100 Essential Crochet Stitches is the ultimate "Go-To" guide for 100 of the most essential crochet stitches. Ideal for beginners or a great reference guide for more experienced crocheter's, this reference book is essential for all who want to hone their skills. It provides all the information needed to make a large range of projects. Readers will enjoy the concise step-by-step instructions and crystal clear photography, carefully explaining how to create each stitch. This is sure to be the essential guide for all crocheter's for years to come.

Handy reference for all crocheters Do you really think a broken mirror means seven years of bad luck? Come on. Superstitions are useless. Now, Super Stitches Crochet—that’s useful! Super Stitches Crochet offers a complete introduction to this favorite craft, plus an illustrated dictionary of more than 180 stitches and patterns. Solids, openwork, fans, trellises, arches, laces, textures, medallions, shapes, edgings, and more are shown with instructions and diagrams on left-hand pages and a photo of a crocheted sample swatch on the opposite page. This follow-up to the super-successful Super Stitches Knitting includes information on choosing yarns, selecting hooks, understanding symbols and abbreviations used in crocheting patterns, essential crochet techniques, and the stitches and formations that are the essentials of all crochet work. Look, throwing salt over your shoulder won’t keep you busy forever. You need Super Stitches Crochet! • User-friendly lay-flat binding • Unbeatable illustrated reference • Great for crocheters at every level

Learn the essential crochet stitches with this comprehensive, beginner-friendly, and gorgeously illustrated guide. Starting with the fundamental skills of crochet, this step-by-step guide builds on basic stitches with a series of creative variations and techniques. Each stitch and variation is presented in easy-to-follow color illustrations. The encyclopedic, dip-in, dip-out approach is well-suited for beginners looking to build a foundation of stitch techniques as well as seasoned crafters who will appreciate the handy reference. Perfect for visual learners, the classically designed Stitch Encyclopedia series also includes volumes on Embroidery and Knitting.

A great gift for new and experienced crocheters alike, Crochet Stitch Dictionary offers 200 stitches with detailed written, charted, and photographed instructions. With colorful and eye-catching "candy-box" sampler pages that start every section, this essential book presents hundreds of stitches organized in 10 color-coded sections: - Basic stitches - Fans & Shells - Bobbles & Clusters - Spike stitches - Post stitches - Mesh & Filet - Cable stitches - Tunisian stitches, and more! Each stitch pattern shows a large finished swatch in actual size, along with step-by-step photo instructions that clearly explain where the yarn goes each step of the way. Crochet Stitch Dictionary offers excellent useful instruction and inspiration for all crocheters.

"It's easy to cut crochet time by up to 50 percent or more with the quick stitches and tricks in this book. Each stitch description includes multiples needed to allow the stitcher to make any size project, and any type of yarn can be used to create the designs. One hundred easy crochet stitch patterns are featured--including openweave, textured patterns, and ripples--and most consist of double crochet stitches and chains which can be worked up quickly. This reference also includes tips on turning chains and gauge, as well as how to make any project the same dimension."--from publisher's description.

A classic of stitchwork, The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs has now been updated with all-new diagrams and full-color photography, and showcases 500 designs--from traditional favorites to originals found nowhere else. There are soft and lacy patterns; some that mimic knitting, weaving, or patchwork; and others that use large openwork and popcorn stitches. And every stitch design features a photo, reader-friendly instructions, and a diagram showing each stitch and its placement--so it’s easy to understand the entire design at a glance. The guide also includes a pictorial index, which displays the complete pattern, and directions for all basic crochet stitches. Both beginners and experienced crocheters alike will turn to this invaluable reference for years to come. A Main Selection of the Crafter's Choice Book Club.

Teach yourself the fun art of crochet! In this follow-up guide to Crochet Stitches and Easy Projects, Leisure Arts presents 19 additional stitches for the beginning crocheter. Make a doll-size afghan, a half-circle rug, and a textured pillow.

Big Book of Crochet -124 designs for afghans, baby, fashion, gifts, and home are included in this compilation of crochet patterns.

This illustrated crochet stitch dictionary features 125 stitches plus handy shaping techniques and endless inspiration for creative crocheters. In Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary, designer Dora Ohrenstein offers detailed instructions for 125 beautiful stitch patterns. Plus, she explains how to increase and decrease each stitch pattern in three different ways—without shaping, with shaping at the edges, and with internal shaping. This hefty collection, ranging from lace and filigree to shells and textured stitches, is loaded with beautifully photographed swatches of each pattern, plus charted and text instructions. Ohrenstein’s focus on shaping techniques makes it possible to explore an array of variations without a pattern.

Presents an introduction to crocheting, discussing tools, equipment, basic and advanced stitches, edgings, and trims, with illustrations and detailed instructions for five hundred stitches.