100 Lace Flowers to Crochet: A Beautiful Collection of Decorative Floral and Leaf Patterns for Thread Crochet (Knit & Crochet)

I own hundreds of crochet pattern books and well over a dozen devoted to solely to flowers and leaves. This tops them all. The flowers are stylized, and sometimes a bit obscure (who knows what a coffee blossom really looks like?) but they make my fingers itch to reproduce them. I've owned the book for a month now, and I've made 37 of the designs so far...not for anything in particular. I'm now considering joining about 200 various flowers into a "freeform" lacy tank top, maybe including a butterfly or two. I especially appreciate the leaf variations, and the little tips that make it easy to modify a flower or leaf--or create something entirely different. The color choices are excellent, the photos clear, and the schematics and directions reinforce each other admirably. The brief review of crochet techniques at the beginning will remind even beginners of all they skills they need for this book. The patterns are for beginners through advanced intermediate: some are a bit fiddly and challenging, but the results are worth the effort, and the practice will improve skills.One caveat: just a few of the schematics use yellow ink, difficult for my old eyes to process. The red, blue, brown, purple, green, etc. diagrams have sufficient contrast on the white page to be legible and helpful, but the yellow ones...urk. It's easy enough to darken the lines on a small portion of the pattern with a gel pen, but unfortunate that I need to do so. Still, I heartily recommend this book, and not just for thread-crocheters. I've made a few flowers with sport and DK weight yarn, and they look adorable on booties, kids' sweaters, etc.

Caitlin Sainio's book, 100 LACE FLOWERS TO CROCHET, presents a collection of very pretty crocheted flower and leaf motifs. A few of the motifs have double layers, but most are flat, single-layer motifs. You must look elsewhere, if you want patterns for three-dimensional flowers and leaves. However, the "spring tea cozy" and "colorful corsage" projects (photos and captions only, no explicit instructions for actually making the projects) illustrate how three-dimensional effects can be achieved by piling up these motifs (next to and one on top of another).The flower motifs are beautifully photographed. They are displayed in a gallery with captions that identify the particular flowers represented, such as hibiscus, plumeria, alyssum, petunia, sunflower. In most instances, I cannot identify the flowers simply by looking at the photos--but when prompted by the captions, I can see that the motifs do resemble the named flowers. It's okay with me, that the motifs are somewhat "generic floral", because they are colorful, attractive, and decorative. My favorites are the Pansy, the Sunflower, the Tulip (almost three-dimensional), and the Poinsettia.The book includes a "Crochet Refresher Course" section that explains basic crochet techniques. Each motif is presented with both written-out instructions and a chart. In addition to the flower motifs, there are generic leaf and stem motifs, as well as some butterflies, a dragonfly, and a caterpillar. Most of the 100 motifs represent different flowers, but the insects and some special leaves (e.g., Coleus) are included in the total count. The flower motifs shown on the book's cover are good examples of what you'll find in the rest of this pretty collection.

This book teaches a great variety of stitches and combinations of stitches, and they are explained in a way that's easy to understand. I recommend this book for anyone just learning to crochet lace for jewelry making or lace trim on accessories and garments, or even someone more experienced. Once you make several of the flowers, you will be able to create your own designs too. It's turned out to be a great reference book, arrived right on time, and is a good value. Thanks!😍

Like most avid crocheters, I have countless patterns of floral motifs. But I have to say, these are the most realistic and detailed ones I've found. The only reason I didn't give her 5 stars is because I haven't had time to try the patterns out. Therefore, I don't know yet how well she has translated the lovely forms into English.

I love the flowers, the leaves and all of it. It's fun! I'm using number 2 yarn (sock yarn) when doing these so I have a bigger flower than what they intended with the Number 10 yarn. But I like something a bit bigger and softer. I've made a number of these for my daughter. I wanted to put them on a pony tail holder or something so she can wear them. Not sure how to do that.. I guess a hot glue gun? But it's been a blast! I love the different designs and I like the way they show them with leaves and stuff.. It makes me want to do a big mural or something and create a garden of some sort. I totally recommend the book. VERY happy with it!!

I was a little concerned about ordering this book since previous books I've bought on crocheted flowers haven't been what I wanted. Most existing crocheted flower books are for yarn and they just don't seem to do well in thread. But I was very pleased when I got this book. The flowers are all very pretty and with very clear instructions both written and diagrammed. I was happy to see some leaves too, as I always have trouble with them. I like to make doilies adorned with flowers and this book is giving me lots of ideas beyond the ordinary rose. I would recommend this to anyone who crochets with thread and likes flowers.

From easy to more complicated designs, easy to follow instructions, great for small projects- like postcard creation with one flower to whimsical bouquet designs. The book reviews basic crochet stiches, organizes designs by flower color , mentions the pages where you can find the designs. The foto pictures of the flowers provided in the book are 1:1 - true-to-size, made by size 7 (1.5 mm) hook with size 10 crochet thread.

The print on this book is very small and light, I have to use a magnifying glass to read it.The patterns and instructions are very good, it is just the printing of this book.The kindle version is no better, it does not allow you to increase the font size

O livro é incrível. Várias flores e folhagens lindas, com receitas e gráficos que facilitam na realização das peças. Além de alguns projetos encantadores q inspiram. Eu amei. Super recomendo!

Sicherlich im Original ein sehr schönes Buch. Schöne Motive mit schriftlicher Anleitung und Häkeldiagramm. Bereits vor dem Kauf hatte ich mich über den äußerst günstigen Preis der Kindle-Version gewundert, aber nun ist es mir klar: Es handelt sich dabei nicht wirklich um ein eBook sondern lediglich um einen Scan der Print-Version. Noch dazu in schlechter Qualität und ohne Nachbearbeitung. Nicht nur teilweise schlecht lesbar, sondern durch mangelhafte Texterkennung beim Scan auch mit Fehlern behaftet (z.B. cc anstatt dc etc.) Keinesfalls für Anfänger geeignet!Die zwei Sterne gibt es nur, da die Motive wirklich sehr schön sind.Certainly originally a very beautiful book. Beautiful motifs with written instructions and charts. Even before I bought it I had wondered about the extremely low price of the Kindle version - it is clear to me now: it is not really an eBook but merely a scan of the print version. In poor quality and without any post-processing. Not only partly badly readable, but also afflicted with errors due to poor text recognition during the scan (e.g. cc instead of dc etc.) Not at all suitable for beginners!The two stars are only given because the motifs are really beautiful.

Das Häkelbuch ist in englischer Sprache geschrieben. Da es für jede Blüte eine Häkelschrift gibt, ist es super zu lesen bzw die Blüten nachzuarbeiten. 2 Schmetterlinge und eine Raupe sowie ein paar Blätter sind auch dabei. Die Häkelschrift wird farblich dargestellt, was sich sehr gut erkennen lässt und auch gelbe Schriften lassen sich sehr gut erkennen. Ich bin sehr zufrieden und kann es nur empfehlen für alle, die gern Blüten oder Girlanden häkeln.

Stunning book, I don't think I need another for leaves and flowers. I've crocheted many of the motifs in this book: the patterns are accurate, easy to read, each motif has written & diagram instructions and actual size photography. Each motif pattern is standalone (no page flipping required). The patterns are arranged from beginner to advanced so that there's something for everyone. That's 5 stars and more for the practical stuff and that's not all....This is a gorgeous book, in full glossy living colour, all the motifs are neatly blocked and attractively arranged on the page. Even the diagrams are colour co-ordinated to match the flower and leaf. The flowers and leaves are named and match their natural counterparts. Just a really beautiful book.

Brilliant book for Crochet flowers and leaves. Must-have-in-your-collection kind!