Teach Yourself Visually Crocheting

by Cecily Keim and Kim Piper Werker

Book Overview

This highly VISUAL guide makes it easier than ever to get hooked on crocheting The approximately 30 million crocheters in the U.S. make crocheting one of today's hottest hobbies. This VISUAL guide makes it easy to pick up a hook and a ball of yarn and get stitching, with clear, step-by-step presentations of techniques accompanied by detailed color photos that show readers exactly what to do. The book's more than 20 patterns-everything from blankets...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764596411
• ISBN13: 9780764596414
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Visual
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Disappointed

I am unable to use this book.Opening the package I was immediately hit with the stench of nicotine. The book is saturated in it. I will be ordering another one as it’s just the book I’ve been looking for.

Great photos--super for beginners!

The photos are just wonderful, and I wish I had this book when I was first learning to crochet.It covers just about every crochet topic you need. Thing to note...this book is the same content as the smaller version(Teach yourself visually Quick tips)...just in a larger size. I wish I had known that because I purchased both. As far as I can tell, they are the same book.

Everything Covered!

This discusses just about anything and everything you could want to know about crochet. Awesome book. - Basic terminology - Basic and advanced stitches - Multiple finishing techniques - How to read patterns!!!

If you only could have one crochet book...

This probably would be the one to get--it has the most comprehensive and easy to understand instructions of any guide I've seen. As a crochet teacher, I've watched students struggle with trying to reproduce what they see in the line drawings that are used in most instruction books. TYVC uses photographs which are well done and easy to follow and understand. Pretty much every aspect of crochet is discussed and cool patterns highlight the techniques your teaching yourself--I especially like the spiderwoman belt and the tunisian crochet tie.

Perfect for beginners

I was searching for a new hobby when I came across this book. I'd never picked up a crochet hook in my life, nor had I had any prior experience with the craft. I bought my yarn and a few hooks, sat down with this book, and within a few minutes had begun to learn the stitches, now... after only two weeks of learning from this book (although I think a person could sit down and learn the basic stitches in a couple of hours) I have begun my first project. My work looks very nice, I am comfortable with the stitches and methods I have learned and practiced through this book and I know that once I learn all of the methods in this book I'll be ready to tackle just about any project or pattern I come across. The pictures help a lot, and with each "lesson" a picture of a completed rectangle using the stitch you are learning, it is easy to compare your work and make sure you are doing the stitch right. I have reccommended this book to anyone I know that is looking to learn to crochet! It has some very nice patterns in it, it walks you through so many different stitches with pictures of all of them and at the end they have projects you can practice with. This book is easy to follow, comprehensive, and perfect for a beginner like me.

Clear, precise and easy to follow

I'm a beginner crocheter and this book is one of the easier books to learn crocheting from. The instructions are easy to following. I like the pictures because they are easy to see the actual stitches and how they are suppose to look like. This book also includes patterns that I haven't seen in any other crochet book.