Crochet Stories: E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker
By: Lindsay Smith
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a fun crochet book with amigurumi figures from “The Nutcracker”. The book has great photographs and very good instructions for creating your own set of figures. I think these would be a fun set of dolls to have on hand for the grandchildren at Christmas time or even to create as ornaments for your tree (all you have to do is add a hoop at the top of each figure. I would suggest, for continuity, that you use the same color of Lily Sugar N Cream that is at the top of each particular figure.
I liked that the author included a techniques section for the book and provided the name and color of the cotton yarn that she used. It is really frustrating when that information is not included. I especially enjoyed learning her technique for adding hair to the top of the figures.
The projects in the book include: Marie, Godpapa Drosselmeier, a Christmas tree, candy canes, gingerbread man, the Nutcracker, the owl sitting on the clock, soldier, Dame Mouserink, Mouse King, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Godpapa Drosselmeier’s nephew.
It’s an added plus that the crochet book has a re-telling of the story and that the figures are introduced in the book as the story goes along. It makes it fun to read it as you crochet each one.
I received a digital ARC copy of this book from the publisher, Dover Publications, via Netgalley.
This is a fun crochet book with amigurumi figures from “The Nutcracker”. The book has great photographs and very good instructions for creating your own set of figures. I think these would be a fun set of dolls to have on hand for the grandchildren at Christmas time or even to create as ornaments for your tree (all you have to do is add a hoop at the top of each figure. I would suggest, for continuity, that you use the same color of Lily Sugar N Cream that is at the top of each particular figure.