block-by-block blankets and afghans: rainbow granny square designs to crochet

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.

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.