5 Free Crochet Books

This eBook is offered by FaveCrafts.com. It includes a variety of patterns for quick work up. You can make these for yourself, friends, gifts, or charity's.

They have a section on Easy Patterns which include a cup cozy and an Easy Floppy Hat. You will find a number of simple flower patterns that you can use as appliques for apparel, hats or pins.

What is a quick and thrifty pattern book without dishcloths? This eBook includes 5 different dish cloth patterns.

Additional patterns include Baby patterns, a pattern for Monster Eyes Slippers and a Rainbow Trout Bookmark.

Each pattern includes a photo of the completed project. When a new technique is introduced such as HairPin Lace - a photo tutorial is included.

Download this free crochet book - '25 Quick and Thrifty Free Crochet Patterns' - on FaveCrafts.com.

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Learning to Crochet will be simple with this ebook offered on AllCrafts.com. You will learn a bit of crochet history and then all the crochet abbreviations that make up a pattern. Once you learn these abbreviations and the basic stitches you will be able to crochet a number fun projects.

Two diagrams are included introducing crochet hooks - steel hooks and bone,wood,plastic hooks - as well as types of yarns used for various projects.

You will learn the following:

- How to make a gauge

- How to turn your work

- How to fasten off

- Basic Crochet Stitches [chain stitch, foundation chain, slip stitch, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, treble crochet,joined treble crochet, cross treble stitch, Double Treble, Triple Treble]

- How to Decrease

- How to Increase

- Special Stitches [Picot, Cluster, Waffle, Filet, Space, Block, Lacet, Shell stitches, Solid shell, Open shell, Slanting stitch, Star stitch, Knot stitch, Half knot stitch, afghan stitch, Loop stitch, Popcorn stitch, Clones knot, Rolled stitch]

- How to change colors

You will also find a special section for Left Handed Crocheters and a section that gives you laundering and care instructions for your projects.

Download this free crochet book - 'Learn to Crochet Quickly and Easily' - from All Crafts.


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This book features a number of needlework crafts including sewing, knitting, embroidery, tatting, and crochet. For the purpose of this review I will be concentrating on the Crochet section only which is Chapter 9.

The Chapter on Crochet starts out by giving you a history of the word 'Crochet' and the different styles of crochet - German and Victoria aka Tunisian or Tricot. An introduction to the stitches and form follow with diagrams and sketches.

Stitches Introduced in the Book:
- single stitch
- plain stitch
- rose stitch
- Russian stitch
- Ribbed stitch
- chain stitch
- pique stitch
- slanting stitch
- crossed stitch
- Russian crossed stitch
- counterpane stitch
- knotted stitch
- loop stitch
- plain stitches for a chain
- trebles
- half trebles
- double trebles or long stitch
- triple and quadruple trebles or extra long stitch
- connected trebles
- crossed trebles
- trebles for a chain
- knot stitch
- bullion stitch
- cluster stitch
- double stitch
- raised stitch
- raised stitch with crossed trebles
- raised stitch with dots
- raised dots with trebles
- raised dots in slanting line
- close shell stitch
- picots *[No picture]
- small rounded picots *
- large rounded picots*
- pointed picots*
- picots with rounded leaves*
- picots with pointed leaves*
- chain picots*
- picots in bullion stitch*
- drooping picots
- lace picots

You will also learn how to turn a tapestry pattern into an open work pattern or Filet pattern. A Lacet is also introduced and an explanation on how to use it in crochet. An introduction on how to crochet a square and a hexagon. A tapestry crochet piece is included using just 2 colors.

Learn how to Tunisian crochet also known as tricot with sketches and directions on how to make plain stitch, straight plaited stitch, diagonal plaited stitch, and an open Tunisian stitch. You are also shown how to decrease and increase using tricot crochet.

Hair Pin Crochet is introduced with various vintage tools. Hair pin lace and hair pin tassels are introduced with a number of different styles.

The chapter on crochet ends with a number of lace patterns including lace with leaves and lace with a star. All can be adapted for scarves, shelf liners, doily's, hair nets, curtains, and trim.

This free crochet book -Encyclopedia of Needlework- is available for download on Project Gutenberg.


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