Books about crafting, cooking and other fun hobbies
Welcome to my book blog :)
On this blog I post pictures and reviews of the books I own that I think will be interesting for anyone else but me. I.e. my hobby books. That means mostly knitting,crocheting and beading, but also a little cooking and baking. With each review I have included my favorite pattern from the book, as well as a link to where you can get the book if it is still available :)
The patterns are collected in a removable booklet stapled in the middle of the book. All the patterns are printed pretty big and in color. This is not a book of beaded animals, so it's a little different from the other books I have posted about. There are a few animal patterns, though, but most of them use special beads, often in different shapes and sizes.
This copy is a Danish translation. The patterns for the animals are in the back of the book, sadly not in color (that's added by me), but they clearly show both the rows of beads and directions for where the wires go.
The patterns are printed very big on two huge and unwieldy poster-sized sheets that you remove from the middle of the book. Quite impractical, the sheets take up a lot of space, especially since the patterns often cover several 'pages' and you have to unfold the whole thing too see the whole pattern.
My favorite pattern is the scorpion from the Scorpio starsign:
The patterns are printed very big on two huge and unwieldy poster-sized sheets that you remove from the middle of the book. Quite impractical, the sheets take up a lot of space, especially since the patterns often cover several 'pages' and you have to unfold the whole thing too see the whole pattern.
The patterns are printed very big on two huge and unwieldy poster-sized sheets that you remove from the middle of the book. Quite impractical, the sheets take up a lot of space, especially since the patterns often cover several 'pages' and you have to unfold the whole thing to see the whole pattern.
Some of the patterns in this book are the same as in Das Neue Perlentierebuch, but others include:
Parrot Wombat Dingo Orangutan Monitor lizard Lion Antilope Quetzal Green treefrog Bald eagle Opossum Puffin
The patterns are printed very big on two huge and unwieldy poster-sized sheets that you remove from the middle of the book. Quite impractical, the sheets take up a lot of space, especially since the patterns often cover several 'pages' and you have to unfold the whole thing too see the whole pattern.
German original is no longer available (don't know about the Danish version)
This copy is a Danish translation. The patterns for the animals are in the back of the book, sadly not in color (that's added by me), but they clearly show both the rows of beads and directions for where the wires go.
The patterns are printed very big on two huge and unwieldy poster-sized sheets that you remove from the middle of the book. Quite impractical, the sheets take up a lot of space, especially since the patterns often cover several 'pages' and you have to unfold the whole thing too see the whole pattern.
My favorite patterns are the vulture and the dead fish:
This copy is a Danish translation. The patterns for the animals are in the back of the book, sadly not in color (that's added by me), but they clearly show both the rows of beads and directions for where the wires go.
Ingrid Moras is my favorite creator of beaded animals (and books), this was the first book I bought on the subject, and after making my first critter I was totally hooked :)