annieb123
Written on Oct 6, 2022
Crochet Magical Creatures is an appealing and all-skill-levels friendly collection of 20 crocheted mythical creatures by Drew Hill. Released 22 Sept 2022 by Callisto on their Rockridge Press imprint, it's 166 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. For Kindle Unlimited subscribers, this book is currently included in the KU subscription library to borrow and read for free.
The book has a short introductory chapter covering some basic techniques and materials, and moves directly into the tutorials. The introduction does have a how-to-crochet tutorial with clear line drawings illustrating the steps. I think that even a complete beginner could learn the basics from the intro (plus some patience and possibly a little side help from youtube... but not impossible anyhow).
The projects are -adorable- and include a little dragon, "caticorn" (both shown on the cover), jackalope, kitsune, garden fairy, gnome, and 14 more. All of them are really cute and recognizable, and will make welcome gifts or for readers to keep for themselves. I like that the author doesn't mention brand names, but does a good job explaining yarn weights and how to choose in the mini-tutorial introduction.
Five stars. This is a wonderful collection.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.