Saturday, January 1, 2011

Twinkie Chan, I'm your latest fan!

If it were not for the prolific and dedicated Leslie Stahlhut of Crochetbug, I never would have heard of the fabulous Twinkie Chan and her fashionable food!  Thank you, Leslie!!

Twinkie Chan's Crochet Goodies for Fashion Foodies: 20 Yummy Treats to Wear

Now I'm wondering how I ever could have missed her.  This girl's been around a long time doing a lot of cool stuff, and she's everywhere on the internet!  In fact, I was so intrigued after checking her out and joining her Ravelry group (where she participates!), I asked my brother to bring the book to me on his Dec. 24th trip!  (I even called two of his local Barnes & Nobles to ask them to hold it for his pickup.  My brother was sufficiently embarassed!  hehe!)  

So, brother Santa brought me the book, wrapped up all nicely in a plastic bag!  I have been one with this book ever since!  This is the ultimate gift book.  I have to tell you, I'm not much for modular crochet, where you make a billion motifs and then sew them together, but this book has changed me.  The first scarf I embarked on was the bread one.  It was so fun and easy to get each slice done. I was surprised.  It's a really quick scarf!  And a wonderful stash-buster!

OMG YUM!
 The book is also fun, fun, and inspiring!  I immediately started customizing the scarf in my head- adding jelly, and bread crust ends... So fun, and delicious!  Then I started on the Green Salad Scarf- wooh hooh!  Finally a use for all of that beautiful, electric green yarn I have!  

Let us eat lettuce.
I love the conversational tone of the book, and I noticed that her book would be a good one for beginners to try.  The instructions are very easy to follow.  Twinkie Chan is a personality I can support.  Her mission is to bring fun, cute fashion to adults!  She gives us permission to embrace the zany & nonsensical, and to create our own fun in life with jubilation! 



When's the next book, Twinkie?  Until then, I'll keep finding inspiration on her many homes on the web!