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Crochet:
200 Questions Answered
Rita Taylor

Search Press
November 2010 / ISBN 1844486427
How-To Books/Crochet
Amazon US || UK


Reviewed by Rachel A Hyde

What do I need to take up crochet as a hobby? How do I look after my equipment? What is broomstick crochet? How do I make picots? These questions and many others are answered in this indispensable book.

If you can think of a crochet question it probably gets answered in here. Questions are grouped into sections such as how to start, shaping, following pattern instructions, basic stitches etc and each section has a color-coded edge you can see from the outside of the book, as well as a mini-index at the front of each section. There is also an index at the end, plus a table of hook sizes, abbreviations and international symbols. I think that my own favorite part has to be the “how it’s done” parts of some of the stitch types such as spiders, bobbles, popcorn etc which gets the reader stitching right away. The back of the book mentions that it is suitable for both “beginners and experienced crocheters” which is true up to a point. Anybody who can do the basics and wants to branch out will find this book invaluable as it manages to answer most of the questions people tend to ask at this stage. A total beginner will learn about buying equipment, holding the hook and yarn, doing chain etc but as the other basic stitches such as double and treble etc are described in words only I would recommend the purchase of a proper beginner’s book. For anybody else this is a highly useful book to own that belongs firmly on the crocheter’s keeper shelf.

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Reviewed 2011
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