Creative Crochet Projects

Creative Crochet Projects

Author: Stephanie Pokorny

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1607658550

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Whether you want to learn how to crochet or you’re looking for new projects to try, Creative Play with Crochet is for you! Featuring 12 projects that start easy and introduce a new technique one design at a time, this exciting guide contains crochet patterns you won’t find anywhere else! Filled with personality and color, follow step-by-step instructions and skill-building tutorials to create a collection of charming crochet projects, from a beehive mobile and a kitchen play mat to toys, beanies, scarves, and more!


Making with Meaning

Making with Meaning

Author: Jessica Carey

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2020-10-06

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1647000785

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A thoughtful, purposeful approach to prioritize time for making, adding more meaning and intention to your life. From cooking and cleaning to children’s events to business meetings to just about everything else, it’s hard to ï¬?nd quiet moments to just be. Jessica Carey has found that her best times for be-ingare when she is making. Hers is an inspiring approach to a beloved pastime, putting to use the meditative and therapeutic beneï¬?ts of working with your hands. Featuring more than 20 different crochet patterns to inspire you as you make time for making, the book offers instructions to those who want to begin their crochet journey and teaches how to crochet through detailed explanation and visual guidance. Projects vary in skill level but are all designed for readers to be able to free their minds, leaving space for stitch-repetition to kick in. Accompanied by essays focused on gratitude, creativity, and living with intention, among other topics, the book invites you to take time to reflect on these themes and their presence in your life. Jessica offers support and encouragement so that you can strengthen more than just your crochet skills as you explore this adventure.


Mindful Crochet

Mindful Crochet

Author: Emma Leith

Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1782497641

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The 35 patterns in Mindful Crochet include specially designed elements of repetition, color and texture, which will help you relax, refocus and unwind. Anyone who's ever tried to master a new stitch or work out which granny squares should go where on an afghan will appreciate how crochet can totally engage your attention and harness your creativity. Being "in the moment" is an essential part of following a pattern, keeping your yarn on the hook, counting stitches, and remembering which color to use next. Emma Leith shows how these qualities can become a form of mindfulness practice, bringing you peace, calm, and a greater sense of well-being. There are projects you can make for yourself or your home, and others designed to be given as gifts. The satisfaction you'll get from creating these lovely makes and seeing others appreciate them is another important way in which crochet can encourage a positive outlook and bring happiness.


300 Classic Blocks for Crochet Projects

300 Classic Blocks for Crochet Projects

Author: Linda Schäpper

Publisher: Lark Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1579909132

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There’s so much to choose from in this comprehensive collection that crocheters will be inspired for months on end! Updated with all-new diagrams and full-color photography, it offers 300 variations on crocheted shapes that range from classic patterns to complete originals found nowhere else. Circles, squares, triangles, hexagons, shaped rosettes, florals, and more: the varied and appealing patterns offer something for every potential project. Each design features a photo of the stitch, reader-friendly written instructions, and an at-a-glance diagram of every stitch involved. A pictorial index displays the complete pattern and illustrated directions show how to sew the blocks together. Anyone who loves crochet must have this on her bookshelf!


Hooked Throws

Hooked Throws

Author: Margaret Hubert

Publisher: Creative Publishing Int'l

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9781616732974

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Here are contemporary crochet projects for fun, fast, fashionable afghans, shoulder wraps, and baby blankets. Throws and baby blankets are the most popular crochet projects!


Crochet with London Kaye

Crochet with London Kaye

Author: London Kaye

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1683356713

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Whimsical indoor and outdoor projects from the yarn artist known for her “boundary-unraveling work” (The New York Times). Yarn has always been a popular medium, but in the hands of artists like London Kaye, it becomes a vibrant new form for expression and personal creativity. Full of tips and techniques on crochet, types of yarn bombing, and at-home projects for the beginner and advanced crocheter, Crochet with London Kaye promises to engage and inspire crafty readers around the world. With beautiful photos of her most admired street art pieces, yarn artist London Kaye brings the lesser-known world of yarn bombing into focus, with the added bonus of more than a dozen of her most sought-after patterns: crochet covers for your sneakers, a vibrant case for that blue IKEA bag everyone has at home, or her signature eyeball that you can personalize and add to your own bag, jacket, or attire of your choosing. Her projects are unlike anything else you’ll find today, and with this book you can take an up-close look at her work—and take your needlework in an exciting new direction.


Creative Crochet Jewelry

Creative Crochet Jewelry

Author: Esther Zadock

Publisher: Sixth & Spring Books

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781936096077

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Crocheted jewelry is bringing new zing to traditional bling! Using common yarn, a selection of beads, baubles and crystals, and just a few simple techniques, crocheters of every skill level can quickly produce uncommonly appealing designs. Color photographs accompany the instructions so every step in the creative process is easy to follow. More than 30 projects include an assortment of necklaces, bangles and bracelets, elegant ornaments for evenings out, and much more.


My First Crochet Book

My First Crochet Book

Author: CICO Books

Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small

Published: 2015-03-07

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1782492933

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If you love fabrics, yarns, and being creative, then you'll love the 35 great projects in My First Crochet Book. Learn how to use a crochet hook to make different stitches and patterns and you'll soon be making all sorts of pretty items. Divided into four chapters, the book includes a level of 1, 2 or 3 for every project, and comes with easy-to-read instructions and adorable, step-by-step artworks that will guide you along the way. In Clothes and Accessories you'll find warm and cosy scarves, a beanie hat, wrist-warmers, mittens and lots more. Jewellery and Decoration has pretty flower corsages, bracelets and brooches. Then you can have a go at Bedroom Essentials, and try making a pillow or curtain tie-back for your room. Lastly, Perfect Gifts has cute ideas for toys and other pretty things you'll love to make. Finally the basic techniques section covers every crochet technique you'll need to know, as well as yarns, hooks and stitches.


Hooked Bags

Hooked Bags

Author: Margaret Hubert

Publisher: Creative Publishing International

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781589232556

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"For beginners, an illustrated basics section teaches all stitches used in patterns. Includes easy-to-crochet projects for bags of many sizes, shapes, and styles-bucket, hobo,clutch, drawstring, amulet. Unique designs feature novelty and cotton yarns; ori