New loot!

[Ireneho]

Oh I''m so glad there are others out there who buy the books and just "read" them, not just to have more patterns to make.. I liken it to buying a cook book. I love to read the recipes, and don't really expect to make all the recipes in, for example, The Raspberry Cookbook.. or gasp, Julia Child's.

Books are great fun to dive into, u don't have to make everything from it, it can be just as inspiring as trawling thru the net and finding someone else's pattern to drool over!

[BlueDode]

Irenho:

You got lots of value for your money:
I enjoy Teri Dusenbury's patterns: the hearts book is a favorite of mine, so is the butterfly book ("tadbits")
"Rozella Linden" is the "nom de plume" of Ruth Perry -- there's a pdf somewhere online of her "balanced double stitch" for tatting -- check it out. She has also authored some "celtic tatting" books.
The "anon" book is new to me.

Bead crochet is fun: I like making bead ropes. Prefer nylon crochet thread (doesn't rot, is very strong) and put in a clasp that can be broken: nylon crochet thread won't break and I don't want to get hung by my handiwork! I don't recall seeing these books before, but I have a couple in my collection.

It is your choice what you do with your money: this was a good choice. Enjoy!

[Ireneho]

The anon book is a collection of patterns that uses JP Coats threads, which is why I assume, its JP Coats patterns.

They're green edition books, well for the tatting ones, meaning its all black n white except for the cover pages. Also, I don't believe in paying more than $10 for books which only have black n white photos.