Crochet is often the poor cousin of knitting for innovation and design so full marks to Kerry Lord for her totally original designs. Author of the delightful Edward's Menagerie, a range of soft toy animals, her new book features … Monsters. With the split page format giving endless permutations of pointy ears and toes, alarming spots and stripes and even lumps and bumps, there will be no limit on the monsters you can make. For the more nervous child there are many designs that bear more than a passing resemblance to bunnies and teddies but for the more adventurous you can go the whole hog with a one-eyed, web-footed and fork-tailed monstosity. ~ Sue Baker
Edward's Crochet Imaginarium Flip the Pages to Make Over a Million Mix-and-Match Monsters Synopsis
Choose the body parts that take your fancy from our extensive selection and use your favourite colours. Add stripes, spots or scales, and then turn to the sew-on extras section to select hair, eyes, horns, wings or tails...The flippable pages make it easy for you to follow the patterns in any combination. With 30 heads, one basic body, and 30 different pairs of arms and legs, projects are crocheted in one go from the top down. With step-by-step instructions for all the basic crochet techniques that are needed, this is perfect for beginners. In addition to the flip pattern pages, there are 30 pages of colour photography showing a selection of finished creatures to inspire you.
Kerry Lord is the founder and creative director of the TOFT luxury yarn brand. She lives with her husband, son and dog in Leamington Spa. The yarn brand was born in September 2006, a product of the successful and established family business, the Toft Alpaca Stud farm. Kerry is the author of Edward's Menagerie.
