Cute Crocheted Food is a quirky collection of 24 amigurumi crocheted vegetables, fruit, nibbles and snacks offering a whole menu of delicious, zany fun.

Making use of the Japanese amigurumi technique to sculpt robust shapes with yarn, every piece of food becomes a cute and whimsical character. Charming, embroidered faces with a variety of expressions can be included to add personality or leave them off for a more realistic effect. For health food fans there is an array of wholesome fruit and vegetables, while those who like to indulge can recreate a variety of sweet treats and fast food snacks. Perfect for stimulating children's imaginary play, these little foodie friends will be at home in any play kitchen, cafe or restaurant.

Projects include: peas, carrot, watermelon, hot dog, burger, avocado, sushi, pizza, cupcakes, ice-cream cones, ice lollies, fries and bananas.

• 24 fun and quirky amigurumi food projects suitable for beginners to crochet
• Playful and colourful illustration influenced by Japanese-style kawaii cuteness, Hello Kitty and bubble tea menus
• All crochet techniques fully explained and illustrated with step-by-step drawings
• Use up small amounts of leftover yarn and are perfect small gifts and stocking fillers
• A popular author, Emma Varnam's titles Cute Crocheted Animals and Crocheted Succulents have sold over 15,000 copies each

About the Author

Emma Varnam has a special talent for creating unique characters in crochet that make people smile. As well as writing a number of popular crochet books, all published by GMC Publications - Crocheted Succulents, Crocheted Houseplants, Cute Crocheted Animals, Cute Crocheted Wild Animals, Cute Crocheted Woodland Creatures, How to Crochet, Granny Squares Home and Granny Squares Weekend - she has had a number of successful collaborations with the celebrated knitwear designer Debbie Bliss. Emma regularly shares her design inspiration on her award-winning knitting and crochet blog. She lives in Greater Manchester, UK with her husband and young son. emmavarnam.co.uk Instagram: @emmavarnam

Reviews

Designer Emma Varnam is well known for her crocheted animals and houseplants, but this book sees her venture into the on-trend world of Kawai-style amigurumi for the first time. This tasty collection of food inspired makes features 24 crocheted vegetables, fruit and other edible treats, all with characterful faces. Make a hipster avocado, sweet peas in a pod or snacks such as doughnuts, pizza and sushi. Perfect or foodies who love to crochet!

-- Lindsey Harrad * Inside Crochet magazine *

This fun and quirky new book by Emma Varnam contains 24 amigurumi designs for fruit, vegetables, fast food, cakes and pastries. With each pattern, there's an option to embroider a face to create a cute, kawaii-style character, or this step can be skipped if you wish to create more realistic looking foods. The projects would make excellent toys for children who would have lots of fun creating a crocheted market stall, cafe or tea party; they would also make perfect gifts for foodie adults.

-- Christine Boggis * Knitting magazine *

Emma Varnam is known for her cute crocheted animals and crocheted houseplants, but this is her first book where she has turned her hand to amigurumi. She has created an adorable and charming collection of 24 amigurumi crocheted vegetables, fruit, snacks, and sweet and savoury edibles... well, not real edibles... these are all made of yarn! From bananas and watermelons to pizza slices, cupcakes and even sushi, Emma has let her imagination run riot and the result is a crocheted feast that everyone will love. So please check out the menu, see what you fancy and grab your crochet tools because it's time for some culinary crafting!

-- Jenny Conduit * Crochet Now magazine *

With profusely and effectively illustrated step-by-step directions for each project, Cute Crocheted Food is ideal for crocheting small gifts and stocking fillers. Exceptionally well organized and thoroughly 'user friendly' in presentation, it is an especially recommended pick for personal, professional, and community library needlecraft instructional reference collections.

* Mid-West Book Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9781784946609
Author Emma Varnam
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd
Publisher GMC Publications