The Granny Square Book: Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Crocheting Square by Square

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While all the squares in these books are not the classic square, you think of when imagining a granny square, they are still included since they are usually referred to as a granny square as well. Alternatively, privacy settings in most browsers will allow you to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, have it notify you when you receive a new cookie, or disable cookies altogether.

It seems aimed for the advanced beginner as the basics are not reiterated or illustrated as one finds in many new crochet books. Die Anleitungen sind auf englisch, allerdings hat man sich ja auch da schnell eingelesen und da ich eh lieber nach Häkelschrift arbeite, ist es nicht weiter relevant. Each project is graded according to the level of skill required, and there is a comprehensive basic techniques chapter explaining all you need to know.Hooks may have slightly different shapes at the neck or hook, but their sizes, designated with letters, numbers, and metric diameter measurements, are universally used. I know you’re excited to skip to the gorgeous squares and start creating but save yourself the headache and take the 10 – 15 mintes of your life that it’ll take to fully read, understand and absorb this section. Author and designer Margaret Hubert shows you the amazing versatility and variety of this portable and convenient technique of crocheting square by square—how it can be used to make almost anything and interpreted in countless ways and different yarns. Although I accept free products for review, I do not accept additional compensation, nor do I guarantee a positive review.

I just got this book today and after a thorough look through I can honestly say I am thrilled to bits with it. Overall rating (out of 5 stars): 5 (If you already own Beyond the Square: Crochet Motifs, remember that you will already have a lot of the same content, but different motif patterns. 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 section edition is a paperback, rather than spiral-bound book, but it does (mostly) lay flat and includes flaps on both covers that you can use to mark your place so you don’t have to stress while crocheting.The advertising cookies associated with our service belonging to our advertising partners as listed under cookie details. The chart at right shows the correspondence between the letter and number sizes and the metric conversions. I was so happy to hear that Granny Square Flair won the Favourite Crochet Book of 2019 in the British Knit and Crochet Awards! This chapter is something you can skip over and just dive into the patterns, but it includes the types of tips and tricks that can make your work look more polished.

To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.If you love to crochet, love retro granny squares, some of which are definitely out of the box thinking, this is a great book and I especially love that it is spiral bound (with a hard cover covering the spirals) so that the spine glue will never crack - also has some patterns too! Charts would have assisted the small, lightweight text whose flow is interrupted by reminders that dc is (UKtr) (for example).

I wanted to try one more square myself so decided on the ‘She Sells Seashells’ square – another coastal inspired square! Insert the hook into the first of the five double crochets made, pick up the dropped loop, and draw it through.

The patterns include four non-squares: the classic granny rectangle, and three half-square triangles that coordinate with a square pattern. Wrap the yarn over the hook again (1) and draw it through two of the loops so there are now three loops on the hook (2). With innovative techniques and inventive combinations of basic stitches, I have created what I hope will be a valued addition to your crochet reference library. So glad I purchased this fort my kindle which allows me to zoom in on the patterns for clarification. Make two double crochets, chain 1, and then work two more double crochets in the same stitch (shown).