192 pagina's
Techniques, Tips and Advice to Get it Right First Time
Crochet From Start to Finish is an indispensable quick-reference book for crochet devotees, crafters, and needlecraft enthusiasts at all levels. Pre-empting problems as well as solving them, this book offers complete advice on tools and materials, trouble-shooting tips and step-by-step techniques. What do you do if your tension swatch just doesn't match the one on the pattern? Do you know what working into the ring means? How do you substitute yarns and what do you do if your border doesn't lie flat? Crochet From Start to Finish answers questions you didn't know you needed to ask, laying out best practice methods and taking the reader through every stage of the crochet process. Organized by the stages in a project, from choosing tools, through adding trims and embellishments to finishing, the content is presented so you have all the information you need before you get started and know exactly where to look when you get stuck. Illustrated entries and step-by-step tutorials cover every aspect and item in the crochet process. Cross-references take you between chapters so you can see how different aspects relate to each other, providing troubleshooting tips that offer advice on how to deal with virtually any crochet calamity.
Spring 2015 The contents of this book certainly live up to the title. The introduction starts that it is designed to be a personal crochet tutor and that it contains everything you have ever wanted to know about crochet; it includes an explanation of the difference between British and American terminology, which has caught me out in the past. This is not a large book but is aimed at everyone from complete beginners to fairly experienced crocheters; they will all learn something. Starting with how to hold the hook and yarn and make all the basics stitches, the book progresses through to shaping techniques and reading a pattern. All instructions and descriptions are accompanied by clear photographs and illustrations which really help. At the end of the book are informative sections on finishing, blocking, care and maintenance of crocheted items. The book does not include any projects but this does not detract from its usefulness. As a left-hander I immediately looked at the index to see if it accommodated left-handers and there was an entry of pictures of how to hold the wool and hook, although nothing about the problems of reading a crochet pattern from a left-handed point of view. Many of my friends who are expert at all sorts of crafts, yet find crochet difficult, would find this book helpful. I can fully recommend it to anyone wanting to master crochet. * Journal for Weavers, Spinners & Dyers * Feb 14 Catherine remembers the first time she crocheted, as a young girl in Pennsylvania, under the careful tuition of her grandmother. Now she's ready to do offer the same gentle guidance to you. This reference book is full to bursting with step-by-steps and tips, and answers questions such as, what do you do if your border doesn't lie flat? Or, how do you substitute yarns? It's all presented in the right order too, with the first things first and the last things, ahem, last. * Knit Today * Feb 14 Everyone needs an indispensable reference book, and Catherine Hirst provides a comprehensive guide to everything you need to know. There's a lot of troubleshooting advice and help with pre-empting problems as well as solving them, plus tips on tricky issues such as yarn substitution and tension. Organised according to the different stages of a project, with step-bystep-tutorials and plenty of photographs and illustrations, this could easily become your go-to guide to mastering crochet. * Inside Crochet * Issue 15 A thorough and informative quick-reference guide to all things crochet, this book will help you get to know your yarns, hooks, stitches and everything in between. With step-by-step tutorials and hints for what to do when you get stuck, you'll wonder what you ever did before. * Simply Crochet *
