Block-By-Block Blankets and Afghans - by Amanda Perkins (Paperback)

About the Book

"This riotously colorful book contains illustrated block-by-block guides to creating 10 stunning blankets, with colour variations for 20 more."--

Book Synopsis

This riotously colorful book contains illustrated block-by-block guides to creating 10 stunning blankets, with colour variations for 20 more.

'Practical, adaptable and colorful designs in one of the best crochet books on the market. Recommended.' www.yarnsandfabrics.co.uk

Amanda Perkins' inspiring use of color and pattern gives wonderful results that are deceptively easy to achieve and suitable for crocheters of all abilities. Each blanket is constructed from a series of simple motifs, including squares, hexagons and triangles: simply piece them together to create stunning, contemporary designs. This gorgeous book contains:

• basic instruction on yarns and hooks, a guide to joining motifs and sewing in ends, plus a brief primer on choosing and using colour.
• 10 irresistible blanket projects, plus colour variations for 20 more.
• 20 individual motifs, including triangles, squares, hexagons and all the filler shapes needed, all given with both written instructions and crochet charts.
• An easy-to-follow layout key and illustrated step-by-step guide to creating each blanket project.

Using US crochet terminology, with a handy US to UK conversion chart given on the book's fold-out flap, his book was previously published as Rainbow Crocheted Afghans.

Review Quotes

Booklist (American Library Association)
Color fans can rejoice in the many multihued blankets they can make with this creative, fun crochet book. The author includes instructions for 10 ten blankets as well as charts for 2 different color variations for each project. Perkins expands on the typical granny-square pattern to include hexagons, triangles, and circles. These motifs are placed in different combinations, and the finished blankets go beyond a traditional rectangle shape. Charts as well as written patterns are included; those who follow the written pattern will wish Perkins gave a stitch count after every round. Perkins is a color expert, and the introduction explains how to use a color wheel and how to pick shades that blend well together. Color changes happen almost every round, so there will be a lot of ends to weave in, but in the introduction, Perkins describes how she views sewing in ends as a meditative practice. Previously published in 2016 as Rainbow Crocheted Afghans, this title is recommended to libraries that don't own that earlier edition. -- Lynnanne Pearson

About the Author

Amanda has been obsessed by crochet & color her whole life, her ambition is to produce innovative designs which will excite and inspire her readers to pick up a hook and play Amanda Perkins designs and crochets her own blankets, shawls and scarves, and her patterns can be found on Etsy and Ravelry.

She has her own blog: amandascrochetblog.blogspot.co.uk, and she regularly self-publishes her designs, which she sells via her website and at shows and exhibitions throughout the UK. Until mid-2015, Amanda ran the Natural Dye Studio from her home in Exmoor, North Devon.