INSPIRING BOOKS

CROCHET ICONIC WOMEN CARLA MITRANI

(£15.99, David & Charles) Amigurumi patterns for 15 women who have changed the world, including Marie Curie, Serena Williams, and Cleopatra. Five per cent of the profits will go to WONDER foundation to help empower women, girls and their community through access to quality education, so that they can exit poverty for good. Look out for the pattern of one of these iconic women exclusively in a future issue of Simply Crochet!

AMIGURUMI CHRISTMAS

SARAH JANE HICKS

(£9.99, Search Press)

Do you love to decorate your home and make wonderful Christmas decorations for all your family and friends to enjoy? Then this is the book for you. It will delight and surprise with its 20 fantastically cute, kawaii-style crocheted Christmas projects. The added bonus is that they only use small amounts of yarn so the perfect use for your scraps! Sarah-Jane is a regular contributor to Simply Crochet.

HOW TO CROCHET ANIMALS: WILD KERRY LORD

(£12.99, Pavilion)

The founder of TOFT luxury yarn brand and author of Edward’s Menagerie has a new series of books that are the perfect introduction to crochet. They contain 25 patterns for mini wild animals – at 10cm tall the small size means they are great for both beginners learning the craft and as quick makes for more advanced crocheters. In WILD you’ll find patterns for an elephant, lion, leopard, rhino and buffalo, and more.

TEXTILES TRANSFORMED

MANDY PATTULLO

(£22.95, Batsford)

Learn to thread and thrift with reclaimed textiles. Mandy Pattullo gives us an insight into her creative process and shows how to source, refashion and repurpose a variety of vintage textiles and precious fragments to create beautiful collages, quilts, bags, books and many more unique textile items.