All-New Twenty to Make: Granny Squares to Crochet

You’re going to love these 20 different granny squares to crochet, in a variety of gorgeous designs and colors.

Granny squares are perfect for helping you become proficient in crochet, thanks to their repeating stitches and patterns. They’re also excellent stashbusters and portable projects, as they use only small amounts of yarn and are relatively small in size.

Once you’ve made the multitude of lovely squares in this book, Val Pierce has shared a number of project ideas that you can make with your newly made blocks – from a sweet ‘n simple coaster and retro cushion to pretty fingerless gloves and a beautiful baby blanket.

This is a fantastic little project book in a handy pocket-size format, so you can crochet your favorite squares wherever you go.

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Quilt It, Crochet It!: Sew and Stitch 14 Colorful Designs

The perfect crossover guide for beginners to create projects via either quilting or crocheting, this book features colorful designs with visual instructions for completing each project with both crafts!

Opening with complete overviews on the basics of both craft styles, including crochet stitches and techniques, color changes, quilt binding, and more, each chapter that follows showcases different traditional quilt blocks, from log cabin blocks to half square triangles. Use the familiar skills and patterns you know best to learn fun new techniques in your sister craft.

Six pairs of colorful projects provide step-by-step instructions for quilting and crocheting each design, so you can make blankets, quilts, pillows, potholders, and granny squares. Plus, a final bonus project shows you how to combine your skills.

Hone both crafts and enter a whole new world of creative possibilities with this inspiring and skill-building project guidebook!

Author Jemima Flendt is a quilter, pattern designer, fabric designer, and owner of Tied with a Ribbon where she specializes in modern and fun sewing patterns. She is also an Aurifil Thread Designer, author of Weekend Quilting Book and Quilt Big, a quilt magazine contributor, and a quilting and sewing instructor.

Expand your crafting skills to include both crocheting and quilting, with Quilt It, Crochet It!

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Hip to Be Square: 20 Contemporary Crochet Designs Using 5 Simple Squares

With Hip to Be Square learn how to transform five simple granny squares into 20 bold and bright designs featuring size-inclusive garments, stylish accessories and beautiful homewares. All five granny squares can be completed in a wide range of yarn weights, colors, and types; they can be extended to create bigger blocks, and they are interchangeable within the pattern designs, giving the reader unlimited options and inspiration. As well as the easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations, Katie also includes tips on how to care for your makes, so they stand the test of time – the perfect antidote to fast fashion.

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Completing the Puzzle

Crochet Animal Blankets and Blocks

Using simple crochet intarsia and appliqué techniques you can stitch one block for a pillow front, book bag or toy bag, join four for a lap throw, nine for a child’s blanket or sixteen for an adult blanket. Mix and match colors to create fun single animal-themed blankets, or mix them up for quirky multi-animal designs. There are so many variations the only limit is your imagination.

Ira Rott’s bestselling books Crochet Animal Rugs and Crochet Animal Slippers have proven her to be a first-rate designer – and this new collection will allow you to pair your favourite rugs and slippers with matching blankets too!

The book features 16 main animal block designs for a Panda, Cat, Dog, Fox, Raccoon, Penguin, Pig, Sheep, Koala, Sloth, Lion, Hippo, Cow, Unicorn, Bunny, and Monkey – plus additional ideas for using different parts of the patterns to create some new animals such as a Bear (made using parts from the Sloth, Bunny and Lion) and a Horse (made from Unicorn, Bunny and Panda). Many of the designs feature 3D elements including ears, hair, flowers, and bows, which give the blankets a lovely tactile quality.

The blocks can be pieces together and left with no border, or instructions are included to add a Granny Square border or a fancier lace shells border – making a huge range of possibilities for different blanket designs.

Featuring in-depth advice on all the crochet techniques and making-up techniques, this comprehensive guide is beginner friendly and so much fun.

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200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets Throws and Afghans: Crochet Squares to Mix-and-Match

200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets Throws and Afghans is a comprehensive guide to crochet blocks and an essential for any crochet addict. Choose from 200 beautiful block designs and learn different ways of joining them to make afghans and throws that are both functional and decorative. From Art Deco geometric patterns to traditional chequer-board stripes and elaborate motifs, discover new ways to combine color, pattern and texture. Crochet is one of the oldest and most fascinating ways of creating a fabric out of yarn. Find out how to create wonderful and unique afghans, wall hangings and accessories in a kaleidoscope of colorful contemporary and traditional designs. All stitches and techniques are clearly explained with step-by-step illustrations, from working in rows and in the round to joining blocks and making figures. At-a-glance symbols denote the methods used and level of difficulty, so both new and experienced crafters can easily create a crochet masterpiece.

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Helen’s Squares Pullover by Jessie At Home

Helen Squares Pullover is a happy and cozy crochet pattern named after my great-grandmother. My great-grandmother was named Helen, and she taught me how to crochet, so instead of granny squares, I make Helen Squares! Ok, I actually called her Grandma Clark (her last name), but I always loved her first name. She was as beautiful as anyone named Helen should be, and she was amazing, strong, smart, and so loving. Enjoy your Helen Squares Pullover, may it bring you some of the happiness my great-grandmother brought me.

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Crochet Granny Squares

Crochet Granny Squares features 20 different granny square patterns. Use these squares to make all sorts of crochet creations!

  • This book is ideal for both beginner and more experienced crocheters.
  • Crochet basics are taught with step-by-step instructions and accompanying photographs in the beginning of the book.
  • Patterns include stitch instructions.
  • Helpful tips are scattered throughout the book.
  • 64 pages

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Clever Crochet Squares: Artistic Ways to Create Grannies and Dramatic Designs by Maria Gullberg

Granny squares are a crochet classic for a reason: they’re colorful, quick to work, and fun to make! But the true potential of these dependable design standbys comes in the infinite possibilities offered by their patterning―and the manner in which they’re combined. Here, Maria Gullberg explores a whole new side to the familiar granny square, showing every crocheter how to create fresh, exciting projects by joining granny squares to form fascinating textures, eye-catching color effects, and more! Evoke the sweet beauty of wildflowers, the simple elegance of woven twill, or the complexity of twisting labyrinths and striking optical illusions. With patterns designed for both the novice and the experienced crocheter, full-color photographs, and clear instructions, you’ll be ready to tackle pillows, bags, rugs, blankets―anything you’d make with granny squares can work magic, if you’re willing to think outside the box!

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Beneath the Surface US Terms Edition: Crochet Blanket Pattern by Shelley Husband

Join in an exercise in calm as you make the simple, yet effective Beneath the Surface Crochet Blanket. This is a project perfect for the adventurous beginner, with only the simplest of stitches used to make the solid base of the blanket.

After the squares are made, surface crochet is added in a contrasting colour to make the circles and squares on top. You’ll be able to succeed as there are videos for every pattern, the surface crochet and the joining. You won’t put a stitch wrong.As an added bonus, charts for all patterns are included.

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Learn to Crochet Granny Squares and Flower Motifs: 25 projects to get you started by Nicki Trench

Granny squares are the perfect crochet project for beginners. They are easy to learn and quick to complete.

With full instructions in all the techniques you will need at the start, followed by 25 lovely patterns to put your newly-learned skills to use, Learn to Crochet Granny Squares and Flower Motifs is the perfect book for beginners, and near-beginners who want to expand their repertoire. The repetition of stitches and patterns within granny squares is perfect for mastering the basics, and the squares can then be made up into all sorts of useful and beautiful things, from scarves and blankets to bags and pillow covers. Once you’ve got the hang of squares, branch out into hexagons and triangles, and then into flower motifs—the combinations of shape, color, and pattern are almost endless. Best of all, you can use up all sorts of yarn from your stash as you practice until your squares are perfect.

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