Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Crochet Hooks 8
Equipment 12
Yarns 14
Colour 20
Getting Started 22
Your first stitches 22
Anatomy of a stitch 43
Making a tension swatch 46
Conversion chart & symbols 47
Abbreviations quick view 48
Blocking 50
Your First Projects 54
How to read a pattern 56
Project: Coasters 58
Colour changes 60
Invisible join 61
Project: Place Mat 62
Project: Infinity Scarf 64
Sewing seams 66
Basic working in the round: foundation ring method and flat circle method 68
Project: Cowl Scarf 70
Advanced working in the round: magic ring method 72
Increasing 74
Project: Face Scrubbies 76
Crochet charts 78
Working a granny square 80
Working a solid hexagon 82
Working a granny triangle 84
Project: Granny Square Baby Blanket 86
Pompoms 90
Project: Granny Hexi Pillow 92
Tassels 96
Project: Cranny Triangle Bunting 98
Project: Yarn Basket 102
Shaping, sizing and adapting patterns 104
Project: Hat & Mittens 106
Hat 108
Decreasing 109
Mittens 110
Colourwork 112
Surface cross stitch 114
Project: Pencil Case 116
Advanced Stitches 122
Showstopper Blanket 136
And There You Go… 142
Stitch Index 144