Daily Archives: March 18, 2015

This is a book of adorable crochet basic dolls, clothing, and other fun child related projects. As a word of warning, if you have the author’s book from 2007 (“Toys to Crochet: Dozens of Patterns for Dolls, Animals, Doll Clothes, and Accessories”), you may be seeing some duplications. However, that book is out of print and is not available for Kindle. I also cannot tell if the patterns have changed at all in the intervening years.

As I do not own the prior book, these patterns are all new to me. The book is written with both English and US crochet terms, so the instructions look more complex than they are. It is easy to get used to, example: 1dc/1sc English crocheters follow the first term and US, the second. While there are no embroidery diagrams, the written instructions are sufficient for most to be able to make the simple stitches needed to add features, etc. to the toys. I like that the author suggests adding a button at the back of the doll/bear to help hold the clothes in place – great tip.

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