Crochet (Idiot’s Guides)
Tailored for the complete crocheting novice, Idiot’s Guides: Crochet is a fun, charming guide to learning the basic stitches and techniques. Photographed in a film-strip style, the dozens of full-color photographs and instructions allow the reader to clearly see how each stitch is executed. Every lesson is accompanied by a practice project, so the beginner
Tailored for the complete crocheting novice, Idiot’s Guides: Crochet is a fun, charming guide to learning the basic stitches and techniques. Photographed in a film-strip style, the dozens of full-color photographs and instructions allow the reader to clearly see how each stitch is executed. Every lesson is accompanied by a practice project, so the beginner can try out a newly learned crochet skill. More than a dozen unique projects are included, as well as galleries of crochet stitch patterns.
Extremely well thought out and organized,,,,best in its class! I am a knitter~, a knitter who had been working very hard at designing my own garments, knitting fair isle, lace and had set before myself,,( and reached!) all sort of challenges in 12 yrs of knitting~ Why do I include this in my review?? It is because I am a self taught knitter~, one that had to read books to teach myself~ There are not a lot of yarn shops in this area, the closest being about 40 miles away, so I am pretty much on my own here. One day I had a…
This is by far the best. It is the most comprehensive I’m a total beginner and I have several books. This is by far the best. It is the mist comprehensive, has great pictures, and the mist detailed instructions. This is the only book that has helped me with specific mistakes I kept repeating.
Crochet by June Gilbank from PlanetJune A great book from June Gilbank. If you haven’t discovered PlanetJune or June Gilbank this is a great introduction. This book is designed for the beginner to intermediate crocheter. I consider myself in the intermediate category and there are several topics in here that I will refer to so I can improve my skills. The book starts with the basics of yarn and hooks. Then to making chains and all the basic stitches all the way to the more complex stitches. Each chapter builds on the one…