200 Crochet Stitches: A practical guide with actual-size swatches, charts, and step-by-step instructions - Softcover

Hazell, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844489639 ISBN 13: 9781844489633

Publisher: Search Press, 2013

Synopsis

A practical guide with actual-size swatches, charts, and instructions. 200 Crochet Stitches is designed to get crochet fans discovering new stitches and creative ways of working crochet. It contains a wealth of stitch patterns and how-to techniques.

Stitches are introduced and accompanied by clear photographic step-by-step instructions, charts, and examples of the stitches ― as well as feature spreads that explore ideas for yarns and colourways and how to use the stitches in garments, accessories and homewares.

This collection includes crochet's most popular stitch styles: nubbly textured stitches, delicate lacy ones, technically challenging Tunisian, colourful, graphic and endlessly adaptable chevrons and ripples, and finishing techniques. Stitches include ridges, cables, crossed, spikes, filet, mesh-like, trellis, shells, picots, fans, Tunisian, openwork, chevrons, ripples, bobbles and puffs.

About this title

About the Author

Sarah Hazell started out as a committed knitter but soon discovered the joy of crochet and has been a tireless devotee since. She imparts her flawless design know-how as a design consultant for Rowan Yarn, and as a tutor in textiles.

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• Contains 200 crochet stitch designs and creative ways of working crochet
• Includes crochet's most popular stitch styles: nubbly textured stitches, delicate lacy ones, technically challenging Tunisian, colourful, graphic and endlessly adaptable chevrons and ripples, and finishing techniques.
• Over 350 beautiful photos and images to accompany the stitch patterns

Edition details

• Publisher: Search Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844489639
• ISBN 13: 9781844489633
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208