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Crocheted Sea Creatures

By V Mooncie
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Crocheted Sea Creatures by V Mooncie is a delightful guide for crafting stunning marine life representations using crochet techniques. The book offers detailed instructions and patterns to create a variety of sea dwellers, from tiny fish to intricate crustaceans. Designed to inspire and educate, it's perfect for crafters looking to bring a taste of the ocean to their creative projects.
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If you love diving into creativity with a crochet hook and have a fascination for marine life, this book is perfect for you. The intricate patterns will bring the ocean's vibrant creatures to life in yarn, offering a satisfying challenge for those skilled in crochet. Whether creating for fun, gifting, or expanding your crafting skills, you'll find joy and inspiration in these aquatic designs.

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Inside this fun, colourful book there are 12 aquatic friends from all over the world to choose from, each with a very distinct personality. The projects vary in level of complexity and there is a comprehensive and straightforward techniques section to help learn the necessary skills.

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This amazing collection of sea creatures to crochet will enchant children and adults alike. Inside this fun, colourful book, there are 12 aquatic friends from all over the world to choose from, each with a very distinct personality.

The projects vary in level of complexity, and there is a comprehensive and straightforward techniques section to help learn the necessary skills. Each project includes beautifully drawn crochet charts and detailed instructions. Along the way, the reader will also learn some interesting and sometimes surprising facts about these fascinating creatures.

Projects include: turtle, whale, shark, starfish and sea horse.

Crocheted Sea Creatures author, Vanessa Mooncie, spent many happy hours as a child sitting with her mother and grandmother learning how to knit and crochet. She went on to study fashion and textile design and became a self-employed children's wear designer, illustrator and commercial interior designer. She now specialises in silkscreen work and designing crochet jewellery, which she sells through her company Kissy Suzuki (www.kissysuzuki.com). She lives with her family in a rural village in the south of England.

Vanessa is a regular contributor to craft books and magazines and is the author of other titles for GMC, including Crocheted Accessories, Animal Hats, And Sew To Bed, Crocheted Animal Hats, and Sew Adorable.

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Crocheted Sea Creatures by V Mooncie has been praised for its creativity and detailed instructions, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced crocheters. Reviewers appreciate the variety and realism of the sea creature patterns. The book is noted for its clear illustrations and easy-to-follow guides, allowing readers to create impressive and charming sea-inspired crochet works.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781861087577

Publisher: GMC Publications

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 June 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 208.0mm

Height: 238.0mm

Weight: 546g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Vanessa Mooncie spent many happy hours as a child sitting with her mother and grandmother learning how to knit and crochet. She went on to study fashion and textile design and became a self-employed children's wear designer, illustrator and commercial interior designer. She now specializes in silkscreen work and designing crochet jewellery, which she sells through her company Kissy Suzuki (www.kissysuzuki.com). She lives with her family in a rural village in the south of England. Vanessa is a regular contributor to craft books and magazines and is the author of other titles for GMC including Crocheted Accessories, Animal Hats, And Sew To Bed, Crocheted Animal Hats and Sew Adorable.

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