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

A heavily illustrated introduction to the skills you need to become a crocheter, Basic Crocheting begins with the yarn, hooks, and other tools you need to get started, and then moves on to cover the skills you need to make a wide variety of home accessories and wearables. Detailed instructions for every step of each project are supplemented with helpful photographs and illustrations. It includes fundamental skills and stitches, such as the chain stitch, slip stitch, and single, half double, and double crochet as well as techniques, including creating an integral fringe, crocheting in the round, and filet crocheting. It also contains photographs by Alan Wycheck and illustrations by Marjorie Leggitt.