We went to New York last-last weekend (aka the weekend before this last one) for the first time since we got rid of the car. Let me tell you, I love taking the train! There's lots of leg room, big comfy seats, and crochet-time galore. If it wasn't so expensive I'd take the train up every weekend just for the relaxing craft-time.
Last time we were in New York I passed up a
Japanese crochet book I really wanted because I was being frugal. Then I ended up spending more buying it from Etsy because I just couldn't wait any longer. Well, thank goodness I did because they didn't have a copy of it in the store ... or it's
sister-book. Last time I was there they had multiple copies of each one. They must be super popular.
So this time I decided that I'd let myself indulge in one Japanese craft book. As I looked through Every. Single. Craft. Book. in the craft section, I mentally noted all the maybe-this-ones in my head. But when I got to this crochet book (ISBN 9784579111138)I knew I HAD to have it. It's from 2006 and I've seen it a lot. My heart skips a beat every time I see the bag on the front and it's multicolored doppelganger on the back.
Most of the projects in the book are made from joining motifs and I'm very interested in that right now. I'd love to get a feel for the mechanics of joining motifs and creating 3-D shapes from them. There are tons of motifs in my books that I'd love to turn into purses.
I haven't had a chance to start making anything yet, but I'll show you as soon as I do. Most of the book is actual projects, but there are four pages of motifs. Aren't they just gorgeous?
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New York Weekend, Part 2