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Crochet up to 30 creative blankets that start from just 10 granny squares!

The granny square is the perfect foundation for countless projects and is unparalleled for its portability, versatility, and endless variety. Using only 10 granny squares selected from The Granny Square Book and Granny Square Flowers, Margaret Hubert shows how you can crochet 30 completely different blankets. Each square is used three times with different yarns, color schemes, motif arrangements, and edge finishes.

You'll be amazed at the versatility of these squares! You can crochet blankets that are perfect for babies, boys, girls, college kids, and grown-ups. Some are crazy, colorful, and fun; others are serene, classic, and sophisticated. Crochet them for bedrooms, family rooms, or dorms. 10 Granny Squares 30 Blankets provides enough designs to keep you crocheting blankets for everyone and every reason for years to come!

Paperback | 128 pages

Add personality, sentiment, and coziness to your kitchen with Easy Crochet Dishcloths. Don't underestimate the effect crocheting your own dishcloths can have on a space!

There's a difference between a house and a home, and there's definitely a difference between a kitchen and a cozy kitchen! Make your kitchen more than a room for cooking; crochet a cozy kitchen -- crochet your own dishcloths!

Easy Crochet Dishcloths offers 11 designs that are a great way to learn to crochet, try a new yarn or use some of your stash, and create a beautiful supply of colorful, environmentally friendly, reusable cloths for cleaning, display, and gifting.

The “Crochet School” section presents the featured crochet stitches step-by-step to help beginners get started and to refresh more experienced crocheters. With designs ranging from very simple to more challenging, crocheters at all skill levels will find designs they’ll love to make. Project instructions are provided in both words and international crochet symbols.

Paperback | 60 pages

Learn to Knit Stitch by Stitch with Modern Stashbuster Projects

Author: Helle Benedikte Neigaard

Add personality, sentiment, and coziness to your kitchen with Easy Knit Dishcloths. Don't underestimate the effect knitting your own dishcloths can have on a space!

There's a difference between a house and a home, and there's definitely a difference between a kitchen and a cozy kitchen! Make your kitchen more than a room for cooking; knit a cozy kitchen -- knit your own dishcloths!

Easy Knit Dishcloths offers 13 designs that are a great way to practice knitting, try a new yarn, or use some of your stash, and create a beautiful supply of colorful, environmentally friendly, reusable cloths for cleaning, display, and gifting. Even if you've never knit before, our beginning projects are the perfect introduction to this craft.

To help beginners get started and to refresh more experienced knitters, the “Knitting School” teaches the featured stitches step-by-step. With designs ranging from very simple to more challenging, knitters at all skill levels will find designs they’ll love to make.

Format: Softcover                                                                                                        Pages: 60                                                                                                                          Size: 8"x8"                                                                                        ISBN: 9781589239562

Let Carri Hammett untangle the mystery and allure of cabled knitting for you!

Knitted cables are intriguing patterns of stitches that crisscross, twist, and braid their way up through the knitted fabric. Their texture and depth have a uniquely magical allure.Though surprisingly easy to master, cabling is an intermediate level skill that opens up a vast realm of possibilities for knitters--a boon for every knitter!

This 32-page booklet covers, in great detail, all the basics about knitting cables. Step-by-step instructions, photos, charts, and sample swatches make it easy to learn this exciting knitting method. Yarn shop owner and author Carri Hammett's clear writing and a crystal-clear format ensures success for beginners and intermediate knitters alike.

Learn how to read charted cable patterns as well as directions that are written out row by row with abbreviations. Explore seven different cable patterns and experiment with a variety of cabling maneuvers and patterns. Complete instructions for two fun projects - a laptop cover and a cozy pillow - incorporate these cable patterns. Don't miss this comprehensive addition to your knitting library!

Paperback | 32 pages

The Absolute Beginner's Guide: There's a First Time for Everything

Author: Deborah Burger

Learning how to crochet has never been simpler! Enjoy this beginner's guide that takes you by the hand, like a personal instructor, and teaches you how to crochet. With detailed descriptions of materials and tools, the easy step-by-step instructions for all the basic crocheting techniques will have you creating projects like boas, coasters, and even slippers and bags in no time. Eight simple projects will introduce crocheting skills like basic stitches, chaining, increasing and decreasing, and color techniques; skills you will use often as you continue to learn. With First Time Crochet, soon you will be stitching amazing gifts and projects with confidence.

Format: Softcover                                                                                                        Pages: 128                                                                                                                        Size: 8.5"x11"                                                                                    ISBN: 9781589238251

200 Stitch Patterns in Words and Symbols

Anyone who loves to crochet needs to have this book on their bookshelf!

Crochet diva Melissa Leapman divulges 200 of her favorite crochet stitch patterns in this book--enough designs to keep you busy stitching for years! Many of the patterns included are original designs, and others are garnered from Leapman's years of experience in the industry. The book is geared toward crocheters of all skill levels and is formatted in a way that encourages readers to learn and grow as they sample from the patterns.

The beginning of Melissa Leapman Stitch Collection fearures a pattern library with a full explanation of stitch multiples and how they work. Suggestions are offered about how to design basic projects, including afghans, pillows, hats, and more. The book's second section offers stitch patterns arranged by type--from lace to cables to colorwork and beyond. Each stitch pattern is accompanied by easy-to-read instructions, stitch diagrams using international symbols, and a clear photo. If the reverse side of the fabric is interesting for a given pattern, both sides will be presented. A unique icon is used to mark these special patterns, making them easy to seek out for versatile scarves and blankets, which must look attractive on both sides.

Readers will want to make hats, scarves, shawls, and more for themselves and friends. The patterns just beg to be stitched.

No one can deny it--this book is off the hook.

Format: Trade Paperback 176 Pages
ISBN: 9781589239296
Size: 8.50 in x 11.00 in / 215.90 mm x 279.40 mm
Published: July 28th, 2016
Imprint: Creative Publishing International

This is a comprehensive reference book on all aspects of crochet. This book provides a reference for all methods, including Tunisian, intermeshing, broomstick lace, hairpin lace, and freeform crochet. Includes step-by-step instructions for all the basic stitches and swatches of 100s of stitch patterns with complete instructions. Now with:

All new projects

20 new stitch patterns

Expanded basics

This richly illustrated how-to book is a comprehensive reference for various felting techniques, including needle felting, wet felting, and nuno felting. With these easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions and hundreds of full-color photos, you’ll be able to explore these easy projects that provide fun opportunities for you to try the techniques. Galleries of unique felted designs and creations by renowned fabric artists act as beautiful examples and inspiration to pursue the hobby yourself.

Paperback | 240 pages

Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Crocheting Square by Square--Now with 100 Motifs and 25 All New Projects!

This updated second edition of The Granny Square Book offers crocheters at all skill levels even more to love about granny squares—featuring 25 brand new squares, and 25 all-new projects.

Since it was first published in 2011, The Granny Square Book has instructed and inspired more than 70,000 crocheters to make and create beautiful, stylish projects with these classic motifs. Now designer and author Margaret Hubert has updated her best-selling and beloved book to include 25 additional crochet squares (for a total of 100!) and 25 all-new projects to make, wear, and give.

Margaret shows the evolution of this portable and convenient technique of crocheting square by square as well as its amazing versatility and variety—how it can be used to make almost anything and interpreted in countless ways with different yarns. Among the designs are:

Accessories (headbands, bags, and jewelry)
Garments (vests, jackets, and tops)
Decorative items and gifts (afghans, pillows, and a sweater set for baby)
Fire up your crochet hooks! The Granny Square Book, Second Edition offers unlimited possibilities for creating with this timeless technique.

Format: Trade Paperback 208 Pages
ISBN: 9781589239487
Size: 8.50 in x 8.50 in / 215.90 mm x 215.90 mm
Published: May 1st, 2017
Imprint: Creative Publishing International