Gloria Tracy

Not exactly my favorite book.

On the plus side, it has an extensive description of many stitches and directions for people who are left-handed.

That said, in as much as I am not left-handed, I don't have any sense of whether the directions are helpful or not.

As for the projects, I just flat out detested the sampler afghan. I thought the colors were wrong, I didn't like the way the swatches were combined. In general, it left me with a bad attitude, and I have not been able to articulate well what my dissatisfaction is.

Another plus about the book is that I am not so attached to it that I won't lend it out to beginning crocheters.

I have done one of the projects (the juliette cap), and there are others that were also of interest (a bobble beret) that I haven't done.

I think the colors of the project that is featured on the cover of the book might get at what part of the problem is. I think that a fair number of people would not enjoy the color choices, and this impacts the perception of and enthusiasm about the design.

I paid full price for this book, so obviously I must have liked something about it at the time of purchase or seen something that gave me a new crochet insight, but I no longer recall what it was.… (more)