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Claire Montgomerie's Complete Guide to Granny Squares

100 Mix-and-Match Designs, with Charts, Written Patterns and 8 Stunning Projects
Brief Description
The ultimate granny-square guide complete with 100 mix-and-match granny squares with charted and written instructions; a step-by-step beginner's guide to stitches, chart reading and more; plus 8 stunning granny-square projects! From Claire Montgomerie, the best-selling author of the global phenomenon, The Granny Square Card Deck (TM)... Read More
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The ultimate granny-square guide complete with 100 mix-and-match granny squares with charted and written instructions; a step-by-step beginner's guide to stitches, chart reading and more; plus 8 stunning granny-square projects!

From Claire Montgomerie, the best-selling author of the global phenomenon, The Granny Square Card Deck (TM) series (with 400,000 copies sold!).

Inside this gorgeously giftable, beginner-friendly guide you'll find:

  • 100 colourful grannies, carefully designed to be mixed and matched in any combination!
  • Every granny-square design with both written and charted instructions, and a full-size, full-colour photograph, so you can follow the patterns with ease in whichever way you prefer.
  • A complete guide to getting started, with information on yarn and hooks, a step-by-step illustrated stitch guide, advice on joining your squares, a complete guide to reading charted patterns and guidance on choosing and using colour.
  • 8 gorgeous projects to put your granny squares into practise, including a cardigan, bag, cushion, scarf plus a collection of 4 colourful blanket options.

If you love The Granny Square Card Deck (TM) series, you will love this book, which contains a comprehensive toolkit of the crochet stitches and techniques needed, a step-by-step guide to reading charted patterns, 100 side-by-side written and charted patterns, plus 8 stunning projects!

This comprehensive book is a must-have guide for any granny-square lover, whether you're picking up a hook for the first time, or looking for designs to inspire you!

This expanded paperback edition includes the charted patterns from The Granny Square Card Deck (TM) (9781800922297, 2023) and The Granny Square Flowers Card Deck (TM) (9781800923065, 2024).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800924833

Publisher: Search Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Search Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 195.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Claire Montgomerie is a textiles designer specializing in crochet and knitting. She has written many best-selling books on these topics, and also styles and edits the UK craft magazine Inside Crochet. Her fabulous book The Beginner's Guide to Crochet has now sold over 33k copies, while The Granny Square Card Deck (TM) sold out before its publication date and has now sold over 250K copies worldwide, in 12 different languages, topping best-seller lists around the world! Claire lives in Cambridgeshire, UK. Check out her website: clairemontgomerie.com and Instagram: @clairemontyknits

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