 | Crochet Patterns For Dummies By Susan Brittain
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Would you like to learn to crochet? Already know the basics, but would like to stretch your crocheting skills? From scarves and sweaters to hats and handbags, you can create beautiful, useful designs with ease using Crochet Patterns For Dummies. From choosing the right hooks and yarn and crocheting basic stitches to joining pieces together, this easy-to-follow guide will have you hooked in no time.
Our hands-on workbook gets you crocheting fashionable, fun designs in a focused, step-by-step manner. You get a review of the basic stitches and stitch combinations, along with a concise appendix containing easy-to-follow instructions for working these stitches. You'll find plenty of tips on changing colors and adding shape to your projects. Plus, you get full-color photos of every project—from potholders to afghans, belts to table runners, skirts to vests, and much more. You'll also discover how to:
- Decipher crochet lingo
- Make a gauge swatch, read a pattern, and understand garment sizing
- Work with the most common stitches and stitch patterns
- Crochet in the round or with color
- Shape a design through increasing or decreasing stitches
- Use new techniques like felting and working with wire
- Crochet pictures and words using the filet crochet technique
There are also quick-and-easy designs that are great for kids to make, as well as handy hints on caring for your finished items. Featuring more than 50 fantastic patterns perfect for beginners or those wanting to take their skills to the next level, Crochet Patterns For Dummies is your one-stop guide to crocheting success!
- Amazon Sales Rank: #101307 in Books
- Brand: Wiley Publishing
- Published on: 2007-10-08
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .63" h x 8.42" w x 10.74" l, 1.34 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 296 pages
Features
- WIL-4555
- 9780470045558
- Brand New Item / Unopened Product
- Wiley Publishing
From the Back Cover
Get kids involved with quick and easy designs
From scarves and sweaters to hats and handbags — create beautiful crochet designs with ease
Want to get a handle on crocheting? Know the basics, but don't know where to go from there? No problem! This hands-on workbook gets you crocheting useful, fashionable designs in a focused, step-by-step manner. From choosing the right hooks and yarn and crocheting basic stitches to changing color, shaping, and joining pieces together, this easy-to-follow guide will have you hooked in no time. Plus this friendly guide features full-color photos of every project and over 50 fantastic patterns perfect for beginners or those wanting to stretch their crocheting skills!
Discover how to:
- Make a gauge swatch, read a pattern, and understand garment sizing
-
Work with the most commonstitches and stitch patterns
-
Crochet in the round or with color
-
Use new techniques like felting and working with wire
-
Crochet pictures and words using the filet crochet technique
About the Author
Susan Brittain's fascination with crochet began very early, when she was 4 or 5 years old. She would watch her grandmother, who had lost her sight in midlife, spend hours crocheting beautiful afghans for friends and family, counting the stitches with her fingers. By the age of 8, Susan was crocheting her own projects, starting with simple patterns such as scarves, and then moving on to afghans, toys, and sweaters. Although her creative streak has led her to learn many different crafts, crochet has been a steady thread throughout.
Susan finally had the opportunity to combine work with pleasure, and she held the position of assistant editor for Crochet Fantasy magazine for a little more than two years, contributing as a designer as well. She is also the coauthor of Crocheting For Dummies (Wiley) and continues to design new projects for various yarn companies, as well as friends and family.
Most helpful customer reviews
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
By J. Arena
This book takes you from beginner to expert as you follow all the well-explained and illustrated details of 50 projects. You are bound to find tips in here that will change your crochet abilities immediately. By following all the tips and examples, you develop new abilities as you actually create projects you'll be proud of.
Crochet Patterns For Dummies is a book that you will use over and over again, and it makes a great gift for anyone who wants to learn a great skill.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
By D. M. Blackmore
This book was very explanatory in patterns that were included and the stitches to complete easy patterns to more difficult patterns. This is an instruction manual as well as full of good patterns for different items to crochet. There are illustrations to help with explaining the directions and the stitches. I found this book very easy to read and to follow all the directions.
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
By Sheri L. Pritchard
Great book! The first night I got it I corrected a problem I was having with a stitch, I completed 2 hats (for Christmas gifts) and started an afgan. Excellent book!!
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