Learning crochet has never been easier!

You’ve seen gorgeous crochet items online and in boutique shops, and you’d love to learn to create them yourself. Now’s your chance! Packed with hundreds of inspirational color photos and easy-to-follow instructions, this fun guide teaches you how to hook your way to a wonderful new skill.

This revised edition includes:

Expert advice on choosing your hook, yarn, and other helpful tools

Stitch-by-stitch lessons for dozens of pretty and practical stitches

Illustrated instructions for shaping your work with increases and decreases

Guidance on reading crochet patterns and decoding crochet charts

Troubleshooting tips for avoiding common crochet mistakes

More than 15 stylish projects and patterns that build on what you’ve learned

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June Gilbank is a crochet pattern designer, writer, blogger, and multicrafter. She runs the PlanetJune craft blog and pattern store (planetjune.com), is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Amigurumi, and has designed and published over 150 crochet patterns.