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I was down in Tasmania for the Christmas holidays, visiting family in Hobart. While I was there, I dropped into the Salvos on Elizabeth St. (I love love love browsing through charity shops) and picked up the Australia and New Zealand Complete Book of Handicrafts for au$5.
I love the kitsch cover & gaudy burnt orange background. I love the "Quality&Value" sticker on the front, awarded by the book's own publisher. This second Impression is from 1977, and I especially love the very 70s photos, with big hairstyles & crochet bikinis,
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and kids wearing full-knit ensembles & adults wearing crochet ones.
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But at the end of the day, I bought it because it has large simple drawings explaining the basics of a range of crafts I've been wanting to learn / brush up on:
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It goes over all the basics of:
- Knitting
- Crochet
- Sewing
- Dyecraft
- Batik
- Spinning&weaving
- Rugmaking
- Patchwork
- Embroidery
- Machine embroidery
- Tapestry
- Macramé
- Leathercraft
- Gifts & Bazaar items
- Soft furnishings
I'll leave you with the opening line of the Introduction to ponder over...
Every woman has latent creative talent living within her.:P
2 comments:
Confession... growing up in the '70s I had a pair of crocheted bikini's (not that I made them!!!), but I thought they were quite special.
Fabulous book and love that Roumanian stich, might have to try that one. Thanks for sharing as I love freestyle embroidery.
Awesome! I think crochet bikinis can look quite nice, but they strike me as rather impractical and perhaps not very comfy?
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