Nancy Gordon

crafts for adults basics by nancy gordon
This book has chapters about different types of crafts, textile, stone, functional crafts, ceramics, needlework, wood, flower, paper, fashion , leath, and so much more.
An intro chapter about making mistkaes for crafters when they first start a new one.
how to save money. There are color photos also.
Very basic book about what crafts are out there. There are no tecniques discussed, just general ideas. other books by the author are highlighted at the end.… (mere)

Crochet for beginners by Nancy Gordon
This book starts out with table of contents and it talks about
different items in the book.
I like the introduction because it tells you a little bit about
everything to do with crocheting: how to read and understand
the level of difficulty, keep practicing, check the gauge, terms,
and abbreviations. There's a lot of information. There is also a
chart showing you abbreviations and what they really mean and how to work
the ones that have symbols rather than written words: this is something
I've never learned and I'm a published crocheted designer.
This actually has a chart showing you what the symbol is and
what it means in the pattern so I hopefully will be able to pick up
more. There are example samples and they explain why they
have you do what you're doing in the stitches is very good
practice rows and rounds are explained and how to do them and
then it also shows individual symbols for chart and what they
really mean in a written pattern. Another chapter is all about the
supplies you will need, the hooks made of all different materials,
all kinds of Yarns, scissors and there's also a conversion chart that
is very very helpful. Really cool to see that they actually have it
listed here it is a very teeny hook and it's not what I use often.
Summaries and pictures showing different types of crochet which
some of them I had never even knew existed or what they were
and never heard of this but it also tells you it's good for socks,
gloves and other items: bullion crochet, broomstick which I have
seen done and there is Rogues bridges, clothesline crochet, clones
lace: very fancy and dainty and then a cro hook crochet along
with filet crochet which I have done: finger crochet have done,
freeform crochet, hairpin you need a special hook for that and
micro crochet: it shows a little picture of a whale at the tip of your
finger and another form of crochet: Granny square overlay crochet
is another pineapple crochet, stained glass, tapestry to clones lace.
Chapters specifically for right handed people and showing actual large
sketches and what they're telling you in the words. They also
have a section on how to do all the stitches, the yarn over,
the single crochet, double and triple crochet.
The sources are listed in here and tips and tricks.
Each pattern has a title, color photo and summary.
Notes and tips are included along with how to start and work the pattern.
A Keeper!… (mere)