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Great for new and experienced crocheters alike, "Crochet Stitch
Dictionary" offers 200 stitches with detailed written, charted, and
photographed instructions. This essential book presents 10
color-coded stitch sections: Basic stitches, Fans & Shells,
Bobbles & Clusters, Spike stitches, Post stitches, Mesh &
Filet, Cable stitches, Tunisian stitches, and more
Learn each stitch with written, charted, and step-by-step photo
instructions that clearly explain where the yarn goes each step of
the way. In addition, each stitch pattern shows a large finished
swatch in actual size.
You'll enjoy the colorful and eye-catching "candy-box" sampler
pages that start every section. "Crochet Stitch Dictionary" offers
excellent useful instruction and inspiration for all
crocheters.
A practical guide with actual-size swatches, charts, and
instructions. 200 Crochet Stitches is designed to get crochet fans
discovering new stitches and creative ways of working crochet. It
contains a wealth of stitch patterns and how-to techniques.
Stitches are introduced and accompanied by clear photographic
step-by-step instructions, charts, and examples of the stitches -
as well as feature spreads that explore ideas for yarns and
colourways and how to use the stitches in garments, accessories and
homewares. This collection includes crochet's most popular stitch
styles: nubbly textured stitches, delicate lacy ones, technically
challenging Tunisian, colourful, graphic and endlessly adaptable
chevrons and ripples, and finishing techniques. Stitches include
ridges, cables, crossed, spikes, filet, mesh-like, trellis, shells,
picots, fans, Tunisian, openwork, chevrons, ripples, bobbles and
puffs.
Exploring Colour in Knitting is packed with all the guidance and
advice you will need to confidently knit with colour. First the
book looks at understanding colour from hue families to warm and
cool colours, brights, pastels and neutrals, tints, tones and
shades. Next, a section on proportion and stitchwork explores how
to combine various colours and the effects different stitches have
on a colour. A section on colour and decoration offers advice on
using embellishments such as beads, sequins, buttons and edgings,
as well as tips on adding motifs and embroidery to your work.
Chapters on Fair Isle and intarsia investigate the ways that these
techniques affect colour relations from traditional patterns
through to modern interpretations. Eleven specially selected
projects demonstrate the most effective ways to experiment with
colour. Brimming with essential advice and ideas this invaluable
book is the last word on colour knitting.
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