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 sbs 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 sbs instructions

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