Description
Book SynopsisCrocheted Houseplants features 25 stylish projects to revive your home or office décor and create a lush indoor garden.
Plants have the power to make any space feel more calm and peaceful. Now you can surround yourself in a green indoor oasis without ever having to remember about watering, repotting or feeding. Idea for aspirational gardeners who aren’t keen on getting their hands dirty, these crocheted beauties will give you year-round horticultural satisfaction, without any of the hassle. You’ll find popular crowd-pleasers, like yucca, spider and cheese plants along with the dramatic purple foliage of coleus, delicate blooms of the moth orchid and the menacing venus fly trap.
Flip through the stylish gallery pages, pick your favourite plants and get started. Everything you’ll need to know is included in the book, from tools and materials to explanations of the basic crochet stitches. You’ll also find out how to pot up and display your fabulous, crocheted creations.
- 25 popular houseplants including Boston fern, Christmas cactus and Tiger aloe
- From bestselling crochet author Emma Varnam (Crocheted Succulents has sold over 15,000 units)
- Includes how to pot up and display your finished creations
- Detailed patterns with clear photos, shown at actual size
- Inspiring gallery of styled photographs
Trade ReviewIf you love houseplants but have an unerring ability to kill everything off, fear not, because these cute creations don’t require green fingers! Emma Varnam’s Crocheted Houseplants features 25 stylish projects to warm your space and lift your mood. You’ll find popular crowd-pleasers, like yucca, spider and cheese plants along with the dramatic purple foliage of coleus, delicate moth orchids and the menacing Venus fly trap. Flip through the stylish gallery pages, pick your favourite plants and get crafting!
* Craft Beautiful magazine *
Designer Emma Varnam’s passion for leafy flora often influences her crochet and she loves to create beautiful plants that never need to be fed, watered or repotted! Ideal for armchair growers, this lush collection of 25 plants is a follow-up to her bestselling Crocheted Succulents and includes many fashionable favourites such as yukka, spider and monstera plants alongside delicate orchids, the dramatic purple foliage of coleus and the carnivorous Venus flytrap.
* Inside Crochet magazine *
The book starts with a beautiful gallery containing all of the patterns within the book for you to pick from, and then you can dive right in! Each pattern within the book is accompanied by stylish, crisp photography, giving a modern touch to the natural feel of the designs. … this book is also the perfect gift for a nature-loving friend who wants to have a try at crochet.
* Crochet Now magazine *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Gallery
Saintpaulia ionantha
African violet
Chlorophytum comosum
Spider plant
Epiphyllum anguliger
Fishbone cactus
Agave americana
Century plant
Gonialoe variegata
Tiger aloe
Cereus peruvianus monstrose
Fairy castle
Pachyphytum oviferum
Moonstones
Hoya kerrii
Sweetheart plant
Sedum morganianum
Donkey’s tail
Crassula ovata undulata
Curly jade plant
Solenostemon
Coleus
Sansevieria trifasciata
Snake plant
Yucca elephantipes
Yucca
Tradescantia zebrina
Inch plant
Pilea peperomioides
Chinese money plant
Phalaenopsis
Moth orchid
Monstera deliciosa
Cheese plant
Maranta leuconeura var. leuconeura ‘Fascinator’
Herringbone plant
Euphorbia pulcherrima
Poinsettia
Ceropegia woodii
String of hearts
Nephrolepis exaltata
Boston fern
Dionaea muscipula
Venus flytrap
Gymnocalycium mihanovichii
Red cap cactus
Schlumbergera truncata
Christmas cactus
Rebutia krainziana
Crown cactus
Getting started
Abbreviations
Crochet techniques
Finishing touches
Displaying your houseplants
Crocheted soil
Crocheted pots
Resources
Acknowledgements
