Amigurumi Loveys & Blankets is a tutorial and technique guide for small blankets and snuggly animal blanket toys by Ariana Wimsett. Released 14th May 2024 by Fox Chapel, it's 160 pages and is available in paperback and ebook formats.
Fox
Chapel is well kn0wn for the quality of their DIY and homestyle
publications. This is a worthy entry into that lineup. It's a fine
primer with step by step instructions and copious tutorial photographs
which are clear and illustrative. The author has an upbeat and casual
writing style which is easy to follow.
The
introductory chapter includes a survey of styles, terms, and tools with
good clear photos of each. There is a stitch and technique tutorial, but readers should have a basic working familiarity with general crochet, or access to a crochet savvy friend (or youtube). The author/publisher have also included a good tutorial on reading patterns which most readers will find useful going forward in the book. The second section (roughly 85% of the content) includes step-by-step tutorials for 16 different animal blankets/amigurumi. The tutorials are filled with clear usable photographs and spare
no-frills instruction. I have no doubts that a keen beginner could
produce a finished project from the instructions as written.
Each
tutorial includes an introduction with finished measurements and
special features in a header. Tools and supplies are listed bullet style
in a sidebar (measurements are given in American standard units with metric measures in parentheses). Tools and supplies are very basic and will be available at any well stocked big box crafts supplier in North America.
Five stars. Well written, accessible for beginning to advanced crocheters, useful, and appealing. It would be an excellent choice for public or school library acquisition, home studio library, activity groups or similar.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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