500 Crochet Stitches is both a stitch guide and a how-to-crochet primer, all in one volume. You get all the information needed to get started, including how to choose yarn and needles, read patterns, work basic stitches, how to check gauge, increase and decrease, join pieces and finish projects and care for your crochet items.
500 Crochet Stitches is both a stitch guide and a how-to-crochet primer, all in one volume. You get all the information needed to get started, including how to choose yarn and needles, read patterns, work basic stitches, how to check gauge, increase and decrease, join pieces and finish projects and care for your crochet items.
The comprehensive pattern library includes 500 crochet stitches, including basic stitches using single and double crochet, trebles, and some new techniques to get the fabric you want for that special sweater or hat. Lace and openwork stitches are a starting point for exploring the airy shawls, and afghans crochet is famous for. Use one of the many motifs to create an heirloom blanket, or mix and match motifs to create a truly unique piece. There are also edgings and trims you can use on your crochet and other projects, including sewn items and knitted ones.
Each is fully explained with instructions and accompanied by a full-color photo of a sample crocheted swatch. All swatches are worked in updated yarns, beautifully photographed and accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions.
Based on The Harmony Guides, which have been a longstanding and valued reference for handcrafters for more than thirty years, with over half a million worldwide sales, this edition is updated with eye-catching photography and innovative new stitches, but also never forgetting the heritage of the guides.
Comments are disabled for this post.
){kind=link}
Great Book, Despite Flaws I’ve just begun perusing this book and although I’m always excited to add a new title to my crochet library, I am disappointed with the proofreading and editing of this book. After a cursory review, I have already discovered multiple typos. For example, “Row 1 (RS): Skip 2 ch, (count as 1 hdc) 1htr into next ch, 1 hdc into each ch to end, turn. Row 2: Ch2, 1 hdc into back bar under top loops of each hdc to end, turn.” That’s the pattern, but there’s no other mention of the…
I am a designer and had to re-work the pattern to follow some of the descriptions for the stitches to get them to look like they should I have a few dislikes about the stitches in this book, more-so, the descriptions of the stitches.I am a designer and had to re-work the pattern to follow some of the descriptions for the stitches to get them to look like they should.The wording is over complicated and either the abbreviations are simply not listed, or they randomly add their own and im stuck on Google searching for the meaning.I bought this book hoping it was filled with stitches I haven’t seen. HIGHLY…
Not my favorite I have other crochet stitch books that are way more organized than this. While they try to cover different things, there’s no organization and it seems sloppy. I have the knitting one (it’s excellent). I’ll stick to my other stitch books for now. For a beginner, this might be a good start because of the variety.