My crazy skirt and Crochet books

I started making a shrug a while ago and it suddenly hit me, I will never wear it! so I sat and looked at it and thought about it while having a cup of tea (no offense guys, but Irish tea is better then any tea in the world!if you would like a couple of teabags to prove it, let me know in the comments or email me your address!) anyway after my tea and slice of farmhouse cake was finished I decided to turn the shrug into a skirt!! so that I could wear it over leggings/ jeans or other skirts, I am really interested to read what you think, it is my own pattern and I am delighted how it turned out :) I called it Crazy 80 skirt, because it was my 80th project finished on Ravelry.

CRAZY 80 SKIRT

I was sat having a wonderful morning yesterday watching telly and looking through all my crochet books, I dont have that many as I am quite fussy when it comes to pattern books but I thought I would share with you some of my favorite

The happy hooker - I have learnt so much from this book, it was here that I followed my first pattern "Cold Shoulders" and I have made 12 since then!

Basic crochet stitches - This book covers every crochet stitch you can imagine!        

Vintage Crochet - I first got this book because I fell in love with the "Minnie cardigan"  and the pattern was in there, but since looking through the book I have found the most gorgeous vintage patterns ever!

SPOTLIGHT ON:

Mary Jane Hall

I am bringing to your attention a wonderful crochet designer, Mary Jane - I recently was introduced to her two crochet books and have read all the reviews on them and even saw some sneak peeks of the patterns and have fallen in love with them! Not only has she designed wonderful, wearable projects but Mary herself is a credit to the world of crochet, I look forward to getting both her books as soon as I can and I cannot wait to start crocheting that little black dress! (cover of Crochet That Fits)

So, what kind of books do you like?