Helps crocheters find answers to all of their questions about their craft. This book includes features such as: illustrations for left handed crocheters; additional reference material, including internet resources; a larger section on unusual techniques like Tunisian crochet; and questions on broomstick lace, linked stitches, and crochet cables.
Helps crocheters find answers to all of their questions about their craft. This book includes features such as: illustrations for left handed crocheters; additional reference material, including internet resources; a larger section on unusual techniques like Tunisian crochet; and questions on broomstick lace, linked stitches, and crochet cables.
Edie Eckman is the author of Connect the Shapes Crochet Motifs, Around the Corner Crochet Borders, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, The Crochet Answer Book, and Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree, as well as co-editor of Crochet One-Skein Wonders® and Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies. She is a nationally known teacher, designer, writer, and editor in both the crochet and knitting worlds. She lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.
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Introduction Quick-Start Guide for New Crocheters
Chapter 1: Get a Grip…on Hooks and Other Tools All about Hooks – Filling Your Tool Bag
Chapter 2: A Good Yarn Kinds of Yarn – Yarn Facts and Figures – Yarn Substitutions – Working with Yarns – Working with Challenging Yarns – Endings and Beginnings
Chapter 3: Strong Foundations Basic Foundation Chains – Variations on Foundation Chains
Chapter 4: In Stitches The Basic Stitches – Placing the Hook and Turning Chains – Working with Basic Stitches – Decreasing and Increasing – Specialty Stitches – More about Stitches
Chapter 5: Tense About Gauge? Getting Gauge – Gauge Matters
Chapter 6: Going in Circles…and Squares and Triangles Good Beginnings – Happy Endings – Creating Flat Shapes – Problem-Solving Flat Shapes – Tips and Tricks – Granny Squares – Tubular Crochet
Chapter 7: A Whole Cloth Search for the Perfect Fabric – Working with Color
Chapter 8: Pattern Language and Symbols The Anatomy of Patterns – Size Matters – Pattern Talk – Finding and Using Patterns
Chapter 9: No-Sweat Sweaters Analyzing the Swatch – Getting Oriented – Making the Right Size – Getting in Shape – Putting It All Together
Chapter 10: On the Edge Crocheting Borders – Buttons and Buttonholes
Chapter 11: The Finish Line All’s Well That Ends Well – Crocheter’s Block – Joining Motifs – Other Joining Stitches – Tender Care
Chapter 12: Something (Not Quite) Completely Different Tunisian Crochet – Other Kinds of Crochet – Baubles and Beads Appendix Standard Crochet Abbreviations Common Crochet Terms and Phrases Standard Body Measurements & Sizing Head Circumference Chart Shoe Size Chart Suggested Sizes for Accessories and Household Items Yarn Care Symbols Hook Inventory To Learn More Metric Conversion Chart
Chapter 1: Get a Grip…on Hooks and Other Tools All about Hooks – Filling Your Tool Bag
Chapter 2: A Good Yarn Kinds of Yarn – Yarn Facts and Figures – Yarn Substitutions – Working with Yarns – Working with Challenging Yarns – Endings and Beginnings
Chapter 3: Strong Foundations Basic Foundation Chains – Variations on Foundation Chains
Chapter 4: In Stitches The Basic Stitches – Placing the Hook and Turning Chains – Working with Basic Stitches – Decreasing and Increasing – Specialty Stitches – More about Stitches
Chapter 5: Tense About Gauge? Getting Gauge – Gauge Matters
Chapter 6: Going in Circles…and Squares and Triangles Good Beginnings – Happy Endings – Creating Flat Shapes – Problem-Solving Flat Shapes – Tips and Tricks – Granny Squares – Tubular Crochet
Chapter 7: A Whole Cloth Search for the Perfect Fabric – Working with Color
Chapter 8: Pattern Language and Symbols The Anatomy of Patterns – Size Matters – Pattern Talk – Finding and Using Patterns
Chapter 9: No-Sweat Sweaters Analyzing the Swatch – Getting Oriented – Making the Right Size – Getting in Shape – Putting It All Together
Chapter 10: On the Edge Crocheting Borders – Buttons and Buttonholes
Chapter 11: The Finish Line All’s Well That Ends Well – Crocheter’s Block – Joining Motifs – Other Joining Stitches – Tender Care
Chapter 12: Something (Not Quite) Completely Different Tunisian Crochet – Other Kinds of Crochet – Baubles and Beads Appendix Standard Crochet Abbreviations Common Crochet Terms and Phrases Standard Body Measurements & Sizing Head Circumference Chart Shoe Size Chart Suggested Sizes for Accessories and Household Items Yarn Care Symbols Hook Inventory To Learn More Metric Conversion Chart
Index
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