Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Crochet by Donna Kooler, Leisure Arts (Manufactured by)
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(Paperback - REV)
- Pub. Date: September 2002
- 240pp
- Sales Rank: 134,924
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: September 2002
- Publisher: Leisure Arts, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 240pp
- Sales Rank: 134,924
- ISBN-13: 9781574862829
- ISBN: 1574862820
- Edition Description: REV
Synopsis
This is the complete, authoritative guide to the history, technique, and variety of patterns every crochet enthusiast will treasure. Materials and basic techniques are clearly illustrated, step-by-step. For those whose skills go beyond the basics, advanced techniques and projects will challenge and inspire.
Library Journal
Produced by the Kooler Design Studio, this authoritative encyclopedia of crochet credits a number of well-known designers and writers in the field for its contents, including Nancy Nehring, Gwen Blakley Kinsler, Melissa Leapman, Ann E. Smith, and Kathleen Power Johnson. It includes a beautifully illustrated and footnoted history of crochet, instruction in basic crochet techniques for both left- and right-handed learners, detailed information on the abbreviations and chart symbols used in crochet patterns, instruction in specialty and thread crochet techniques, a selection of illustrative projects for crocheters with beginner to advanced skills, and a crochet pattern gallery. The gorgeous, elaborately detailed "Philosopher's Coat" pattern for advanced crocheters shows the art of crochet at its best, while the information included on wire crochet and crocheting socks is difficult to find in other crochet handbooks. Essential for public library crochet collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
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Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Crochetby Anonymous
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June 12, 2006: I am not a beginning crocheter, (about intermediate) and I stumbled over every pattern I thought about doing from this book because the instructions are SO Terrible. If you are doing anything beyond basic sc or dc patterns (kind of the whole point of a pattern book) you will likely be very frustrated. For example I decided to try a Filet Crochet pattern (very simple really) but no where in the pattern did it tell me how to start or even how many to chain. So I searched the beginning part (intructions) to find the answer....15 minutes later I had found out how to make a basic square and how to turn but not how to start. Through trial and error I figured it out and later found a book at the libary on Filet Crochet which explained at the beginning (very simply) that you chain 3st for each square in pattern plus 1. Nowhere did it say that in this book. This is just one example. It has a few good patterns but as it is an exercise in frustration to use any of them I will look for a different book with clear and concise stitch guides and instructions.
Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Crochetby Anonymous
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May 11, 2005: You simply can not do better than this book. It is well illustrated and easy to follow.
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