Название: Crochet for Beginners Third Edition
Издательство: Imagine Publishing Limited
Автор: коллектив
Год: 2016
Количество страниц: 133
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 34 Mb

Crochet has boomed in recent years, offering craft lovers a new way to make thoughtful gifts, inexpensive accessories and homemade decorations. Master all the essentials with Crochet for Beginners, from choosing your tools to learning basic techniques and various stitches, before getting creative with our starter projects.


In this bookazine...
Everything you need to know to get started with crochet

Getting started
- Master all the essentials, from selecting your yarn to learning basic techniques

Develop your skills
- Get to grips with some more advanced techniques to make crochet more enjoyable

Perfect your stitches
- Take your crochet skills further and create different effects with our choice of stitches

Get creative
- Enjoy our selection of starter projects and start making beautiful crocheted items

Also inside...
Getting started
- Choosing your yarn
- All about crochet hooks
- The tools you need
- Holding your hook and yarn
- Crochet for left-handers
- Identifying and counting stitches
- Tension (gauge)
- How to read a pattern
- Making a slipknot
- Making a yarn over
- Drawing up a loop
- Making a foundation chain
- Working the chain
- Working into subsequent rows
- Double crochet
- Treble crochet
- Half treble crochet
- Doble treble
- Turning chains
- Slip stitch
- Identify and count stitches
- Fastening off
- Basic edging
- Weaving in ends

The next step
- Joining new yarn
- Changing colours
- Reading charted stitch diagrams
- Increasing
- Decreasing
- Chain start
- Magic ring
- Starting in the round
- Working in the round
- Standard increases
- Invisible finish
- Blocking
- Joining

Going further
- Shells, fans and V stitches
- Crossed stitches
- Post stitches
- Spike stitches
- Chainless foundations
- Linked stitches
- Cluster stitches
- Puff stitches
- Popcorn stitches
- All about motifs
- Solid squares
- Circle in a square
- Granny squares
- Granny triangles
- Flowers
- Fringe
- Reverse single crochet
- Picot edging
- Buttonholes in double crochet
- Stitch pattern gallery

Starter projects
- Spike stitch placemat and coaster
- Linked stitches pin cushion
- Rose corsage
- Embellished bunting
- Textured hot water bottle cosy
- Squares baby blanket
- Perky peg bag
- Fingerless mitts
- Aran cushion cover
- Traditional tea cosy
- Lacy shell-edged shawl
- Jumbo rib scarf
- Honeycomb belle hat
- Long wave neck warmer