{"id":2813,"date":"2013-10-10T12:23:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T17:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2013-10-18T19:29:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-19T00:29:53","slug":"book-review-sweet-simple-baby-crochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crafting-a-life.com\/mamaoknits\/book-review-sweet-simple-baby-crochet\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Sweet & Simple Baby Crochet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t talk about crochet all that much over here. Not because I don’t like to (I do and did it exclusively for years) but because I’m not often moved by crochet the way I am by knitting.<\/p>\n

I don’t know what that says about me. I should ask Dawn<\/a>. She’ll know.<\/p>\n

Regardless, I was contacted by Gooch & Gooch to see if I’d like to review the book and raffle it off<\/a> on CraftLit<\/a><\/em>. I checked out the world of Kristi Simpson<\/a> and her Inspired Crochet<\/em><\/a> baby, and immediately said yes.<\/p>\n

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Dinnit make you go “Squeee!”?<\/p><\/div>\n

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As with most <\/span>yarn porn<\/del> pattern books, I first thumb through looking at the pictures (I know, <\/span>Defarge 1<\/a> didn’t have pictures, but it did have art, and the newly-released individual patterns have pix, so…) and I hit upon page 6, the “Mossy Baby Pod” and I believe I squealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aloud.
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\nIt’s the first time I’ve seen eyelash yarn used in a way that didn’t make my face pucker, and it is ADORABLE!<\/p>\n

Almost adorable enough to wish my kids were babies… almost… but not that much.<\/p>\n

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The photography on that baby is just spectacular and the pattern is clever.<\/p>\n

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FLAPS!<\/p><\/div>\n

But the sock pattern is cleverer (er er er?). A crocheted, toe-up sock with a heel flap. Since I’m not 100% in the world of crochet any more, I don’t know if this is news to the rest of the world, but it’s news to me! I LOVE THIS! My sister is a crocheter and I’ll be Amazoning her a copy of this pronto so she can enjoy the genius\u2014and the cuteness\u2014of the book.<\/p>\n

There are lots of little girl patterns<\/p>\n

\"\"(shrug! cute!)<\/p>\n

\"\"and lots of cute hats.<\/p>\n

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\"\"And even some adorable boy pants!<\/p>\n

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Lots and lots of really good stuff in here. You can see more at Kristi’s website <\/a>or get it now from Kristi’s store<\/a> or from Amazon!
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