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Wonderful textured fabrics are now within easy reach! This complete guide explains, in a clear and easy-to-follow fashion, how to create everything from openwork and lace through to woven and hairpin crochet. As useful for the highly experienced as the absolute beginner, this information-packed book takes you through the basic techniques to a highly adaptable project section that will provide guidance and inspiration for making colourful and stylish garments for you to wear. Create wonderful textured fabrics with this complete guide to crochet. Essential tools and techniques are clearly explained with step-by-step illustrations, from working stitches and measuring gauge to adding embellishments and finishing off. Each technique includes stitch patterns to try out, and an adaptable project section allows you to practice your new skills making original and colourful garments and accessories using your own choice of yarns and stitches.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I seem to remember reading a review that said this book was confusing & not very clear. I find it easy to understand and very informative. It takes you from the first steps of crocheting, explaining each stitch in detail, right to the more complicated things, so you should be able to follow a full pattern quite easily. Recommended.
79 of 81 people found the following review helpful
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As a beginner to knitting, I wanted to try crochet as well. Having read the encyclopedia of knitting book, and finding it a brilliant book, I decided to take a gamble and buy this encyclopedia of crochet book in the hope it would be as good. I was not dissapointed.
Chapter 1 covers basic skills, giving easy to follow instructions with lots of colour photographs.
Chapter 2 covers techniques and stitches, and covers a lot of variety. E.g. shell stitches, bobbles, popcorns, puff stitches, loop stitches, lace, chevrons, tubular crochet, circular motifs, hexagons, cords, etc. Most start with a step by step guide to the stitch, with colour illustrations, and then gives a row by row instruction, to at least one example of each.
Chapter 3 covers projects for you to try, covering a scarf, bags, pillow etc.
Finally chapter 4 gives a gallery of garments and accessories to inspire you, as well as a glossary and a list of suppliers.
N.B. A word of warning to beginners. In the basic skills section, for the half treble crocket stitch, step 2 reads "Draw the yarn through the chain, leaving three loops on the hook." This should be re-written as "wrap the yarn over the hook and draw it through the first loop, leaving three loops on the hook." This also needs changing in the 1st step in the treble crochet stitch. Hence the drop to 4 stars.
Overall an excellent book and worth getting.
Chapter 1 covers basic skills, giving easy to follow instructions with lots of colour photographs.
Chapter 2 covers techniques and stitches, and covers a lot of variety. E.g. shell stitches, bobbles, popcorns, puff stitches, loop stitches, lace, chevrons, tubular crochet, circular motifs, hexagons, cords, etc. Most start with a step by step guide to the stitch, with colour illustrations, and then gives a row by row instruction, to at least one example of each.
Chapter 3 covers projects for you to try, covering a scarf, bags, pillow etc.
Finally chapter 4 gives a gallery of garments and accessories to inspire you, as well as a glossary and a list of suppliers.
N.B. A word of warning to beginners. In the basic skills section, for the half treble crocket stitch, step 2 reads "Draw the yarn through the chain, leaving three loops on the hook." This should be re-written as "wrap the yarn over the hook and draw it through the first loop, leaving three loops on the hook." This also needs changing in the 1st step in the treble crochet stitch. Hence the drop to 4 stars.
Overall an excellent book and worth getting.
46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a complete newbie to crochet, I brought two 'beginner books'. I then found myself having to cross-reference between the two as I found that they were not 100% clear on their own. But then I got this book and was completely thrilled. It covers everything that you need to know as a beginner plus more. It shows all different types of stitch and gives, in my opinion, clear advice, both written and visual. I can't comment on how it would be viewed by the more experienced but for people starting out in crochet then I would recommend this book
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The best
This is the best crochet book I have seen, and I have a few. The how to pictures are very clear and it containes everything you need to know about the subject. Read more
Published 2 days ago by bennieblue
great all rounder, good for beginners and improvers
I wanted a book to teach me how to crochet from the basics up. However having looked at a lot of the other titles available , many of them seemed a bit too basic. Read more
Published 12 days ago by J. Nicholl
useful for begginers
Although some useful techniques and basic stitches are clearly described, I was disapointed that the amount of pattens and projects was very limited - however not a very expensive... Read more
Published 26 days ago by jennym
Crocheting for begginers!
The Encyclopedia of Crochet Techniques
Excellent book for those want to learn how to crochet, me included who at the age of 40something, just picked up a ball of wool... Read more
Excellent book for those want to learn how to crochet, me included who at the age of 40something, just picked up a ball of wool... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dreana
Slightly Disappointed
Although it has some clear instructions, overall this book was a bit of a disappointment. It would have been nice if there had been a more extensive stitch selection, and most of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Anita
Brilliant
This book was purchased as a gift for my mother who was taking up crochet again after 60 years. She says it has everything in it you could possibly want to know and has been of... Read more
Published 4 months ago by KJB
Great Book
This is the fourth book I have bought for family members, they all love it and they find it informative and very helpful.
Published 6 months ago by Mr. K. Edwards
Crochet
Excellent book to get you started and well on the way to take on more complicated projects. Only doing scarves, but they are getting very attractive as skills have progressed.
Published 7 months ago by Luvmycamra
Encyclopedia of CROCHET Techniques
Really pleased with purchase, have used a couple of the patterns, as a beginner the diagrams are very useful as find it difficult to follow the written instruction (suppose that... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Julie Mac
Great reference book
I am a basic crocheter, taught simple stitches by my mother-in-law and able to make "granny blankets". Read more
Published 11 months ago by J. Shepley
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