Authors:Bullard, Lisa,
Publisher: Compass Point Books
Keywords: fun, crocheting
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $26.65
ISBN-10: 0756538610
ISBN-13: 9780756538613

Learn how to play your favorite sport or participate in your favorite activity in this exciting series from Compass Point Books. Each book in the For Fun series features bold, full-color photos, informative text, and all sorts of fun facts about your favorite pastime. A quick reference guide, timeline of important events, instructions on basic skills, biographies of notable people, glossary, and index are included.

Author: Inc. Sterling Publishing Co.
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: course, complete, school, crocheting
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-07-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1402708319
ISBN-13: 9781402708312

The materials you need, the way to hold the hook, and directions for dozens of stitches: here is essential information for any newcomer to crochet. All of this and much more appear in this bountifully illustrated beginner’s guide. Start out learning the 3 basic crochet stitches and quickly move on to making geometric forms, lace patterns, edgings, and seams. By the time you’ve worked your way though the large selection of stitches and weaves, you’ll have mastered over 50 fundamental techniques.

Author: Mildred Graves Ryan
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Keywords: pleasure, crocheting
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 1983-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0385185189
ISBN-13: 9780385185189

Authors:Karen Manthey, Susan Brittain,
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, crocheting
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2004-07-30
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 076454151X
ISBN-13: 9780764541513

8 pages of full-color photos illustrate projects in the book Step-by-step instructions make it easy to get hooked on crocheting Whether you’re a first-time crocheter or looking to expand your skills, this hands-on guide helps you choose the right tools, create basic stitches, and finish off your work. Then, you’ll move on to more advanced techniques and make purses, hats, sweaters, and afghans. You’ll also find out how to care for your crocheted items. The Dummies Way Explanations in plain English "Get in, get out" information Icons and other navigational aids Tear-ou

Author: Daina Taimina
Publisher: AK Peters
Keywords: planes, hyperbolic, adventures, crocheting
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2009-03-26
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1568814526
ISBN-13: 9781568814520

This richly illustrated book discusses non-Euclidean geometry and the hyperbolic plane in an accessible way. The author provides instructions for how to crochet models of the hyperbolic plane, pseudosphere, and catenoid/helicoids. With this knowledge, the reader has a hands-on tool for learning the properties of the hyperbolic plane and negative curvature. The author also explores geometry and its historical connections with art, architecture, navigation, and motion, as well as the history of crochet, which provides a context for the significance of a physical model of a mathematical concept t

Author: Maggie Righetti
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: second, english, plain, crocheting
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-12-09
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0312353545
ISBN-13: 9780312353544

The definitive classic on crocheting for years, the first edition of Crocheting in Plain English equipped readers with easy-to-follow, friendly advice on creating their dream crochets. A lifelong crocheting teacher and designer, Maggie Righetti offered both basic principles and step-by-step instructions to get crocheters started and to perfect their techniques.In this latest edition, completely updated and revised for today’s crocheter, Righetti dispenses more of her invaluable wisdom, covering virtually everything you need to know about crochet, including:* Selecting threads and yarns* Det

Author: Rita Weiss
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: series, needlework, placemats, crocheting
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 1978-11-01
List price: $3.95
ISBN-10: 0486237001
ISBN-13: 9780486237008

29 best-known placemat patterns taken from now rare instruction booklets published some thirty years ago include Modern Squares, Americana, Fisherman’s Lace, 26 others. All stitches used to make placemats explained in diagrams. Instructions. 47 illustrations.