Book Review: 75 Birds, Butterflies & Little Beasts to Knit and Crochet by Lesley Stanfield

 

75 Birds, Butterflies & Little Beasts to Knit and Crochet

by Lesley Stanfield

2011. 128 pages. St. Martin's Griffin. $21.99. 

ISBN  978-0-312-65605-8

Just when you thought you have run out of projects, along comes a book like Lesley Stanfield's 75 Birds, Butterflies & Little Beasts to Knit and Crochet.  Packed with a menagerie of colorful butterflies, buzzing bees, metallic-thread dragonflies, and much, much more. With plenty of patterns for beginners and experts alike, the project ideas are endless.  A full color directory displays each project and provides a cross-reference to the pattern.  The book is complete with an introductory section reviewing some basic knitting and crochet information about yarns, needles and hooks, symbols, abbreviations, terminology, and notes on how to work the key stitches in the book.  So grab a copy and adorn something.  And don't forget to send me your photos to share on the site.