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.

For a book this size, there's a remarkable amount of useful content:

Introduction
- How to use this book, abbreviations and symbols

Before you start

Basic stitches and techniques
- Seven crochet stitches with detailed step-by-step instructions

More advanced techniques
- Seven ways to add decorations, make floral buttonholes, join pieces, etc.

The most common stitches
- Fifteen more stitches, each with detailed step-by-step instructions

Flat circles and squares
- Fourteen patterns for circles, squares, and patches that can be stitched together into blankets