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Giveaway-Crochet Kaleidoscope: Shifting Shapes and Shades Across 100 Motifs

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Giveaway-Crochet Kaleidoscope: Shifting Shapes and Shades Across 100 Motifs

Leave a comment in today’s post by May 16, 2018 and you are in the running for this colorful crochet book.

Open to U. S. residents only please.

Stitch up a colorful kaleidoscope of crochet!

Explore a lively twist on crocheted motifs as you shift through various shapes and color combinations. From the traditional granny square to more complex forms, these faceted motifs are the building blocks to creating unique and stunning designs. Crochet Kaleidoscope will help make your projects pop with the perfect mix of color in every stitch.

Along with a collection of 100 fresh motifs, this book includes a complete guide to choosing yarn colors, what order to put them in, and how many to include. Plus, get five home decor and accessory patterns including a table runner, pillow, and rug from crochet designer and author Sandra Eng. You can shift shapes and shades to make the perfect piece for your home.

Every turn of the crochet kaleidoscope allows you to get creative with color and apply your own unique personality to your crochet motifs.

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Comments

  2. LOVE the illustrations! This book would be a joy to look at and an inspirational staple for the rest of my crocheting life!

  6. This is the best type of resource for an endless number of project ideas when you’re in a slump. Just start working samples and something spectacular will emerge.

  13. I love how crochet can encourage my creative side. This book will assist with making those perfect color and shape combinations to create artistic and pleasing to the eye crochet projects.

  15. This book would be great fun to take with me on vacation in August. So many wonderful projects to do

  19. This books looks fantastic! I love motifs in summer because they’re so portable!

  21. Just love, loVE, LOVE crochet motifs. Would be thrilled to have this book. Please PICK ME!

  25. Now that I’m retired, I have time for these lovely motifs! Thanks for sharing.

  27. My goodness, the possibilities are endless. Thank you for a most delightful giveaway.

  28. I love that this offers both concrete instruction and opportunities to be free-form and creative. Thank you so much for offering this give-away! May whoever receives it use it in good health. 🙂

  33. I LOVE kaleidoscopes !!!!! and I adore crocheting…. so this would be an excellent project orientated book to plan Holiday gifts for my friends…

  35. I must have Sandra Eng’s gorgeous book, Crochet Kaleidoscope: Shifting Shapes and Shades Across 100 Motifs!!! It looks like an extremely useful and creative book designed to fit every crocheters needs regarding color and specific motiifs. A. Must. Have.

  36. I love to crochet anything,new or old patterns, always impressed by the way they come out with different color change designs by using verigaited and self stripping yarns. Also enjoy using my own color change by switching back ad forth between colors.

  38. I love love love Granny Squares!!!! This book has beautiful designs I’ve never seen before.

  39. These colorful motifs bring back memories of learning to crochet with my grandmother many years ago. Something simple becomes something special when you add your own colorful touch.

  41. I love to crochet and I love color, I would enjoy adding shapes with color to my skills. Lovely illistration on the cover.

  44. I’d love some inspiration for new motifs. This book looks as if it could provide plenty.

Have you read?

Recycled Paper Cylinder Face Art – A Colorful Win for All Ages

I recently stumbled across this super creative project on Instructables – “Face With Recycled Paper Cylinders” – and I had to share it with you all because it’s just the kind of craft that checks all my favorite boxes: recycled materials, hands-on creativity, and fun for literally any age.

The idea is simple but genius—roll strips of recycled paper (think junk mail, old magazines, leftover printer paper) into cylinders, then arrange and glue them to form a unique abstract face. You can make it funky, realistic, Picasso-inspired—whatever your mood or style dictates!

What I really love is the blend of eco-conscious crafting with true artistic expression. This isn’t just another kids’ project—it’s something you could easily do with a group of little ones, a classroom full of teens, or even as an adult art therapy or weekend wind-down activity. It’s super relaxing and surprisingly satisfying seeing all those paper rolls come together to form something new and expressive.

The tutorial itself is easy to follow, with plenty of visuals to guide you along the way. You don’t need any fancy materials—just glue, paper, scissors, and a board or piece of cardboard to serve as your canvas.

I also appreciate how this project leaves so much room for personalization. Want to make it into a full face? Go for it. Prefer to focus on a single eye or mouth? Totally works. You can even play with color schemes by choosing papers with a certain palette, or painting over them once they’re rolled.

In short: this is a total keeper for anyone who loves crafting with purpose. It’s the kind of project that sparks creativity while gently reinforcing the idea that beautiful things can come from what we usually throw away.

Highly recommend giving it a go—solo or with a group. And if you try it, tag me or drop a pic—I’d love to see your recycled masterpiece!