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The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs: 500 Classic & Original Patterns | 
 enlarge | Author: Linda Schapper
Publisher: Lark Books
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 65735
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1579909159
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.434041
EAN: 9781579909154
ASIN: 1579909159
Publication Date: July 1, 2007
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Condition: brand new arrived with tear on dustjacket
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Product Description
A classic of stitchwork, The Complete Book of Crochet Stitch Designs has now been updated with all-new diagrams and full-color photography, and showcases 500 designs—from traditional favorites to originals found nowhere else. There are soft and lacy patterns; some that mimic knitting, weaving, or patchwork; and others that use large openwork and popcorn stitches. And every stitch design features a photo, reader-friendly instructions, and a diagram showing each stitch and its placement—so it’s easy to understand the entire design at a glance. The guide also includes a pictorial index, which displays the complete pattern, and directions for all basic crochet stitches. Both beginners and experienced crocheters alike will turn to this invaluable reference for years to come. A Main Selection of the Crafter's Choice Book Club.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Top Notch! July 24, 2008
This is a wonderful stitch pattern compendium. Hundreds of patterns, with a photographic table of contents, and instructions in both written and charted formats. One of the most useful crochet stitch dictionaries I've found, and I own several.
A wonderful stitch reference for crocheters. July 11, 2008
Anyone who crochets will find many reasons for singing the praises of this book whether one crochets using written instructions and/or diagrams. I taught myself to crochet decades ago and collected 1,000s of pattern books along the way; in spite of all my books, this one fails to disappoint and it's a very welcome addition to my library.
I chose to ignore one scathing review in particular as a few moments research showed the reviewer has an established pattern of returning the majority of the books she orders. People like this need to visit their local bookstores or library and physically inspect the latest books rather than waste Amazon.com's time and money to play a game of "book ping-pong". I have yet to return a book due to the lame "I didn't like it" excuse, but then again I'm not the type of person who feels the need to harvest the latest crochet patterns for free by simply stating the book is below my standards and requesting a refund for it.
I can only hope that such unfair, untrue and critical reviews will be tempered by her desperately needed purchase and consumption of Remifemin (non-returnable, of course).
 This is a Great Book June 15, 2008
I was recently asked by a friend to crochet a baby blanket for his sister. I didn't have a pattern that I wanted to make so I consulted this book and found at least twelve different patterns that I wanted to try. I am so happy to have such a great reference of different styles to try. It is exactly what I was looking for and recommend it to anyone looking for a wonderful variety of stitch designs to choose from.
 Okay... I guess... March 28, 2008
As a beginning crocheter, I am positively eating up books with new crochet stitches and styles and techniques and ideas. When I picked up this book at Borders to flip through, I was thrilled to see--500 stitch patterns!
However, after flipping through the book, I was hugely disappointed. All of the stitches are done in the same rough off-white yarn that doesn't do that much to show off the stitch detail. In some (most) cases, it actually washes it out so much, you can't really tell if it's an attractive stitch pattern or not! And that nasty rough yarn... come on. It's just ugly. There are so many better choices available that would have been much more aesthetically pleasing.
I also disliked that none of the stitches have names. They are all numbered. After reaching the end of a book of 500 stitch patterns, are you really going to remember, "Hey, that was stitch #137 that I really liked?" No. More likely, you're going to remember words like "trellis," "shell," or "lattice." Something that you could at least look up in an index to quickly find what you were looking for.
Hoping for so much when I picked up this book. So disappointing.
Lots of ideas February 25, 2008
Great book with lots of ideas for stitches. I don't crochet very well so this is a good basic book for me. I've been knitting forever and have used crochet as an edging on several sweaters, but this book will get me to pick up my hooks instead of my sticks!!
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