The best thing about this book is that if you are a fan of granny squares, this book has something for every level of crocheter. Die Größe ist auch super, es ist recht groß und man kann es so alles sehr gut erkennen und sich mit Klebezetteln markieren in der Häkelschrift, ohne zu verrutschen.

This updated second edition offers crocheters at all skill levels even more to love about granny squares with twenty-five brand new squares and twenty-five all-new projects. I have included some more challenging projects that will really test and improve your crochet skills. Whether you make multiples of one pattern for an elegant cushion or combine all 50 patterns for a spectacular sampler blanket, Granny Square Flair will be your indispensable crochet companion. The "Crochet Basics" section includes descriptions with photos of crochet stitches (including basics and special stitches), so the book is very beginner friendly.She has enjoyed a lifelong career designing both crochet and knit patterns for yarn companies and book and magazine publishers. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. They also help us to enforce our Terms of Use, prevent fraud and maintain the security of our services. This book will show you how to create twenty different squares, including flower patterns, interpreted in different colours and yarns to create a kaleidoscope of effects.

Rejuvenated with up-to-date designs and a vast range of yarn choices, today’s granny square is the foundation upon which many new and exciting designs can be created. The chart at right shows the correspondence between the letter and number sizes and the metric conversions. Diagrams with symbols that represent the stitches are often given along with the written instructions, or sometimes the diagrams stand alone (see page 19).

The instructions are straightforward, there's an inspiring mix of small and large projects to try and I can't wait to get going on Christmas present making this autumn.

Wrap the yarn over the hook three times, insert the hook into the specified stitch, and wrap the yarn over the hook again. Once you've made them, turn them into simple baby blankets, purses, cosy arm warmers or even stylish boot toppers, as shown by Val.Beyond this treasury of 75 different granny square motifs, Margaret Hubert shows the evolution of the granny square, how it can be used and interpreted in different ways with different yarns, and how today's crocheter can design her own projects using the granny squares of her choice with the yarn choices of today. I am a member of the CGOA, The Happily Hooked on Crochet chapter in CT, and a member of The Big Apple Knitters in New York City. Make two double crochets, chain 1, and then work two more double crochets in the same stitch (shown). My only suggestion would be to put the photo of the granny square at the beginning of the instructions instead of after.

I was contacted by the team at ‘ Love Crafts‘ before Christmas and asked if I’d like to do a product review. The most usual method of beginning working in rounds is by making a foundation chain, joining with a slip stitch to form a ring (1), then work the next round inserting the hook into the center of the ring rather than in the chain stitches (2).In addition, if you use our cookie tool to opt-out of certain cookies, your opt-out preferences will be remembered by placing a cookie on your device. Super easy to follow for someone that definitely doesn’t really know what they’re doing when it comes to crochet. I got about 7 rows in, on the extra-advanced square I tried and then attempting to figure out what I was doing between the written word and the two separate charts while reminding my kids to take turns with eachother became far too much for me to handle.