Crocheted Ponchos, Toppers and Trims by Jenny King
Softcover, 33 pages, $9.95 USA plus S&H, Available at many craft stores, for a signed copy, Jenny King, 13 Murray Grey Drive, Kureelpa, Qld. 4560 Australia, phone (International +61) (07) 5441 2683, Fax (International +61) (07) 5476 1793, email footyrug@squirrel.com.au


Jenny King brings you 19 fashion wearables including hats, scarves, cover ups, and ponchos in crochet.  Some are sized for younger people and others are for adults.  There is a color photo of each item on the front and back cover of the book along with a number for reference to the specific project in the book.  Her books are small enough to drop in your carry bag for travel or set out on your work table and pick out a project at a glance.

Abbreviations are provided for Australian, British and European terminology and also for USA terminology.  Each project includes a materials list, thread recommendations and abbreviations for any specific stitch in the design.

Names such as The Taste of Chocolate Poncho and Surf or Ski Beanie makes it a fun to read through each project.  Some of the cover ups and shawls are warm and of heavier fibers and others are light and airy with open stitches.

All the instructions are easy to follow and have easy repeat stitches rather than lengthy instructions with continuous stitch changes.  Projects requiring color changes have rows listed with designated colors required for each row.

Whether you want to make a beret, Tartan scarf, knotted chenille scarf, cape, poncho, shrug, or ski headband, you will find it all in Jenny's book.