Twisted Crochet Maffers Walker 20 wonderfully wicked designs

Twisted Crochet
20 wonderfully wicked designs
Maffers Walker
For crochet fans who like a humorous twist, this book provides an exciting
range of fun projects that cross over to the dark side. Think mittens that
look like shark jaws, a green-eyed monster toy, and a snakes on floors
mat. Inspired by popular culture, you’ll find a tattoo pillow, a Frankenstein
dog coat, a miniature vampire hunter’s kit in amigurumi, a steampunk
raygun and more.
Projects include amigurumi designs, and patterns for advanced crocheters,
as well as simple projects for the less experienced. As well as regular
woolen yarn, there are projects in cotton and novelty yarns, and plenty of
small projects that encourage use of odd balls of yarn in your stash and
are perfect as a quick-to-crochet gift.
FORMAT 240 x 180 mm
7 x 9.4 in
EXTENT 128 pages
ILLUSTRATIONS approx.
100 4-color photographs
TEXT approx. 35,000 words
PAPER 128gsm matt art
BINDING Paperback
PUBLICATION DATE
Spring/Fall 2o14
Selling Points
• Original makes for the home, babies and children, clothing, toys, and
gifts, including stash-busting designs using one or two balls of yarn.
• Exciting projects from a rising young crochet designer whose work has
been featured on Etsy, Deviant Art and popular blogs.
• Includes full-size, easy-to-follow charts in the pocket.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SAD MERRICK A mini Elephant Man
amigurumi figure.
Maffers Walker has been selling his crochet toys and toy
patterns on Etsy and Deviant Art for the last 3 years. The
majority of his sales on Etsy are to North America (approx
60%), with 17% to Europe, 12% to the UK and 11% to ANZ.
He also has online stores on other sites—Ravelry, Craftsy,
and AmigurumiPattersnnet (he was invited to join the last
two). His work has also been featured in Crochet Monthly
and Let’s Knit magazines and CRAFT magazine online, and
his Elephant Man amigurumi toy was mentioned by the
presenter when Maffers appeared as a contestant on UK TV
gameshow, Countdown.
MR BUNNYFORD Has this rabbit been
watching the film Brazil?
CONTEMPLATING AMIGURIMICIDE A cute
teddy with a twist.
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 FASHION TWISTS
1.
String of Skulls Scarf
2.
Snappy Shark Mittens (with fingers emerging from jaws)
3.
Dark Nights Ski Mask (something you don’t want to meet after nightfall)
4.
Headcase Hat (Brains illusion)
Chapter 2 LITTLE DEVILS
1.
Creepy Creature Kid’s Hat (Ugly animal/insect hat – eg hedgehog, weasel, rat, cockroach….)
2.
Green-Eyed Monster Toy
3.
Lab Animal Toy (amigarumi rat with an ear on its back or an animal with extra legs)
4.
Zombie Toy
5.
Webbed Feet Bootees
6.
Eyeball Playball (plush and squeezy big blue eye)
7.
Cogling Raygun (for junior sci-fi fans or steampunks)
Chapter 3 TRICKS AND TREATS
1.
Burger Off (Food illusion half-eaten burger with maggots)
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2.
Victorian Vampire Hunter’s Kit (amigarumi miniature stake, bible, silver bullet, gun, vials, etc)
3.
Frankenstein Dog Coat (to look as if dog stitched together from 2 different dogs)
4.
Roadkill Market Tote (bag that looks like a squashed animal)
5.
Freaky Fruitbowl (amigarumi bowl and weird fruits)
Chapter 4 DEAD GOOD LIVING
1.
Tattoo Pillow
2.
Its So Darn Hot Potholder (looks already charred)
3.
Snakes on Floors (a curled python with a mouse in its mouth to use as a bath or bedside mat)
4.
Mushroom Cloud Throw (the nuclear option for couch potatoes)
RESOURCES/INDEX/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Back Pocket TEMPLATES/CHARTS
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