A to Z of Crochet: The Ultimate Guide for the Beginner to Advanced Crocheter

When I was in my 20s, I was a stay at home mom. I enjoyed reading, crafting, cross stitching, and crocheting doilies. My mom taught me how to make doilies and I could follow fairly intricate patterns. But, I never learned how to make anything else. I'm now in my 50s and teaching myself to knit. I happened to find a pretty scarf pattern that required crocheting. Unfortunately, I can't follow the pattern. I even found my mom's original crochet book from the 1950s & it isn't much help. So, off to Amazon I went to find a quality book on crochet. I looked at several books & read reviews on each. I settled on this book. I think every person who enjoys crochet would find this book helpful. The stitches and techniques are explained extremely well. I learn best visually. So, having a book that illustrates the stitches and how they should look in swatches is perfect for me. Suddenly, my scarf pattern now looks like something I can follow. I am thrilled. I expect to be able to markedly expand my crochet skills with the help of this book. I look forward to making scarves, afghans, hats, sweaters, and whatever else I decide to make with the assistance of this book. You Tube is great if you want to see a video on a stitch. But, I prefer a book at hand for a quick reference. So, if you want to learn to crochet or simply need help with more intricate work, this book will more than meet your needs.

I just got this book so I haven't tried anything in it, but I have flipped through and looked at what's in it. It has a lot of pictures with the instructions. It is mostly stitches, no patterns. But it also has a lot of problems solving such as increasing and decreasing edges, working left handed, button holes (vertical and horizontal), weaving ends, joining yarns, checkerboards, and shaping. I have always been more of a freestyle crocheter, so I love this reference work. Patterns tell you what to do but not why you are doing it. This sort of instruction tells you how to get a specific effect and lets you decide when and where you want to use it. Now I can put Bobbles where I want them! Even though there there is a whole section on circles it doesn't have the Magic Circle! Which is how to close the hole in the middle of a round. They should really add that. And there was a listing for "History" in the index as being on pages 4-5. Pages 4-5 are the table of contents and I couldn't find anything about crochet history. Not a huge loss but they should correct the index.

My wife is a doing Crochet since many years. She was always looking for a guide book for advanced techniques and this book was the ideal pick for her. She says this is a sort of library and the designs are well explained. All the basics are included with some advanced techniques with colorful clear pictures. The book has never used and brand new.

This reference was purchased at the same time as The Crochet Answer Book, 2nd edition, to refresh my skills in a hobby not practiced in decades. Both books have worth to refine forgotten stitches, shorthand & techniques. The illustrations in this text are colored photographs, which are valuable for showing what a finished sample will look like, & encourages me to try other styles. The book's size is favored (over the other text) for staying open to the section I need; the softcover's folded back edges are handy to mark & flip easily to a frequently used page. Scattered among the photos & text are decorative motifs (flowers, vintage covers, yarn, tools, etc.) which are fancy fillers, but I would have preferred a larger & bolder font; many of the graphics (tables, tips, & especially the index) are small, italicized, or too faint to easily read. Overall, for the price & content, even with these criticisms, this is a reference I will use for many seasons. But I am glad to have supplemented its content with the second book.

I wanted to start a crochet project after many years away from the craft and needed a refresher course on the basics. Consistent with many of the other reviews, I found that the description and pictures in this book were detailed, clear and user-friendly. The book also supports opportunities to advance to more complex projects. It was well worth the investment.

Plenty of photos to help anyone else, and it makes it so much easier to understand how to do some of the stitches and patterns.

It's not what I expected. The pictures are taken to far away from the work I can't tell what's being done. There aren't really any patterns in it. It doesn't have any really advanced info in it. Most of it is common knowledge to me. It would be okay for someone who wants to learn new stitches just starting out the only info I can really use is the edging patterns in the back of the book, the few there are anyway.

I bought this crochet book for myself some years ago and this time I purchased it for a birthday present. I like it because it shows me how the stitches will look on the finished product and then it shows me how to do them. It also tells me the name of the stitch, so if I really get confused with the instructions, I look it up on YouTube. Very helpful!

I bought this book for my mom who was particularly interested in crochet but this book is suitable for children above 10 years very nice book very simple and understood well .I would like to describe this book as crochet all rounder . a very worth product . I was happy to find this I searched a lot and find this suitable

This book is amazing, very informative and easy to use. As a self taught crocheter this is full of diagrams and a legend that assists with pattern reading. Very handy to have.

Tiene puntadas muy diferentes y novedosas y te explica paso a paso como realizarlas, además del ganchillo tiene puntadas de gancho afgano

ordered this book for a Christmas present for my wife .arrived on time and very pleased

Simple to follow, great for beginners and for more experienced users to expand their repertoir of stitches.