Ultimate Crochet Bible: A Complete Reference with Step-by-Step Techniques

by Jane Crowfoot

Overview

The latest fashion magazines are full of crocheted pieces, but beginning stitchers looking to tap into the trend might not know where to start. Ultimate Crochet Bible is the ideal guide for anyone casting the first time, but is also the definitive reference for more experienced practitioners who just need to brush up on a technique. Filled with more than 400 images, it explains exactly how to create garments, jewelry, accessories, and more, from the basic chain stitch to finishing touches like a picot trim. Additional topics include creating texture, structure and shaping, color work, and embellishments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781843405634
Publisher:	Collins & Brown
Publication date:	09/07/2010
Series:	C&B Crafts Bible Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jane Crowfoot taught herself to knit after being inspired by her great-grandmother’s hand-made blankets and studied textile design at Winchester School of Art. In 1996, she became a Design Consultant for Rowan Yarns and went on to work with Debbie Bliss. Jane is a leader of the recent crochet revival, which has seen knitters all over the world put down their needles and pick up a crochet hook. She is the author of The Ultimate Crochet Bible (9781843405634).

Jane Brocket is the author of five books including the bestselling Gentle Art of Quilt-Making (9781834305337). She created her blog, yarnstorm.blogs.com in February 2005 to write about knitting, but the contents soon expanded to include many more of life's small pleasures, such as baking, quilting, sewing, gardening, books and films. For more information, visit www.janebrocket.com.

Editorial Reviews

Focusing on techniques rather than projects, Crowfoot, who has worked for Rowan Yarns and Debbie Bliss, here progresses from the basics for beginners to more complex, advanced styles and techniques such as Tunisian crochet, intarsia, and entrelac. The techniques are illustrated with full-color, close-up illustrations, and these allow crocheters to see how the stitches are constructed. In a book like this, organization is key, and each clearly labeled section has its own colored tab on the side of the book for easy access to needed information. Every crocheter should have a reference to the craft, and this is a solid choice.

Library Journal

'Essential for any crocheter's bookshelf'

—Crochet Now

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