Stitch Encyclopedia: Crochet: An Illustrated Guide to the Essential Crochet Stitches

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 66
Contents......Page 4
 TURNING YOUR WORK......Page 6
  HOLDING THE HOOK......Page 7
  SLIPKNOT......Page 8
  PICKING UP STITCHES FROM THE FOUNDATION CHAIN......Page 9
 Single crochet......Page 10
 Half double crochet......Page 12
 Double crochet......Page 14
 Triple (treble) crochet......Page 16
  ADJUSTING THE NUMBER OF STITCHES IN THE FOUNDATION CHAIN......Page 17
  WHEN THE PREVIOUS ROW IS SINGLE CROCHET......Page 18
  SLIP STITCH CORD......Page 19
   BACK LOOP CROCHET (USING SINGLE CROCHET)......Page 20
   JOINING FOR WORKING IN THE ROUND (USING SINGLE CROCHET)......Page 21
Crochet Patterns: Basic Stitch Patterns......Page 22
 Plain net stitch......Page 23
  2-CHAIN FILET CROCHET......Page 24
  FILLED PATTERNS USING FILET CROCHET......Page 25
  PUFF STITCH (USING DOUBLE CROCHET)......Page 26
  WORKING A PUFF STITCH ON A CHAIN STITCH......Page 27
  POPCORN STITCH (USING DOUBLE CROCHET)......Page 28
  FRONT POSTING (USING DOUBLE CROCHET)......Page 30
  ALTERNATELY WORKING FRONT POST AND BACK POST OVER 4 ROWS......Page 31
Other Techniques: Shaping, Seaming, and Edging......Page 32
   INCREASING 2 STITCHES IN THE SAME STITCH......Page 33
   DECREASE 1 STITCH......Page 34
   SKIPPING STITCHES......Page 35
   INCREASING AT BOTH ENDS......Page 36
   SINGLE DECREASE AT THE BEGINNING OF A ROW......Page 37
  WHIPSTITCH......Page 38
  CHAIN CROCHET METHOD......Page 39
  3-CHAIN SLIP-STITCH PICOT CROCHET (USING SINGLE CROCHET)......Page 40
  3-CHAIN SLIP-STITCH PICOT CROCHET (USING PLAIN NET STITCH)......Page 41
 Reverse single crochet......Page 42
  TWISTED EDGING......Page 43
Making Motifs: Crocheting in the Round & Joining Motifs......Page 44
  SINGLE CHAIN TECHNIQUE (USING SINGLE CROCHET)......Page 45
  MAGIC CIRCLE TECHNIQUE (USING SINGLE CROCHET)......Page 46
  ROUND 2—WITHOUT A TURNING CHAIN (SPIRAL)......Page 47
  MAGIC CIRCLE TECHNIQUE (USING DOUBLE CROCHET)......Page 48
  CHAIN TECHNIQUE......Page 50
  RING TECHNIQUE (USING SINGLE CROCHET)......Page 51
  WHIPSTITCH METHOD......Page 52
  JOINING WITH CROCHET......Page 54
  JOIN-AS-YOU-GO TECHNIQUE......Page 55
  BUTTON LOOP (USING CHAIN STITCH AND SINGLE CROCHET)......Page 57
Tools & Tips Getting Started & Finishing Touches......Page 58
  YARN......Page 59
   TYPES OF HOOKS......Page 60
   OTHER USEFUL TOOLS......Page 61
   END YARN TAILS......Page 62
   PULL-THROUGH KNOT......Page 63
 P......Page 64
 Y......Page 65
Chronicle Ebooks......Page 68