This comprehensive reference and pattern book contains answers to a wide range of nuts-and-bolts questions that crocheters want and need to know but are often unable to find in standard “tutorial” crochet books that cover only the basics.

You’ll learn how to:
• read patterns
• work with multiples
• successfully substitute yarns
• effectively master seaming
• evaluate gauge
• convert measurements
• enlarge patterns for a perfect fit
• fix crochet mishaps

This book will also show you how to:
• crochet with special hooks
• care for your crocheted items
• work with color
• block different types of projects
• use the right adhesives
• add professional touches to your projects
• crochet socks that fit
• use crochet to recycle and re-invent clothing
• make safer, longer-lasting toys
• organize your crochet supplies and yarn scraps
• take your crochet to a professional level
• do special crochet techniques, such as felting, mosaic crochet, Swedish embroidery, tambour crochet, Fair Isle, crocheting with thrums and locks, flatwork bead crochet, cross-stitch on crochet, crocheting on fabric and even how to process and crochet with pet hair

You’ll find all of this and more in this one-of-a-kind crocheter’s guidebook that you will go to time and time again for answers to those crochet problems and questions that every crocheter encounters at one time or another. -- BACK COVER