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Easy Crochet for Beginners: Learn to crochet with 35 simple projects

Nicki Trench, one of the leading figures in the revival and promotion of home crafts, has designed a series of patterns that will guide you from the initial crochet stitches to producing beautiful projects incorporating a wide range of techniques. Starting you off is Crochet Know-How, which explains all the stitches with clear step-by-step artwork and instructions. Next, there are three chapters packed with patterns to improve your skills. In Starting Out, you will find a simple springtime afghan and a pretty hat for a toddler, both of which you’ll find amazingly easy and quick to create. Once you’ve mastered these, Practice Makes Perfect provides more of a challenge. Whip up some cute gifts for babies and young children, including baby bibs and blankets, or treat yourself to a pair of gloves in soft light-worsted yarn and a chunky seashell scarf to keep you warm on cold mornings. Finally, Confident Crocheting has more advanced patterns, ranging from a family of adorable dolls to a cherub dress with decorative picot stitching.

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Crochet for Beginners: A Stitch Dictionary with Step-by-Step Illustrations and 10 Easy Projects

With Crochet for Beginners, a little yarn and a crochet hook, you can enjoy a relaxing new hobby while creating beautiful gifts, garments, and decor. This guide and stitch dictionary shows you how to get started with step-by-step instructions and illustrations for 30 fundamental crochet stitches and techniques—plus a collection of fun projects to help you practice your skills.

What sets Crochet for Beginners apart from other crochet books:

The basics of crochet—Learn the different types of hooks and yarn, essential and nice-to-have tools, and explanations of important crochet terms.
Skill-building stitches—Start with the most basic stitches and work your way up to more intricate ones as you learn techniques like following a pattern, joining pieces, changing colors, and more.
10 beginner projects—Put everything you learn into practice with simple and beautiful projects, including a beanie, a crochet tool holder, a circle bag, and a blanket.

Develop your crochet skills with this beginner-friendly guide to success.

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Crochet for Beginners A Stitch Dictionary with Step by Step Illustrations and 10 Easy Projects

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Crochet Step by Step: Techniques, Stitches, and Patterns Made Easy by Sally Harding

Crochet Step by Step is a lovingly illustrated guide for beginners on the classic crochet techniques that will help you get started with your own creations.

Gorgeous photos of finished projects will have you inspired to pick up your yarn and hook, and crochet lovely things for your home or treasured gifts to give away. There are high-resolution close-up photos of the stitches, to make it as easy as possible to become an expert. Practice by working through the contemporary projects in the book, from a beautiful baby’s cardigan to a project basket.

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Creative Crochet Projects: 12 Playful Projects for Beginners and Beyond by Stephanie Pokorny

Whether you want to learn how to crochet or you’re looking for fresh, new projects to try, Creative Crochet Projects is for you! Featuring a variety of 12 colorful, fun, and quirky crochet projects with a charming, offbeat sense of style, this project book starts off easy, slowly introducing new techniques one design at a time.

Author Stephanie Pokorny is the designer, owner, and sole creator of Crochetverse.com, a brand that offers an original style to the crochet world. Her elaborate work and children’s crochet costumes have been featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Beyond the Bizarre, People Magazine, National Geographic Kids, BoredPanda.com, MyModernMet.com, and more.

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How to Crochet: With 100 Techniques and 20 Easy Projects

Even novices can start crocheting, thanks to this easy-to-follow guide from Mollie Makes, filled with tips, stories, and things to make from the magazine’s favorite designers. The beginner’s section provides a run-through of tools and equipment, along with handy information on choosing your yarn. Learn the best way to hold your hook, and then successfully crochet your first chain. Once you’re on your way, the very doable projects include a monster gadget cover, bouquet of woolly flowers, cute set of Russian dolls, on-trend bolster pillow and chair runner, and granny-chic retro potholders.

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How to Crochet - With 100 Techniques and 20 Easy Projects

How to Crochet for Beginners: The complete guide for absolute beginners

Learn crochet stitches and techniques with step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs. From your first slip knot to your final stitch, this book covers it all!Whether you’re a new crocheter or just want to try new techniques, this must-have resource offers all the know-how you’ll ever need. And it’s now in paperback!Walk step-by-step from basic to advanced methods. Learn the easy way with more than 1,000 close-up photographs featuring real hands holding real yarn. Fix mistakes, shape garments, and find the answers to almost any crochet question.

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Crochet Know-How: Techniques and tips for all levels of skill from beginner to advanced

Whether you are just learning to crochet, or you are seldom separated from your hook and yarn, there will always be times when you need instruction – or just a reminder – on a particular technique or stitch, and even the most experienced crocheter may not know all the tips and wrinkles included here. Crochet Know-How has step-by-step instructions accompanied by clear colour artworks, showing you how to do everything from basic double and treble crochet, to increasing and decreasing, working in the round and in spirals, and changing colour. If you want to know how to get started, everything from making a slip stitch and working out your tension to blocking your finished make is covered. For more experienced makers, useful tips on making raised stitches, creating bobbles and clusters, and creating ribbing in crochet will all help you achieve a perfect finish to your makes.

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The Complete Beginners Guide to Crochet: Everything You Need to Know to Start to Crochet by Sona Books

Crochet as a hobby has boomed in recent years, with the art being passed down to younger generations. Fashionable and thrifty, making your own garments, gifts, and decorations has become a really popular pastime. The Complete Beginners Guide To Crochet will show you all the essential stitches and techniques you’ll need to get started, from your very first foundation chain to adding embellishments like fringe and edging. Once you’ve mastered those techniques, it’s time to put them into practice! Turn to the starter projects section for easy-to-follow patterns from experienced crocheters. Start with the rose corsage and basic bunting, then progress onto more advanced projects like the amigurumi baby sloth. Follow our simple steps and you’ll soon be creating beautiful items worthy of the high street. Happy crocheting!

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The Art of Crochet for Beginners: Unique Themes and Patterns for your Loved Ones by Freya Gates

The Art of Crochet for Beginners will guide you through the entire journey…

…from buying your first materials to weaving your first pattern. This book is the perfect introduction to your beloved hobby.

Inside you will discover:

How to gear up with the tools of the trade so that you know what you are looking for
A gentle progression from foundation stitches to simple projects so that you really get the hang of crocheting
Learn how to read patterns by understanding the special vocabulary used in the crocheting world
30+ unique themes and patterns that are fun to make for your loved ones as precious gifts
and much, much more!

You’ll love the results, because the joy that working on these projects brings to you and your young ones, makes all the difference in the world.

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Crochet: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide, Essential Techniques, More Than 80 Crochet Patterns

Packed with 101 inspirational projects for crocheters of all levels of skill, Crochet: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide walks readers through the basic techniques — with useful practice projects — before embarking on more adventurous crochet patterns.

Crochet: The Complete Step-by-Step Guide features a mix of classic and modern crochet projects, including things to wear, items for the home, decorative pieces, and cute gifts.

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