Quick-Crochet Hats : Complete Instructions for 8 Styles

Complete Instructions for 8 Styles. — Creative Publishing int'l, 2012. — 35 p. Замечательная книга по вязанию шапочек крючком. Here are eight great crochet hat patterns that use simple stitches to create elaborate designs. With detailed instruction and close-­up photos of each stitch used, Quick-­Crochet Hats offers crocheters an easy guidebook to great-­looking crocheted hats. This updated second edition offers crocheters at all skill levels even more to love about granny squares with twenty-five brand new squares and twenty-five all-new projects.Since it was first published in 2011, The Granny Square Book has instructed and inspired thousands of crocheters to make and create beautiful, stylish projects with these classic motifs.Now updated with twenty-five additional squares (for a total of 100!) and all new projects, this new edition offers crocheters at all skill levels even more to love about granny squares. Author and designer Margaret Hubert shows you the amazing versatility and variety of this portable and convenient technique of crocheting square by square—how it can be used to make almost anything and interpreted in countless ways and different yarns.This book includes:Crochet basics used for making granny squaresStitch instructions and symbol diagrams for 100 unique squaresTwenty-five all new projects—garments, accessories, gifts, and home décorGuidance and ideas for designing your own granny square projectsFire up your crochet hooks! There's lots of granny square fun to come!Praise for The Granny Square Book“Crocheters looking to move beyond basic granny squares, as well as new crocheters drawn to these traditional motifs, will enjoy this collection.” —Library Journal“Delightful... If you like to crochet granny squares but are looking to go ‘beyond the blanket,'this might be the book for you!” —Underground Crafter

This is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of crochet. This book provides a reference for all methods, including Tunisian, filet, intermeshing, broomstick lace, bruges lace, and freeform crochet. Includes step-by-step instructions for all the basic stitches and swatches of 100s of stitch patterns with complete instructions. Also provides instructions and patterns for 50 projects for garments, accessories, and décor items.

Library Journal

The latest in a continuing series of photo guides, these books feature full-color photos of techniques with examples and practice projects. Veteran knitting and crochet teacher Hubert (Knit or Crochet: Have It Your Way) has dozens of stitch samples clearly pictured and charted. Schmidt, owner of a design firm, shows how to use commonly available ribbons to achieve professional-looking decorating results on clothes and accessories. These two guides will be useful for crafters beginning to experiment with ribbons and other fiber-crafting techniques in mixed-media projects.

" Granny squares are to crochet what pieced squares are to quilting. They originated with pioneer women using up precious scraps of yarn to make blankets for their families, and over the years, many recognized, named patterns have been handed down from one generation to the next. Beyond this treasury of 75 different granny square motifs, Margaret Hubert shows the evolution of the granny square, how it can be used and interpreted in different ways with different yarns, and how today's crocheter can design her own projects using the granny squares of her choice with the yarn choices of today. Just as Margaret learned from her grandmother and mother and then passed the skill down to her daughter and granddaughter, each generation finds new uses and artistic ways to interpret granny squares"-- ""Techniques for crocheting granny squares with basic instructions, 75 stitch patterns, and a variety of projects"--Provided by publisher"-- Written with the absolute beginner in mind, this engaging book teaches all the basics for learning to crochet with step-by-step instructions and photographs. Crocheting skills are learned by working on projects, beginning with something very easy and getting progressively more difficult as the reader works through the book. New skills are explored in depth as they are introduced. The introductory section covers all the basics of crochet-selecting yarn, hook types and sizes, other tools and accessories, crochet gauge, chaining, forming the basic stitches, reading patterns-making this the most comprehensive beginners book available. The online video tutorials created to supplement this book are an additional learning tool demonstrating the essential techniques used in crochet. This is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of crochet. This book provides a reference for all methods, including Tunisian, filet, intermeshing, broomstick lace, bruges lace, and freeform crochet. Includes step-by-step instructions for all the basic stitches and swatches of 100s of stitch patterns with complete instructions. Also provides instructions and patterns for 50 projects for garments, accessories, and dcor items. *All You Need to Know to Crochet *The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert Crocheters *Comprehensive Guide to Crochet Tools and Techniques *Packed with Hundreds of Tips and Ideas "Reference for crocheters; includes instructions and diagrams for 200 stitch patterns, basic information about how to crochet, plus 20 patterns"--Provided by publisher. "Beginner's guide to crochet, teaching all the basic techniques through easy projects"-- Provided by publisher." "Beginner's guide to crochet, teaching all the basic techniques through easy projects. Includes DVD-ROM"--