Crochet Books

This standing desk flip calendar showcases a new stitch pattern for every day of the year! The handy size fits easily in a project bag, making it a favorite stitch dictionary for on-the-go hooking. Use this perpetual calendar year after year!


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811771863
Binding: Spiral bound
Pub Date: Nov 6, 2023

A complete course in Tunisian crochet, from beginner to advanced stitches, for right- and left-handed hookers, plus 20 beautiful patterns for accessories. Beautiful, colorful, lacy shawls, scarves, hats and more really bring out the possibilities of Tunisian. Photo tutorials are included for all Tunisian stitches.


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811772235
Binding: Paperback / softback
Pub Date: Nov 6, 2023

With a thorough how-to section that includes step-by-step photography and 60 patterns that range in project type and technique, 60 Quick Crochet Projects for Beginners will help new crocheters build skills and make many useful items at the same time.

Whether you're picking up a crochet hook for the first time or are familiar with the basic crochet stitches and need something to make, 60 Quick Crochet Projects for Beginners is the perfect book for you. A thorough learn-to-crochet section instills all the core knowledge you need to get started, and an expansive collection of 60 beginner-friendly patterns provides endless hours of happy crafting. Beginner doesn't have to mean boring, so this pattern collection is accessible yet includes numerous techniques such as colorwork, bobbles, textures, and more to keep crocheters engaged and constantly developing their abilities as they stitch hats, scarves, shawls, mittens, blankets, and even garments. Sidebars are included throughout with tips, tricks, and insight to build crafting knowledge and encourage critical thinking and creativity. With every project made in Pacific from Cascade Yarns, this superwash wool and acrylic blend comes in dozens of colors and will ensure that each project is beautiful, soft, and durable.

A gorgeous collection of 40 cute crochet blocks to make into decorations, homewares, blankets and more!

From the author of Modern Granny Squares and Block by Block Crochet.

Create 40 beginner-friendly granny squares featuring all your favorite animal friends. Bring them to life with fluffy fur, flowing manes, waggy tails and twisting tentacles and then build the squares up into gorgeous items for your home, your friends and your family!

Organized into two parts the book begins with animal block pattern designs, including beautiful projects to make. The following techniques section contains all you need to know to crochet animal blocks. Each design and technique is clearly demonstrated with photography and illustrations.

You’ll find animal block pattern designs combining different crochet stitches and techniques to create cute animal blocks for blankets and more. Every block has a written pattern with corresponding charts, a skill level guide, clear photography and ideas for mixing and matching.

The book also includes 4 gorgeous projects to make with the squares – including a unicorn wall hanging and an under-the-sea baby book.
Sep 12, 2023 | ISBN 9781800921559

Dress up your favorite chocolates with these 20 sweet amigurumi cozies. Perfect for gifts or table display, these cozies are quick projects to make and share!

Chocolate treats are a popular gift all year round, especially in winter, so why not crochet a personalized cosy to make your small sweet presents extra special?

In this delightful book, learn how to crochet 20 cute cozy designs. From a happy snowman and a cheeky monkey through to a smiley stegosaurus and a graceful kokeshi doll, there is a range of designs to suit all occasions and giftees!

There are three different mini cozy sizes – a larger one for chocolate oranges and muffins, a medium-sized one for chocolate eggs, and a small one for bite-sized goodies such as truffles and round, hazelnut-filled confectionery.

Imagine the delight of the lucky recipient when they find, tucked inside the woolly belly of your mini crocheted cover, an entire chocolate treat!
The cozies require very little yarn, making them perfect, last-minute scrap-busting presents.

These are wonderful petite gifts to crochet for any festivity – birthday parties, Easter, Christmas, Halloween and more.

Aug 29, 2023 | ISBN 9781800920200

It is a wonderful thing to bring an Impkin to life with hook and yarn, and herein you will find the detailed instructions necessary to craft one, with an endless array of options for ears, antennae, hats, wings, tails, scales, horns, hairstyles, clothing, and accessories. Stitch by stitch, you’ll cast a spell, until at last you have made a brand-new creature. Don’t be surprised if it asks for a snazzy vest or a satchel to hold its treasures!


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811771610
Pub Date: Aug 31, 2023

Discover easy-to-follow crochet patterns for 15 new amigurumi animals with this second volume in Lauren Espy’s Animal Amigurumi Adventures series

In Volume 2 of her beloved Animal Amigurumi Adventures series, bestselling author Lauren Espy provides even more easy-to-follow patterns for creating cute amigurumi critters (crocheted stuffed toys). Detailed, step-by-step photos, alongside images of the full animal, will help you crochet creations as cute as what you see on the page.

Animal Amigurumi Adventures: Volume 2 features:
• User-Friendly Instructions: Easy-to-follow patterns and guidance for the best tools (standard hook and common worsted weight yarn) to get started
• Step-by-Step Reference Photos: Detailed photographs of each step, as well as the finished product, to help guide you along with confidence
• Perfect Size: Each animal averages 7-10 inches in size, making them ideal to display or play with

New patterns include:
• Safari Animals like a giraffe, hippo, elephant, lion, and zebra
• Arctic Animals like a penguin, polar bear, walrus, beluga whale, and seal pup
• Pets like a dog, cat, chameleon, cockatiel, and guinea pig

Published by Blue Star Press
Aug 01, 2023 | 176 Pages | 8 x 8 | ISBN 9781950968954

This set of 5 adorable creatures are waiting to be your friend! All patterns are suitable for beginners.

Patterns included:

Unicorn

Teddy Bear

Puppy

Rabbit (floppy-eared version)

Rabbit (shorter-eared version)



Yarn to make these patterns is also available from Ricorumi. Visit the yarn page!


Ricorumi books use British crochet terminology.

This set of 7 tiny stuffies will bring a smile, no matter the weather! Sun, moon, stars, raindrops, and a cheerful pastel rainbow are written to work as either teething rings or as a mobile. All patterns are suitable for beginners.

Teething rings call for a wooden ring to wrap around. For the mobile, you'll want a metal ring (for hanging toys from), bells, and a pompom maker kit.

Yarn to make these patterns is also available from Ricorumi. Visit the yarn page!

Ricorumi books use British crochet terminology.

Now it's getting really colorful! These new Ricorumi characters shine in bright rainbow colors. In addition to the rainbow garland, rainbows with and without faces and a cloud, there are toucans, flowers, a bunny and a summer ice cream cone. All models will spread good mood in your own home and are also perfect as a cheerful gift idea. Tip: Of course you can crochet every model in your favorite colors.

Ricorumi books use British crochet terminology.

Sascha Blase-Van Wagtendonk has discovered the secrets to perfect-fitting and comfortable crochet socks, and has designed 10 patterns for the ultimate in style and comfort. All patterns are presented in a range of sizes from babies and toddlers through adult, and for both men and women, so every foot can be warm and happy.


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811739986
Binding: Paperback / softback
Pub Date: Jul 31, 2021

Decorate your home for the holidays with festive crocheted decorations, ornaments, and Christmas cozies! Need a quick holiday gift? This book has you covered there, too, with cute crocheted hats, cowls, and other accessories that work up in a jiffy.

Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811714785
Binding: Paperback / softback
Pub Date: Jul 14, 2015

Worked with bulky yarn and larger hooks, these stuffed animals hook up fast, and all of the patterns are easy enough for even a beginner crocheter. You'll love the new friends you crochet, from a soft, fluffy llama or sheep to a frisky puppy, platypus, dinosaur, teddy bear, raccoon, turtle, and more. Once you make one, you'll see how easy and fun they are to crochet, and you'll want to make all 20 supersized amigurumi!


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811771009
Binding: Paperback / softback

Kristi Simpson delivers 40 patterns for diverse items for the baby and nursery: blankets, decorative garlands, baskets, car seat cover, pillows, nursing cover-up, lovie and toys, diaper bag, mobile, wipe cozy, pouf, sleepsack, changing mat, wall hangings, rugs, and much more--all in colors and styles for the bright, happy, modern nursery.


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811770026
Pub Date: May 31, 2022

Since 2017, Megan Lapp of Crafty Intentions has built a following for her unique crochet creations. They are intricately detailed and colorful, and yet with her step-by-step instructions, anyone can achieve her results. Crochet Creatures of Myth and Legend includes 13 Cute Critter patterns and 6 Standard Size mythological beasts in all their glory.


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811771481
Binding: Paperback / softback
Pub Date: Feb 28, 2023

An exciting new collection of 36 ragdolls, including adult and baby pairs of animals and fantasy creatures such as dragons and dinosaurs; friends from around the world, such as kokeshi dolls, Santa Claus and reindeer, kangaroos and koalas, giraffes, and flamingos. So many cute dolls—great for baby gifts and using up small bits of yarn—and they work up quickly for near-instant gratification.


Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN13: 9780811771702
Binding: Paperback / softback
Pub Date: Mar 31, 2023

This indispensable book is your go-to guide to colour crochet.

It's packed with inspiration, including a comprehensive guide to choosing and using colour, a collection of 40 vibrant colour stitch patterns, a guide to Intarsia, Mosaic, Fair Isle and tapestry crochet, the authors' own innovative 'smart' charting method, shared here for the first time, PLUS 10 wonderful crochet projects.

The book will take readers step by step through the stitch patterns and techniques using photos, charts and accessible text. Helpful hints and tips are given throughout the book.

The 10 stunning projects include a bag, hat, blankets, mittens and baskets, which will give readers the opportunity to practice their newly-acquired skills.
Publisher: Search Press
Edition: BC Paperback
Publication: 05 January 2023
ISBN 13/EAN: 9781782219774

A collection of beautiful blooms for embellishing garments, accessories and homewares.

Everything is coming up roses with this delightful collection of flowers to knit and crochet. The perfect way to use up scraps of yarn or practice using novelty yarns, you can use them to decorate clothing, hats, bags and belts, embellish home accessories, or make a beautiful bouquet as an unusual display piece.
Choose from simple spiral roses, pretty poppies, elaborate layered blooms, and fabulous felted flowers. The flowers are beautifully arranged on the pages, with stitched leaves and embroidered stems, and are cross referenced to a separate section featuring clear pattern instructions and information on yarn requirements.
You will also find plenty of inspiration for embellishing your finished flowers with beads, buttons, sequins, and embroidery, plus ideas for using them in a range of fun ways, from unusual jewellery to decorating gift-wrapped packages.

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.
Jun 27, 2023 | ISBN 9781800921399

Crochet your favorite flower and more, with 20 gorgeous projects to choose from.

For beautiful buds that will last all year round, crochet this lovely little collection of flowers by the author of the best-selling Amigurumi Christmas, Sarah-Jane Hicks.

There are 20 stunning flowers to choose from, including a sunshine-yellow sunflower, the classic rose, a dainty daisy, a sweet snowdrop and the bumblebee’s favourite: lavender.

Once you’ve crocheted your blooms, use them to embellish clothing and accessories, or even turn them into a floral wreath and fairy lights!

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

Jun 27, 2023

ISBN 9781800921009

Immerse yourself in an underworld adventure with 25 vibrant and fun little sea creatures to crochet in amigurumi style!

From the author of the bestsellers Mini Amigurumi Animals and Mini Amigurumi Birds.

Create your own underwater wonderland with these cute and colorful tiny sea creatures. Crochet 25 fun and vibrant ocean creatures, including sharks, whales, jellyfish, an octopus, seahorse, turtle and plenty of colorful fish to choose from. There’s even some coral to complete the set!

You can quickly make each project using only small amounts of yarn from your stash. Give your tiny creations as gifts, or make them into keychains, bag pendants or baby mobiles. Clear and easy-to-follow crochet techniques and diagrams make it easy to get started, and with a short techniques sections to set you on your way, you’ll want to make the whole collection once you get started!

An inspirational book on what is an often underestimated technique.

Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN13: 9781785009242
Binding: Hardback
Page Count: pp. Pages
Discount Code: S01
Pub Date: Oct 7, 2021

Make cute animals with easy-to-follow crochet patterns.

Lauren Espy, author of 2019’s No. 1 bestselling amigurumi book, gives you easy-to-follow patterns so that you can quickly create the cutest amigurumi critters (crocheted stuffed toys). Detailed, step-by-step photos, alongside images of the full animal, will help you crochet creations as cute as what you see on the page.

Animal Amigurumi Adventures: Volume 1 features:
• User-Friendly Instructions: Easy-to-follow patterns and guidance for the best tools (standard hook and common worsted weight yarn) to get started
• Step-by-Step Reference Photos: Detailed photographs of each step, as well as the finished product, to help guide you along with confidence
• Perfect Size: Each animal averages 7-10 inches in size, making them ideal to display or play with

Patterns include:
• Jungle Animals like a sloth, toucan, and monkey
• Ocean Animals like a clownfish, crab, and orca whale
• Forest Animals like an owl, fox, and raccoon
Published by Blue Star Press

Aug 09, 2022 | 176 Pages | 8 x 8 | ISBN 9781950968602

The craze for crocheting cute characters has swept through Japan and around the world-and now everyone can get caught up in this irresistible new hobby. Amigurumi, which literally means crocheted stuffed toy, is fast, fabulous, and fantastic fun. It takes just a few minutes to learn the techniques, and it's the perfect craft for creative people of all ages. This beautifully illustrated guide offers a range of inspiring projects featuring quirky and lovable creatures. And the instructions are especially easy to follow because of the innovatively simple crochet charts that accompany the designs.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Guild of Master Craftsman; Illustrated edition (September 7, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1861086741
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1861086747
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.38 x 8.25 inches

If you love houseplants but have an unerring ability to kill everything off, fear not, because these cute creations don’t require green fingers! There are 25 splendid succulents to make in a variety of shapes and sizes for a touch of indoor greenery that will never need watering, repotting or special plant food. Each project is beautifully photographed and includes clear patterns and guidance. There is also a techniques section that gives clear instructions on all the skills you’ll need to make the projects.

Publishing: Spring 19
Pub month: March
ISBN-13: 9781784945046
Author: Emma Varnam
Binding: PB with flaps
No. of pages: 144
Dimensions: 254 x 203 mm
Colour: Full colour throughout

Crochet your favorite characters, iconic outfits, delightful décor, and more from the beloved sitcom, Friends!

There’s nothing better than enjoying an activity with your friends! Gather yours and re-create iconic moments with this deluxe collection of over 25 official patterns for amigurumi, housewares, costume replicas, inspired apparel, and more both inspired by and pulled directly from the hit TV show, Friends. Featuring patterns for all skill levels, beautiful full-color photography, step-by-step instructions, and clearly presented charts and schematics, Friends: The One with the Crochet is the ultimate crocheter’s guide to the show that’s always been there for you.

PROJECTS FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: This comprehensive, officially licensed guide includes fun projects for every skill level and a wide range of stitches and techniques.

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS: Includes meticulous step-by-step instructions and easy-to-understand charts and schematics.

25+ ORIGINAL PATTERNS: More than 25 unique Friends-inspired patterns including patterns for amigurumi, housewares, costume replicas, inspired apparel and more.

GORGEOUS PHOTOS: With beautiful full-color photography and iconic images from the show, this is the perfect way to celebrate Friends.

COMPLETE YOUR FRIENDS COLLECTION: Also available are Friends: The Official Cookbook, Friends: The Official Central Perk Cookbook, Friends: The Official Recipe Journal, Friends: The Official Advent Calendar, Friends: Yellow Frame Softcover Notebook, and more!

Publisher: Insight Editions (April 25, 2023)
Length: 192 pages
ISBN13: 9781647227975

Step out in a brand-new look with this collection of creative stitches and stylish crochet patterns for cute tops, fun accessories, and more!

This is not your grandma’s crochet book! This craft book is inspired by today’s hot trends—the bold, bright, and colorful that will bring life to your yarn. With step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow tips and tricks, this comprehensive handbook will introduce newcomers and bring lifelong crafters to the unique and versatile world of crochet. Learn how to choose and substitute materials, read a crochet pattern with ease, and create a project with confidence based on your body measurements. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced crocheter, What About Yarn will teach you how to take crochet to the next level. Patterns include:
Bright and colorful tops
Cool patchwork cardigans
Playful matching sets
Funky bucket hats
Cute minidresses
And so much more!

So grab your favorite yarns and your crochet hook and get ready to turn your ideas into fashionable, modern-day outfits.

Publisher: Ulysses Press (May 23, 2023)
Length: 128 pages
ISBN13: 9781646044573

These beautifully designed crocheted hats are just the thing for getting you noticed on a cold winter’s day. There are 15 easy projects, from beanies to berets, all clearly presented and beautifully photographed. Even those with no previous crocheting experience will be whipping up stylish hats in next to no time.

At the back of the book the basic crochet techniques are clearly explained, including how to add a lining for extra cosiness. Sizes are included for children and adults so all the family can have their own handmade hat.

Author: Vanessa Mooncie
Format: Paperback
Size: 254 x 200 mm
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9781784945404