200 Crochet Stitches

A practical guide with actual-size swatches, charts, and instructions. 200 Crochet Stitches is designed to get crochet fans discovering new stitches and creative ways of working crochet. It contains a wealth of stitch patterns and how-to techniques.

Stitches are introduced and accompanied by clear photographic step-by-step instructions, charts, and examples of the stitches — as well as feature spreads that explore ideas for yarns and colourways and how to use the stitches in garments, accessories and homewares.

This collection includes crochet's most popular stitch styles: nubbly textured stitches, delicate lacy ones, technically challenging Tunisian, colourful, graphic and endlessly adaptable chevrons and ripples, and finishing techniques. Stitches include ridges, cables, crossed, spikes, filet, mesh-like, trellis, shells, picots, fans, Tunisian, openwork, chevrons, ripples, bobbles and puffs.

• Contains 200 crochet stitch designs and creative ways of working crochet
• Includes crochet's most popular stitch styles: nubbly textured stitches, delicate lacy ones, technically challenging Tunisian, colourful, graphic and endlessly adaptable chevrons and ripples, and finishing techniques.
• Over 350 beautiful photos and images to accompany the stitch patterns

Book Contents

PRELIMS (5 pp)

INTRODUCTION (2 pp)
There is a new energy in crochet, proving that it is as popular on the catwalk as it is in the home. Choosing the right yarns,
stitches, and colours is vital to this process. This book will help you to gain confidence in all these areas.

ABOUT THIS BOOK (2 pp)
An explanation of how the book is organized, the workshop architecture, how to read the charts, and where to find
specific information.

STITCH SELECTOR (6 pp)
An at-a-glance visual index to the stitch collection, so you can compare and contrast the possibilities and choose the
stitch you want.PART ONE/ THE BASICS (12 pp)
Hooks, markers, calculator, and crochet chart
Yarn types and weights, traditional and non-traditional
Gauge
Essential crochet skills
Different ways to hold the hook
Different ways to hold the yarn
Left-handed crochet
Working in rows
Working in the round
Techniques for maintaining the correct stitch count when working sts of different height
Reading charts: row by row, and in the round

PART TWO / STITCH COLLECTION (170 pp)

Basic stitches:
Double crochet—front loop/back loop/front and back loop, alternate
Half treble
Treble
Double treble
Paired DC
Paired HTR
Crossed HTR
Crossed TR
Spider st
Up and down st
Woven
Pike waffle
Wide checkers
Wattle
Sedge
Granule
V
Htr V
Twin V
Three and two
Diagonal trip
Shallow DC
Wide DC/HTR/TR/DTR
Track
Sieve
Floret
Linked HTR
Herringbone HTR
Herringbone TR
Silt
Trinity
DC cluster
Aligned cobble
Grit

Fans and shells:
Close scallops
Open scallop
Rope
Tulip
Peacock
Iris
Arcade
Sprig
Thistle parquet
Little fans
Starburst
Boxed shell
Acrobatic
Fantail
Crow’s foot lattice
Interlocking shell
Shell network
Picot fan
Basket
Block and offset shell
Diagonal shell
Shell and V
Cool
Hexagon
Catherine wheel
Petal
Fan and V
Triple Picot V
Offset V
Mat

Clusters, puffs and bobbles:
Aligned treble clusters
Alternate treble clusters
Pique st
Large clusters
Lace clusters
Honeycomb
Ball
Pineapple
Raised Pineapple
Forked Clusters
Twin clusters
Raised forked clusters
Bead st
Boxed bead st
Bullion st
Alternate popcorns
Paired popcorns
Raised popcorns
Spot st
Global connection
Zig-zag lozenge
Mixed cluster
Pebble lace
Crown puff lattice
Aligned puff
Popcorn waffle
Blackberry salad
Zig-zag popcorn network
Simple Marguerite
5-star Marguerite

Spike stitches:
Basket st
Spiked boxes
Small daisy
Brick
Brickwork
Outline squares
Double crosses
Rake st
Eyelash
Birdsfoot spikes
Tooth
Mirror
Alternate spike
Interlocking block
Spiked squares

Relief stitches:
Front raised trebles
Back raised trebles
Raised treble ridges
Raised treble rib
Basketweave
Diagonal raised trebles
Raised ripple
Raised brick
Chain loop st
Relief squares crinkle st
Crossed ripple
Dots and diamonds
Relief arch
Slot
Woven shell
Compass point
Loop/fur st
Corded ridge
Thistle
Tulip cable

Mesh, Filet, and Trellis:
Basic mesh
Firm mesh
Arch mesh
Picot arch
Triangle
Triple picot V
Bar and lattice
Picot lattice
Ruled lattice
Doubled lattice
Ladder st
String net
Ridged string network
DC Picot string network
Zig-zag double string network
Fancy picot
Puff cluster trellis
Honeycomb trellis
Block trellis
Shell trellis
Honeycomb
Crazy picot mesh
Filet squares
Offset filet net
Solomon’s knot

Crossed stitches:
Cable stitch
Open ridge
Diagonal spike
Zeros and crosses
Cabbage patch
Crossed treble crochet
Crossed lace loop
Crossbill st
Hot cross bun
Broadway

Interlocking stitches:
Wedge st
Interlocking diamonds
Little pyramid
Inverted triangles
Bridge
Crosshatch
Flying shell
Sidesaddle shell
Connected spiral
Interlocking block

Waves and chevrons:
Wavy checkers
Wavy chevrons
Wide chevrons
Simple chevron
Crunchy chevron
Peephole chevron
Ridged chevron
Sharp
Close
Wave and chevron
Textured wave
Long wave
Little wave
Smooth wave
Chevron

Tunisian crochet:
Simple st
Knit st
Purl
Plain
Net
Ribbed
Running
Basketweave
Mesh
Little fan
Chevron
Corded
Fan
Open cluster
Plough and cable

FINISHING TECHNIQUES (8 pp)
Explanation of how to finish work successfully and get a professional finish, including: weaving in ends, blocking,
joining seams, and washing instructions.

INDEX, RESOURCES, AND CREDITS (3 pp)