Hip to Crochet: 23 Contemporary Projects for Today's Crocheter (Hip to . . . Series)

Featuring 18 fashionable patterns that take crochet into new territory, this beginner-friendly book of projects dispels the "unhip" reputation of crochet with designs that are edgy and stylish. Projects include jewelry, thigh-high stockings, retro bags, scarves, sweaters, shrugs, camis, and home de; cor objects, exploring color, texture, design, embellishment, and how to customize patterns to fit personal style. Basic crochet techniques are covered along with tutorials on sizing, design, and special techniques. Up-and-coming designers are profiled throughout the book to give an entertaining and inspiring insight into this new generation of crocheters, what inspires them, how they find community with other crocheters, and creative ideas for breaking the rules and representing their individual crochet style "Join the seamless revolution Traditional motif seaming techniques require crocheters to painstakingly sew together hundreds of seams and weave in countless ends. Not with Seamless Crochet! With Seamless Crochet, innovative designer Kristin Omdahl has pioneered a new technique for crocheters of all skill levels to create motif-based patterns in one piece, eliminating seams and leaving only two ends to weave in. Kristin's revolutionary modular construction allows one motif to flow into the next, creating secure joins and beautiful geometric patterning on the exterior round. Inside you'll find a showcase of 18 garment, home decor, and accessory projects from Kristin that will change the way you crochet forever. From pillows to shawls to blankets, these projects illustrate just how versatile and time-saving this "tail-free" construction method is. As a bonus, Seamless Crochet also includes a helpful instructional DVD of Kristin explaining the details of her new technique. Plus, the book offers a motif directory of original designs with Kristin's expert advice on how to adapt any motif-based pattern to her one-of-a-kind seamless technique. Seamless Crochet will forever transform the way you approach every crocheted motif-based design and project. "-- "Crochet motifs are the basis for many of today's most popular designs, from Granny Square afghans to lacy shawls. These projects are traditionally constructed as beautiful, discrete building blocks that are sewn together after all are made, which can mean hundreds of seams (and twice that many ends to weave in). Kristin has pioneered a new way of working patterns in one piece eliminating seams and leaving only two ends to weave in! This modular construction allows one piece to flow into the next and the joins are more secure than traditional joining. Each motif is joined to all of the adjacent motifs in the stitch pattern, creating beautiful geometric patterning on the exterior round. This technique basically entails working half a row of motifs at a time, from left to right. The return row completes the top half of each motif in the row. The end result looks like traditional motifs, but the construction is entirely different. When crocheting a traditional motif, you crochet a chain to elevate the hook to the height of the stitches on that row. No, imagine if you were to work a chain long enough to include the beginning chain of every round before you began your first round. At the end of every round, you would just slip stitch to the appropriate height chain to join and slip stitch up the correct height for the next round of stitches. "-- "Crochet motifs are the basis for many of today's most popular designs, from Granny Square afghans to lacy shawls. These projects are traditionally constructed as beautiful, discrete building blocks that are sewn together after all are made, which can mean hundreds of seams (and twice that many ends to weave in). Kristin has pioneered a new way of working patterns in one piece eliminating seams and leaving only two ends to weave in! This modular construction allows one piece to flow into the next and the joins are more secure than traditional joining. Each motif is joined to all of the adjacent motifs in the stitch pattern, creating beautiful geometric patterning on the exterior round. This technique basically entails working half a row of motifs at a time, from left to right. The return row completes the top half of each motif in the row. The end result looks like traditional motifs, but the construction is entirely different. When crocheting a traditional motif, you crochet a chain to elevate the hook to the height of the stitches on that row. No, imagine if you were to work a chain long enough to include the beginning chain of every round before you began your first round. At the end of every round, you would just slip stitch to the appropriate height chain to join and slip stitch up the correct height for the next round of stitches. "-- Provided by publisher. Join the seamless revolution!Kristin Omdahl debuts her revolutionary, one-of-kind seamless motif joining crochet technique in Seamless Crochet. Traditional motif seaming techniques require crocheters to painstakingly sew together hundreds of seams and weave in countless ends. Not with Seamless Crochet!Innovative designer Kristin Omdahl has pioneered a new technique for crocheters of all skill levels to create motif-based patterns in one piece, eliminating seams and leaving only two ends to weave in. Kristin's brand-new modular construction allows one motif to flow into the next, creating secure joins and beautiful geometric patterning on the exterior round.Inside you'll find a showcase of 18 garment, home decor, and accessory projects from Kristin that will change the way you crochet forever. From pillows to shawls to blankets, these projects will show you just how versatile and time-saving this'tail-free'construction method is.Seamless Crochet will transform the way you approach every crocheted motif-based design, giving you professional crochet results in a fraction of the time.

Featuring 18 fashionable patterns that take crochet into new territory, this beginner-friendly book of projects dispels the unhip reputation of crochet with designs that are edgy and stylish. Projects include jewelry, thigh-high stockings, retro bags, scarves, sweaters, shrugs, camis, and home décor objects, exploring color, texture, design, embellishment, and how to customize patterns to fit personal style. Basic crochet techniques are covered along with tutorials on sizing, design, and special techniques. Up-and-coming designers are profiled throughout the book to give an entertaining and inspiring insight into this new generation of crocheters, what inspires them, how they find community with other crocheters, and creative ideas for breaking the rules and representing their individual crochet style.

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There's a genuine spirit of fun and cheeky style that should attract the new generation of hookers.

From Art Decoinspired geometric designs to traditional checkerboard stripes and elaborate motifs, this guide helps crafters rediscover crochet with more than 200 fabulous block patterns. Employing traditional styles and contemporary colors, crocheted blocks inspire crafters to create a dynamic palette of color, pattern, and texture by mixing, matching, and combining. Step-by-step instructions accompany each pattern, along with stunning photographs that encourage crocheters to explore a range of color combinations and coordinates. A directory of blocks is cross-referenced with symbols that describe the techniques used and the degree of difficulty, and each pattern is designed so that finished blocks are the same size when they are worked in yarn of the same weight. A useful refresher course of crochet stitches and techniques is included, as are patterns for edgings and instructions on making fringes to finish off afghans in style. How did the crochet renaissance get started? Read short essays about experimenting with crochet to empower yourself to take design risks. The projects run the spectrum from crochet jewelry to thigh-high stockings, retro bags, scarves, sweaters, shrugs, camis, home decor objects, and more. Projects explore color, texture, design, embellishment, and how to customize patterns to fit personal style. Basic crochet techniques are covered along with tutorials on sizing, design, and special techniques. Up-and-coming designers are profiled throughout the book to give an entertaining and inspiring insight into this new generation of crocheters - what inspires them, how they find community with other crocheters, and creative ideas for breaking the rules and representing their individual crochet style. This book will empower everyone to start their own crochet revolution. This is crochet for the people! Featuring 18 fashionable patterns that take crochet into new territory, this beginner-friendly book of projects dispels the "unhip" reputation of crochet with designs that are edgy and stylish. Projects include jewelry, thigh-high stockings, retro bags, scarves, sweaters, shrugs, camis, and home décor objects, exploring color, texture, design, embellishment, and how to customize patterns to fit personal style. Basic crochet techniques are covered along with tutorials on sizing, design, and special techniques. Up-and-coming designers are profiled throughout the book to give an entertaining and inspiring insight into this new generation of crocheters, what inspires them, how they find community with other crocheters, and creative ideas for breaking the rules and representing their individual crochet style

a Broad Range Of Garment Patterns And Home Accessory Projects That Transform Traditional Crochet Projects Into Today's Trendiest Clothing Are Provided In This Collection Of Fashionable Crochet Designs. Presented With Easy, Step-by-step Instructions, Illustrations, And Photos, These 23 Projects Include A Bohemian Coat Sweater, A Mohair Hat, Retro Bed Slippers, And An Assortment Of Trendsetting Bags. Projects Are Included For Baskets, Pillows, And A Throw To Add A Stylish Twist To A Crocheter's Home Decor. In Addition To Introducing Basic Crochet Techniques, This Guide Tackles More Advanced Projects Using A Variety Of Yarns, Including Mohair, Merino, Angora Blends, And Linen.

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love The Baskets, Done In Linen...there Are Quite A Few Other Fun Patterns.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction Shawls Star-Edged Lace Shawl Fuchsia Flower Shawl Turtle Rodeo Shawl Blue Lagoon Swirling Hexagon Shawl Ninja Stars ShawletteAccessories Snowflake Scarf Star Motif Mobius Slouchy Lace Hat Berry Blossom Market Bag Slouchy Lace Flower Hat Radiance Sparkling Skinny Scarf Blue Sky Cowl Jamie Manly Hat Berry Market BagHome Decor Circular Pillow Moroccan Tile Blanket Bolster Pillow Raspberry Pillow Table RunnerBabies and Kids Buttercup Layette Buttercup Blanket Shark Hunter Hat Starfish Blanket Shark Hunter BlanketWorking in the Round Modifying Motifs for Tail-Free Construction Motif Collection Glossary Resources Index. Contemporary accessories are easy to make with the step-by-step photographs and instructions adapted from simple crochet techniques found in this book. Featured projects include multicolored bead and crochet necklaces, lacy spider web chokers, delicate yarn and wire bracelets, lively cherry earrings, mohair flower pins, and pretty cocktail rings embellished with beads and stones. Materials and finishes include ribbon and eyelash yarns, silver and gold wire, beads, crystals, and ribbons, and an explanation of all the necessary tools and stitches is provided. Contemporary accessories are easy to make with the step-by-step photographs and instructions adapted from simple crochet techniques found in this book. Featured projects include multicolored bead and crochet necklaces, lacy spider web chokers, delicate yarn and wire bracelets, lively cherry earrings, mohair flower pins, and pretty cocktail rings embellished with beads and stones. Materials and finishes include ribbon and eyelash yarns, silver and gold wire, beads, crystals, and ribbons, and an explanation of all the necessary tools and stitches is provided. Thigh-high stockings Flower motif market bag Felted cable bag Victorian shrug Comfy cardi Felted tapestry crochet nesting bowls Leaves sweater Tunisian lace camisole Collar/cuff Sleeveless icelandic cowl and arm warmers Felted messenger bag His and her plaid scarves Asymmetrical wrap mini skirt Babydoll dress Men's saddle shoulder sweater Circle motif rug Spiral motif sweater Rocker sweater Amigurumi. There are two ways of holding the crochet hook-pencil style (Figure 1) or knife style (Figure 2).