A really nice modern look at a vintage craft, some lovely patterns. Very nice book with great pictures and easy to follow instructions

There are some lovely designs in this book. The picture are excellent quality and very clear and the instructions are very easy to follow. I can definately see me making some of these designs up in the not too distant future.

Old craft, new book. Hopefully this excellent book of instructions and projects will inspire another generation to keep macrame alive.

I am really torn on what to give this book as far as a star rating. It will really depend on your comfort level with crafts in general going in. Some products do involve sewing (you could probably get away with straight line basics but they do recommend things like french seams and offer no real instructions on any of those additional craft requirements).

The ribbon purse involves sewing in a zipper, which seems to cause nightmares in some. Probably more so when you’re sewing ribbon in half to knot into a purse, with easy but also vague instructions.

Most of the projects in the book are quite lovely, one or two did feel a bit like filler, especially being very basic starter projects and coming after more advanced projects.

I guess in the end, I’ll give it 3. If you’re already a crafter it’s probably more like 4 and if you’re a crafty newbie it’s probably more like 2 as some of the projects will overwhelm you. They do at least give you a good starting point with easy to understand knotting instructions.

* Disclaimer: I received this book at no cost in order to review it. I offered no guarantee of a positive review, though I only request books I think I'll like because why read a book you think you’ll hate?