Colourful Crochet

Author: EMMA. LEITH
Publisher: CICO Books
ISBN: 9781782498933
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Bring more colour into your crochet with these bright and beautiful patterns. Imagine you are in the wool shop or searching for yarn online - do you instinctively go for the reds and pinks, naturally veer towards soft blues and greens, or head to the dark side of greys and blacks? The relationship between colours and our state of mind is well established, but we don't often consciously notice how much different colours affect us or understand why we favour some over others. Emma Leith is known for her colourful crochet, and has designed 35 projects that will bring you the psychological benefits of working with different shades, along with the enjoyment of creating beautiful items for the home and to wear. There is a chapter for each season, to reflect the colours of nature in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and then a chapter of 'four seasons' designs, showing you how to mix shades from different times of the year. With notes on the colour therapy benefits of different patterns, and suggestions for switching shades to suit your own preferences, you will soon be crocheting in full colour.

Colorful Crochet Knitwear

Author: Sandra Gutierrez
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 144638134X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
Crochet bright and beautiful clothes and accessories with this guide to the most exciting crochet colorwork techniques including intarsia, mosaic and tapestry crochet. Why should knitters have all the fun when it comes to colourwork? If you prefer using one hook to two needles but wish you could crochet colourful garments like knitters then this collection of colourful crochet clothing is for you. Whether it’s a sweater with a decorative yoke or a matching beanie and glove set in a Scandinavian-inspired design, this collection of crochet patterns shows that it’s not just knitters who can make colorwork sweaters and accessories – crochet can be just as versatile once you know the techniques. Author, Sandra Gutierrez, explains how to use tapestry crochet and its variations to create a fairisle crochet patterns on garments and accessories including a hat and mittens set, a yoked sweater, a Christmas jumper and a summer top. Other colorwork techniques include standard mosaic crochet, worked flat and in the round; single row mosaic crochet worked in the round to create texture; intarsia crochet which lends itself to more graphic images; and how to use stripes and color blocking as an accent on a shawl and sweater. The collection also includes a number of garment construction techniques so you can build your crochet clothing skills as well as learning the colorwork techniques. Some of the techniques included are: top down construction; how to stitch a circular yoke; shaping raglan sleeves; vertical construction; shaping with short rows and how to make faux I-cords. Some of the garments are crocheted in the round while others are worked flat so you can build up your construction skills as you go and choose your favourite methods.

Modern Crochet Style

Author: Lindsey Newns
Publisher: White Owl
ISBN: 1526793148
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 114

Book Description
Fifteen clever crochet projects from scrunchies to scrap rugs! Modern Crochet Style is packed full of crochet makes for you and your home. Designer Lindsey Newns, of Lottie and Albert, has created fifteen different projects to delight and inspire throughout the seasons—from luxe scrunchies and woven wallhangings to fruit placemats and leopard-print cowls. With advice on yarns, detailed stitch descriptions, and step-by-step photo instructions, the projects are accessible to every crocheter. Also includes FAQs!

Colorful Crochet Afghans and Pillows

Author: Kristel Salgarollo
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 1461750784
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 81

Book Description
Brighten up your home with bold, colorful patterns for 12 afghans and 7 pillows in a variety of styles. Many designs pay homage to classic quilt patterns such as Trip Around the World, Log Cabin, and Nine-Patch quilts, reinterpreting them with a unique crochet twist Includes modern updates of old patterns such as granny squares and the classic wavy stripes afghan that use creative color choice to make these classic styles new and exciting Get creative by incorporating fabric and simple sewing or adding flower embellishments to a simple design Skills refresher section gives step-by-step illustrations and directions for the basic crochet stitches as well as essential skills for assembling afghans and pillow covers

Colorful Crochet Cables

Author: Noelle R. B. Stiles
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811772918
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 209

Book Description
Don't be afraid to mix colors and cables! The often-repeated advice that it is best to choose solid-color yarns when you crochet cables is not always true. With a little bit of knowledge and planning, you can crochet beautiful Celtic cables and enhance the design with your choice of a multicolored yarn. Author Noelle R. B. Stiles is a vision scientist and has done extensive research into the art and science of color play (so that you don't have to!). What she brings to this book is the practical side of color usage. She gives you a broad look at how colors and designs work together and illustrates how color choices affect the final outcome of your crochet pieces. She specifically sets out to prove that multicolored yarns should not be sidelined in your textured crochet pieces and can be used to great advantage. With practical examples and 20 patterns, she shows how crochet designs can feature both a multicolored yarn and an intricate cable to gorgeous effect. Patterns include eye-catching scarves, hats, mitts, blanket, cardigan, and more. If you are new to cabling, there are step-by-step instructions and several beginner patterns. Pull out your favorite hand-painted or variegated yarn and give it a try!

Crochet Makes From Scrap Cakes

Author: Naomi Vincent
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1446313646
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
Love yarn but don't know what to do with all your scraps? This guide will show you how to make wonderful, colourful cakes of yarn to create scrappy but beautiful crochet makes. This unique book explains how you can use up the small balls of yarn that are left over from project making, to make bespoke ‘scrap cakes’ – chunky balls of scrap yarn – specifically to suit a crochet pattern. Crocheting with scrap cakes gives the finished project a multicoloured scrappy look but in a considered way, because the author explains how to create the scrap cakes to get the perfect colour contrast. She also explains how to make scrap cakes with different colour themes by sorting your scraps into tonal groups before winding them up, it's the perfect way to play with colour and make unique yarn for your crochet projects. The front of the book features a section about how to make the scrap cakes which author, Naomi Vincent, makes on a winder. She also explains how to make them if you are winding the balls by hand in order to make sure that the yarn comes from the centre of the ball while you're working. Naomi explains how many lengths of each colour yarn you need for each part of the pattern, how to measure it out and in what order, how to do the ‘magic knot’ technique to join the yarns and the order they need to be wound in. In addition to the instructions about making the scrap cakes there are 15 crochet projects for colorful scrappy makes including a shawl, scarf, bag, hat, cardigan and different sized blankets and throws. The projects use lots of interesting crochet stitches and techniques - there's a granny square blanket, a corner to corner throw and some fun stitches like the mini bean stitch and the cluster stitch, and there are instructions for all of these at the back of the book for reference. This has everything you need to bust your stash of 'yarnlings' and make some amazing crochet projects along the way!

Crochet

Author: Eunice Close
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473382262
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
This is a classic guide to crochet, a process of creating fabric from yarn, thread, or other material strands using a crochet hook. It offers the reader step-by-step instructions for the different techniques of crocheting, teaching them how to produce a variety of designs and simple garments in no time at all and requiring little previous experience. Ideal for beginners and seasoned knitters alike! Contents include: “Materials”, “Tools”, “Stitches”, “Chain Stitch”, “Double Crochet”, “Variations of Double Crochet”, “Treble”, “Double and Triple Treble”, “Half Treble”, “Slipstitch or Single Crochet”, “Abbreviations”, “American Terms”, “Increasing and Decreasing”, “Pattern Repeats”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on crochet.

Stripy Blankets to Crochet

Author: Linssen
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781266034
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Inside this book, Haafner takes her readers on a journey into the world of crocheting stripes. These patterns are relaxing to create (taking readers into a state of what psychologists call 'flow') as they are pleasingly repetitive, can be worked up quickly and don't have lots of ends to sew in. The patterns for the 20 beautiful stripy blankets vary from simple designs that use only the most basic stitches - perfect for an absolute beginner - to more complex creations that use special stitches. Furthermore, each project comes with a written pattern, chart, colour advice and instructions for making it in a variety of sizes, ideal for making presents for little ones as well as your grown-up friends and family! You'll also find all the basic crochet techniques clearly explained if you need to learn or refresh your crochet knowledge.

Fair Isle Crochet Workshop

Author: Vreeswijk
Publisher: Search Press Limited
ISBN: 1781266891
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
In this beautiful book, Tatiana Popova shows the reader how to create stunning crewelwork embroideries inspired by traditional fairy tales, including The Wizard of Oz, Karolcia, the Wild Swans and Cinderella. This magical collection takes as its central theme a magnificent embroidery depicting the 'Tree of Happiness'. Each part of the embroidery is then explored in detail through stitch diagrams, explanations of the threads used, and alternative ways of working. There are seven wonderful designs in total, each dedicated to one of Tatiana's favourite fairy tales, and all illustrated with gorgeous photographs and informative diagrams. Over 90 stitches are described in the book, all worked using stranded cotton and cotton pearl thread rather than traditional crewel wool, which gives the embroideries a fresh, modern appeal. Whether you are new to embroidery or an experienced embroiderer looking for inspiration and expert guidance, Tatiana's beautiful book is one you will turn to again and again.

100 Crochet Tiles

Author: Various
Publisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 144638120X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
Stitch your own collection of stunning crocheted tiles with this selection of crochet patterns and charts inspired by beautiful decorative ceramic tiles. 100 Crochet Tiles features a wide range of crochet patterns and charts from a number of different, talented crochet designers. Choose from your favourite whether it's a multicoloured, middle eastern pattern or a geometric design in an understated colour way. Create stunning, colourful designs using crochet techniques including intarsia crochet, overlay crochet, mosaic crochet and tapestry crochet. All of the crochet stitches and techniques you will need to make the crochet patterns are included in the techniques section along with helpful step-by-step artworks and instructions. There are crochet charts for each of the tiles alongside the written crochet patterns. These crochet tile patterns are the perfect stash buster and a great way to use up small amounts of leftover yarn. As well as the tile patterns there are eight project ideas for ways to use the crochet tiles. These include cushion and pillow covers, afghans and throws as well as rugs, wall hangings and table mats. You can choose your favourite designs and make beautiful crochet gifts for friends and family.