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Unofficial Taylor Swift Crochet by Lee Sartori

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Stitch your love for Taylor Swift’s music and style into fabulous crochet creations with Unofficial Taylor Swift Crochet. This captivating collection marries the world of crochet with the charm of the pop sensation, offering an amazing range of projects spanning fashion, home décor, amigurumi, and accessories. Each piece captures Taylor’s signature aesthetic, ensuring a harmonious blend of elegance and fun. With projects suited to various skill levels—from beginners to more experienced crocheters—this book invites you to create stunning pieces for yourself or your favorite Swifties. Curated by designer extraordinaire Lee Sartori (@coco.crochet.lee), it features more than 20 projects from top crochet designers, ensuring a vibrant and varied crafting experience. Projects are inspired by some of Swift’s most popular songs, including “Me!” Taylor Doll, “All Too Well” Scarf, “Style” Newsboy Cap, “Cardigan” Sweater, “Blank Space” Journal Cover, “Bejeweled” Headband, and more. With projects for every skill level and every “era,” you can unleash your crafting prowess.

My Review of Unofficial Taylor Swift Crochet by Lee Sartori

The book's pictures left a lot to be desired.

I was excited to read the Unofficial Taylor Swift Crochet book and try out some of the patterns, but this book was a disappointment.

The images in this book did a horrible job representing the crocheted items that the patterns were for. I know that they were going for a specific vibe with the illustrated girls, but when you’re going to take the time to crochet an item of clothing, you need to see what it’s actually going to look like on a real person. I wanted to see the cardigans, the halter top, the hood, the shawl all on a real person. I needed to see how they hung and what I could anticipate my creation looking like, if I decided to attempt crocheting it.

 The blankets weren’t spread out evenly for the pictures. The picture of the granny square blanket, in particular, looked horrible. I would never make that pattern just because the picture was so awful.

The graphs were too small to use.

The graphs needed for several of the projects were way too small to be usable. There was a QR code to scan that gave you access to the graphs on your phone. You could zoom in, but they just felt hard to use and difficult to follow. Plus, when I have a book with a pattern in it, I expect to be able to use the pattern in the book and not have to go off somewhere else to make the pattern usable.

There were some cute patterns, though.

The Reputation doll was pretty cool looking. 

I made the headband and it turned out pretty cute. After I got used to the pattern writer’s style, the pattern was easy to follow. There was a small mistake in the numbering of the rows (it has rows 1-3, then row 4, then rows 3-16, instead of rows 5-16), but other than that, the pattern seemed correct. I did 24 rows for the even section because it was looking kind of small. When I put the headband on, it immediately starts to slide off. That always happens to me with this type of headband. I guess I’ll have to use hairpins to keep it in.

I don't recommend this as a crochet book.

In the end, this is not a book that I would recommend.

About Lee Sartori:

From her website:

Lee Sartori is the crochet designer behind CoCo Crochet Lee. She can be seen as a guest host on Season 9 -11 of the popular PBS Show Knit and Crochet Now, as well as a cast member of Annie’s Creative Studio where she demonstrates fun crochet skills and patterns. Lee’s passion is designing modern, wearable garments, and adorable amigurumi. Lee lives in Ontario, Canada with her two small children, her amazing husband, and her adorable bunny Neville. Her favorite social platform is Instagram, where she posts fun, and whimsical takes on crochet. Lee is the former Assistant Editor of Happily Hooked Magazine, and now focuses on commissioned designs for a number of companies and magazines.

Find out more about Lee Sartori and her books on her blog. You can also follow her on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, and Goodreads.

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