Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to the key skills of crochet has exactly the skills you need to master this perennially popular craft. For a book this size there's a remarkable amount of useful content: Introduction - how to use this book, abbreviations and symbols Before you start Basic stitches and techniques - seven crochet stitches with detailed sbs instructions More advanced techniques - seven ways to add decorations, make floral buttonholes, join pieces, etc The most common stitches - fifteen more stitches, each with detailed sbs instructions Flat circles and squares - fourteen patterns for circles, squares and patches that can be stitched together into blankets