Magic crochet

[Daydreamer-girl]

Are the patterns in the "magic crochet" magazines well explained? Is it just doilies in these magazines?

[pinkroses]

Okay,

I haven't gotten the magazine in a long time

But, they have more than doilies in them

There is a lot of semble type crochet

You might want to see if they can send you a free magazine first.

hugs pinkroses

[Debbi-a1]

It's not published anymore. Wish it was.

 

The patterns are written out a little bit. Usually the first few rounds of a doily and then anyharder or complicated rounds. The rest you follow a symbol chart. I loved that! And some of the harder or different stitches have how-to symbols.

 

They have mostly doilies. But also tableclothes. Runners. And sometimes other items. usually a clothing item (or more) in thread.

 

They focus on thread items.

Debbi

[magiccrochetfan]

In addition to what Debbi said, there are some issues that have sewing projects in them. The clothing is usually in a limited size range, sometimes for girls. Another similar magazine was Decorative Crochet.

 

Japanese books are the closest I have found to these old magazines, although there you only have the diagrams as the text is in Japanese.

 

I have read about European magazines that have thread patterns and symbol diagrams; I know Krakovianka has posted about the Polish magazines.