T-Shirt.

These flowers and leaves were fun to make.

The book is just what I was looking for.

A Beautiful Garden Of Flowers
In this book, Jean has included just about every flower imaginable from tiny to large. The flowers are especially helpful for anyone who wants to add embellishments to their needlework projects & is also a great help for those interested in freeform crochet.

Very Disappointed...............
I was very disappointed when I received this book, for the regular price of $21.95 I was expecting a lot more patterns, better photographs, and a lot more originality. First, because of the flowered cover, I was expecting there to be a lot of different and unique flowers and leaves. Although there are about 30+ flower motifs, I would say that only about 2-3 of them I have not seen elsewhere. Like the pansy motif, I must have at least 5 other patterns for a pansy motif. The color combinations in the book I can only describe as 80's/90's-ish. There are not any modern color combinations in this book to be found, and with the exception of some patterns done in what appear to be thread I think the rest are done in cheap acrylic yarn. Designers and Publishers should realize the importance of the photographs in crochet books....I have books that I have not even made any projects out of, but the photographs are just so beautiful that I enjoy flipping through them for inspiration. The rest of the patterns in this book are divided into: borders, bands, braids & cords, motifs and shapes, and final touches (which are basically a couple of tassels, curlicues, and bead covers). Once again, I think I have seen a version of each and every one of these patterns elsewhere, such as Jan Eaton's books, etc....... Maybe I am a bit jaded because my collection of patterns and books is quite large, but if you are looking for something different to add to your collection, this is not it!