Crochet pattern book teaches new technique

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BERNE, Ind. -- Annie's Attic, a nationally-known brand of DRG, has released a new technique pattern book for crocheters.

Learn to Crochet with Glass introduces a new technique for embedding glass stones into crochet work. The book demonstrates the technique with color photos and step-by-step instructions to create 17 different designs. The designs are made using Kreinik fine metallic thread, size 3 and size 10 crochet cotton thread and bulky-weight yarn.

The book sells for $8.95 and is available from the Annie's Attic catalog, accessible online at AnniesAttic.com.

Connie Ellison is the editor of Learn to Crochet with Glass. She is the crochet product development director for DRG's Annie's Attic-brand products and has been with the company since 1977. She oversees all crochet pattern leaflets and crochet hardcover books, in addition to merchandising the Annie's Attic direct mail catalog crochet products. Ellison is an active member of the Crochet Guild of America.

Annie's Attic publishes a wide variety of high-quality needlecraft publications and craft patterns known for instructional accuracy and creative photography. Every book includes a stitch guide and a list of needlecraft abbreviations for added ease in creating each project.

Annie's Attic is one of five leading DRG brands. Others brands include House of White Birches, American School of Needlework, Good Old Days and Clotilde.

Information about DRG's books, magazines, kit continuities and catalog items is available from the company website at DRGnetwork.com.



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.