220 More Crochet Stitches: Volume 7 (The Harmony Guides)
October 18, 2018 - Comment
The Harmony Guides are a series of highly practical, illustrated guides to hand knitting and crochet, explaining basic techniques from start to finish. This volume offers 220 crochet stitches, and includes all-over patterns, edgings and trimmings, motifs, and Irish style crochet.
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Skip this unless you prefer openwork crochet. I bought this hoping for some new and interesting all-over patterns. What I found was a book that was really focused on openwork and motifs. If you prefer that sort of thing, this book has a lot of designs, but a lot of them are in the Readers Digest Ultimate Sourcebook (also published by Harmony, but in a softcover and more expensive!!). They’ve even used the exact same pictures. And, for the price, you’re better off getting the Ultimate Sourcebook.Now, that said, this has…
A terrific book of ideas I love the clear close-up photos of the finished product, which help me decide if I want to try making it. A great book for those trying to design their own shawls, scarves or sweaters and just need a good idea to get started.I like having the diagrams under each pattern. I follow those much better than the written instructions. Most of the patterns don’t repeat simply on every row. They tend to take several rows to repeat. Beginners should gain a little more experience before…
I love this book on crochet this is how I learn … I love this book on crochet this is how I learn new stitches i use it all the time to hep me make up my mind and learn for new stitches..