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Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Needlework & fabric crafts > Knitting
A pocket-sized guide offering bite-size information at a great
price, 101 Essential Tips makes learning quick and easy, offering
speedy answers to key questions. 101 Essential Tips: Crochet takes
you through everything you need to know to start crocheting, from
choosing yarn and making your first slip knot, this book takes you
step-by-step through stiches and techniques so you can master
crochet patterns. Enjoy making a phone cover, a friendship bracelet
or even a baby's hat. With clear explanations of crochet charts and
abbreviations, it has all you need to get the best results.
Summarizing the essential tips needed to crochet, this guide is
perfect for the absolute beginner, giving fully illustrated top
tips that can be grasped in an instant.
Whether knitted flat or in the round, entrelac is a great way to
produce intriguing knitted pieces with a seemingly woven look. With
clear step-by-step tutorials and illustrative images, this book
explains the anatomy of entrelac and how to build up rows of nested
triangles and squares. Practise the technique with the different
swatch instructions before following one of the book's four
patterns, which can be further customized through variations and
embellishments. Once you have mastered the technique, there is
plenty to inspire your next entrelac project as well as advice on
creating your own original designs.
These 60 fabulous designs are must-haves for the many knitters who
prefer cotton, whether it's because they're allergic to wool,
opposed to using animal fibres, or just looking for a lighter
material. A wide range of quick, creative and on-trend projects -
from sweaters and shawls to hats and bags - will entice knitters
with their beauty and practicality.
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Crochet
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C Culley
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Making things is fun, but making things with friends is even
better. So grab some yarn, a few crochet hooks and some crafty pals
- there's no end to what you can create together. With projects
ranging from coasters to turbans to lampshades, plus loads of
information and inspiration, this new booklet from the Super+Super
series has it all. With 13 projects to get your creative teeth
into, this quirky step-by-step guide to crochet is full of fun with
a little bit of an edge! Projects include a flower garland, chunky
pouffe, wrist warmers and a tablet case.
An adorable collection of knits for baby including a romper suit,
socks, blanket, sweater, jacket and joggers. Designed using Rowan
Yarns Baby Cashsoft Merino yarn.
Enter into the whimsical, crocheted world of Eleonore &
Maurice, a talented designer who blends pastel yarns with delicate
floral fabric to make truly adorable amigurumi creations: plush
animals with little accessories, as well as sweet cushions. The
combination of the calming pastel cotton yarn and the delicate
floral designs give beautiful results. These cute creations include
a cat cushion, a bird family, a hedgehog, a rabbit and a reindeer.
The crochet patterns are clear and easy to follow and the sewing
element is minimal, including items such as fabric bows, belts,
ears, tails and collars. Make them for yourself or as gifts for
family and friends. Everyone is sure to love these beautiful
crocheted creatures. The soft colours and splashes of floral fabric
make them perfect companions that children will love.
Now available in paperback, this best-selling title is THE
essential guide to knitting. Whether you want to knit socks, use
sequins and embroidery to embellish knitting, adapt a pattern to
fit you beautifully or produce the perfect pocket, you can find out
how to do it here. A comprehensive chapter on finishing your
projects shows you how to get that really professional look and if
you do make a mistake, just flip to the 'Troubleshooting' chapter
to see how to fix it. Each chapter of this essential guide is
devoted to one key area of knitting and provides clear and concise
in-depth instructions along with step-by-step instructions for
basic principles and more advanced techniques. Learn the basic knit
and purl stitches, along with cast ons and cast offs, and in no
time you will also be increasing and decreasing with ease. Once
you're comfortable with the basic stitches, explore structure and
shaping, texture, colourwork, embellishments, finishing and learn
how to design and adapt patterns. This comprehensive guide offers a
useful section on crochet for knitting, a glossary of terms, clear
instructions and hundreds of illustrations and diagrams showing
each stage of the process. It'll be the one resource that you will
turn to time and time again. Over 20,000 copies sold worldwide.
Filled with a wide array of classic knitting patterns, this book
is, in essence, the ultimate mitten book. The patterns are
organised from simple to difficult and their origins range from
traditional Scandinavian and Canadian Maritime patterns to more
contemporary sewn and windblock patterns from right here in Maine.
Rounding out the patterns is useful information on caring for and
repairing woolens; tips for adding details such as buttons, straps,
or leather palms to mittens; and a list of yarn suppliers.
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I Knit San Francisco
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Kathleen Dames; Edited by Alice O'reilly; Photographs by Alli Novak
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