Crochet: Just What You Need

Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to the key skills of crochet has exactly the skills you need to master this perennially popular craft

Crochet: Just What You Need packs a remarkable amount of useful content into a pocket-size practical package. With it, you’ll be able to enjoy the calm of crocheting beautiful things in no time at all. You’ll master seven basic stitches and techniques, thanks to detailed step-by-step instructions. When you’re comfortable with them, move on to fourteen patterns for flat circles, squares and patches that can be stitched together into blankets, or try some more advanced stitches—fifteen more are detailed. Finally, you’ll learn how to add decorations, make floral buttonholes, and join pieces so you can make the most of your squares and patches.

For absolute clarity, everything is illustrated with appealing two-color line art, and the book is so stylishly packaged that you’ll want to gift it to everyone!