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Hooked on Shakespeare

Crochet Projects Inspired by The Bard

Hooked on Shakespeare

Crochet Projects Inspired by The Bard

Description

15 projects featuring more than 30 step-by-step amigurumi inspired by the works of William Shakespeare.

Published to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's First Folio being published, this fabulous collection of creations ranges from the iconic Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet and the Ghost, and from the Three Witches from Macbeth to Bottom and Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Not forgetting the one and only Woolliam Shakespeare himself.

Each project features an introduction to the play and its characters, followed by colourful step-by-step instructions. The easy-to-make designs include fully illustrated stitch basics, perfect for beginning crocheters as well as advanced crochet enthusiasts.

Introduction
Getting Started
General Tips
Romeo and Juliet
- Romeo
- Juliet
Macbeth
- Macbeth
- Witches
- Cauldron
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Titania
- Bottom
Antony and Cleopatra
- Antony
- Cleopatra
Hamlet
- Hamlet
- Yorick's Skull
- The Ghost
Henry VIII
- Henry VIII
- Cardinal Wolsey
- Anne Boleyn
Julius Caesar
- Julius Caesar
- Brutus
King Lear
- King Lear
- Lear's Fool
Much Ado about Nothing
- Benedick
- Beatrice
The Tempest
- Prospero
- Caliban
- Ariel
Othello
- Othello
- Iago
The Winter's Tale
- Antigonus
- Bear
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Falstaff
- Mistress Page
- Mistress Ford
Twelfth Night
- Viola/Cesario
Woolliam Shakespeare
- The Bard
How to Crochet
How to Read a Pattern
Acknowledgements

Product details

Published	Oct 24 2023
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	128
ISBN	9781789941289
Imprint	Herbert Press
Illustrations	More than 250 step-by-step colour images throughout
Dimensions	10 x 7 inches
Series	Hooked On...
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

adorable…novice-friendly…enchanting… The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow, and Hatchard's detailed explanation of how to read crochet patterns will be a boon to beginners. Crocheters with a literary bent will get a kick out of this.

Publishers Weekly
[C]learly illustrated, well written, and easy enough to follow for advanced beginner crocheters. Included with the instructions are Hatchard's playful puns and intriguing choices that all bring the Bard's characters into cuddly existence… A perfect addition to the crafty reader's shelf. Will have Shakespeare readers and English teachers crocheting characters in no time.

Emily Bowles, Library Journal
This hilarious but entirely strait-laced arts-and-crafts book includes 15 crochet projects inspired by Woolliam Shakespeare's yarns […] It's more moving than you might expect when 100-percent-cotton Julius Caesar cries out, “Et tu, Crochet?”

Ron Charles, Washington Post