Explains how to create everything from openwork and lace through to woven and hairpin crochet. Useful for both the highly experienced and the absolute beginner, this book takes you through the basic techniques to a project section that provides guidance for making colourful and stylish garments for you to wear.

With 40 stylish patterns, this guide aims to show young knitters how to get started, how to make it fun and how to make the hip clothes they want. Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.

Featuring four-colour photographs and instructional illustrations, this book contains instruction, inspiration, and various designs, from a fishnet skullcap to a lacy evening wrap. For knitters and new crocheter's exploring the hook, it features a discussion of tools, what the gauges mean, plus basic techniques and stitch patterns.

Choose from 200 beautiful block designs and learn different ways of joining them to make blankets and throws that are both functional and decorative. From Art Deco geometric patterns to traditional chequer-board stripes and elaborate motifs, discover new ways to combine colour, pattern and texture. Crochet is one of the oldest and most fascinating ways of creating a fabric out of yarn. Find out ..

Teaches beginners how to knit in plain English, using a line of 'knit' translated into a line of English, so that knitters will feel confident about taking that next big step into the world of knitting patterns on their own.

An essential accessory for your favourite teapot and the ultimate in homely comfort... every dedicated tea-lover should have a tea cozy - or few to choose from. This title in the Cozy... series shows off a range of quirky cozies to knit and crochet. The projects are accompanied with patterns and instructions for how to create your cozies.

A comprehensive guide to knitting sweaters for men, women, children and even pets. It features 25 classic sweater patterns, illustrated with step-by-step photographs.

A collection that blends designs with flattering, feminine silhouettes that makes knitters eager to start and delighted to finish. With skirts, jackets, tanks, pullovers, and accessories, it showcases texture, lace, and unusual pattern construction. It features projects for various seasons, skill levels, and time commitments, and occasion.

Features various Tuscan-style knitting projects.

Features vintage baby patterns from the 1920s through to the 1950s. This book features projects that range from small, quick-to-knit items like hats, socks, booties, soakers (cloth nappy covers) and shrugs to larger and more challenging designs for sweaters, onesies, dresses and blankets.

'Hooked for Life: Adventures of a Crochet Zealot' is a humorous take on what makes crocheters tick.

Offers a way to use up scraps of yarn or practice using novelty yarns to decorate clothing, hats, bags and belts, embellish home accessories, or make a beautiful bouquet as an unusual display piece. This work allows you to choose from simple spiral roses, pretty poppies, elaborate layered blooms, and fabulous felted flowers.

A collection of patterns, designs and motifs. From simple stripes and polkadots to more complicated Fair Isle designs, it features a range of swatches for knitters of every skill level.

Centers on four thematic vignettes (Wild Child, A Vintage Dress Shop in Paris, Street Wear and Creative Woman) which are inspired by French daily life, film, and history and use different types of yarns, colors, and stitch patterns. This book lets you to use knitting as a vehicle for self-expression and encourages to experiment with that medium.

Presents twenty hand-knitted cakes. This title includes a selection of muffins, fairy cakes, carrot cake, scrumptious gateaux and more.

Features various tales, from the humorous (teaching a troop of Girl Scouts to knit) to the poignant (making a new friend while visiting a friend in hospice care) that reveal how knitting can lead to moments of connection and self-discovery and give all of us opportunities to share love and kindness.

Crocheting accessories can be a quick, simple and rewarding way to enhance a wardrobe and build needlework skills. This book features 30 projects such as, a snuggly brown scarf and an elongated clutch with a snap closure and decorative medallion.

Presents patterns for handbags. This title provides guidance on yarn weights and types, tools and step-by-step directions for essential stitches and techniques.

A collection of 19 contemporary garments that celebrate results without the intricate techniques. It features projects accompanied by photographs, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions, thorough materials lists, and a Design Notebook that covers ways to maximize style while simplifying knitting and finishing techniques.