New pattern book features interestingly-shaped afghans
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Shaped Afghans includes patterns for creating six afghans made with worsted weight yarn. Designs include spiral, tapestry crochet, motif, star ripple and pineapple in sizes that range from 41 to 64 inches in diameter.
The book is full color, with 28 pages of step-by-step instruction. It sells for $8.95 and is available from the Annie's Attic catalog, accessible online at AnniesAttic.com.
Connie Ellison is the book's editor. She is the crochet product development director for DRG's Annie's Attic-brand products and originally started with the company in 1977. She oversees all DRG crochet pattern leaflets and crochet hardcover books, in addition to merchandising the Annie's Attic direct mail catalog crochet products. She is a member of the Crochet Guild of America and lives in East Texas.
Annie's Attic published its first needlecraft pattern in 1975 and quickly became one of America's premier sources for innovative and classic designs, especially in crochet. The company produces books and patterns for the home, special occasions, gift giving and apparel for all ages.
Other DRG brands include Clotilde, House of White Birches, American School of Needlework and Good Old Days.
DRG's special-interest consumer magazines, books and related products are available to consumers through the company's catalogs and Internet sites, accessible at DRGnetwork.com, and through wholesale and trade channels.
About DRG: DRG (DRGnetwork.com) is in its third generation of Muselman family ownership in Berne, Ind., near Fort Wayne. A leader in the craft and nostalgia markets, the company is well known for its iconic brands, which include House of White Birches, Annie's Attic, Clotilde, American School of Needlework and Good Old Days. The company publishes magazines and books, and also offers its own and others' kits, supplies and Web-deliverable products in print catalogs and on more than 40 DRG websites. Magazines and products are also available on newsstands and in retail chains and stores nationwide. One of DRG's divisions, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), provides state-of-the-art fulfillment and database marketing services out of a 140,000-square-foot facility nestled in the rolling wooded landscape of East Texas, centered between Shreveport and Dallas. The DRG story began in 1925 with the founding of Economy Printing Concern in Berne. EP Graphics, as it is known today, is still owned by the Muselman family. It specializes in high-quality, four-color web printing for catalogs and magazines.
