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Making with Meaning: More Than 20 Meditative and Creative Crochet Projects

October 9, 2020 by crochet envy Filed Under: today's deal

Making with Meaning is a thoughtful, purposeful approach to prioritize time for making, adding more meaning and intention to your life.

From cooking and cleaning to children’s events to business meetings to just about everything else, it’s hard to ﬁnd quiet moments to just be. Jessica Carey has found that her best times for be-ing are when she is making. Hers is an inspiring approach to a beloved pastime, putting to use the meditative and therapeutic beneﬁts of working with your hands. Featuring more than 20 different crochet patterns to inspire you as you make time for making, the book oﬀers instructions to those who want to begin their crochet journey and teaches how to crochet through detailed explanation and visual guidance. Projects vary in skill level but are all designed for readers to be able to free their minds, leaving space for stitch-repetition to kick in. Accompanied by essays focused on gratitude, creativity, and living with intention, among other topics, the book invites you to take time to reﬂect on these themes and their presence in your life. Jessica oﬀers support and encouragement so that you can strengthen more than just your crochet skills as you explore this adventure.

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

March 11, 2020 by crochet envy Filed Under: books, patterns, today's deal

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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Crochet 101: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily through Step-by-Step Instruction by Deborah Burger

August 27, 2018 by crochet envy Filed Under: books, today's deal

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 beginner’s book available. The online video tutorials created to supplement this book are an additional learning tool demonstrating the essential techniques used in crochet.

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Crocheting For Dummies with video!!

November 23, 2016 by crochet envy Filed Under: books, patterns, today's deal Leave a Comment

The crochet craze has taken the craft world by storm. If you’ve caught the bug and want to take your skills from beginner to beguiling, look no further than the friendly guidance in this bestselling guide. In Crocheting For Dummies 3^rd Edition you’ll find out how to choose the right hooks and yarns to complete your project, switch colors as you go, utilize varying crochet stiches for different looks, and so much more. Companion project videos will help readers master the concepts and techniques covered in the book.

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