Needlework & Fiber Arts

Basic Crocheting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

Name: Basic Crocheting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
Author: Sharon Hernes Silverman
ISBN: 9780811745390

by Sharon Hernes Silverman

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Overview

This heavily illustrated introduction explains fundamental skills and stitches, such as the chain stitch, slip stitch, and single, half double, and double crochet. Techniques include creating an integral fringe, crocheting in the round, and filet crocheting. Every step is detailed with step-by-step color photographs and illustrations. Create a shadowbox pillow, basketweave blanket, bunny basket, child's cap and mittens, openwork placemats, woven shoulder bag, and more!

About the Author, Sharon Hernes Silverman

Alan Wycheck is a concrete specialist and former partner in The SO Factory, a concrete design company. He is also an award-winning photographer and lives in central Pennsylvania.

Sharon Hernes Silverman is a writer, crocheter, and designer based in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She is the author of several other books and a member of the Crochet Guild of America. She has appeared several times on HGTV's fiber arts show Uncommon Threads. She blogs at blog.sharonsilverman.com.

Annie Modesitt is a knit and crochet designer and instructor from South Orange, New Jersey. Her work is featured regularly in books and magazines, including the Interweave Knits crocheting issue, and she maintains an active teaching schedule. Annie is the editor of the 2006 Crochet Pattern-a-Day Calendar.