Once you've conquered your stitches, get stuck into your first projects, starting from the easiest designs to the more complex ones to crochet. It may be that they seem faulty but in fact are fine – we should be able to help you establish what is going wrong on the phone, with the help of some photos or video clips we might ask you to send over. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I have taught crochet for 30 years and my experience is these patterns could be too advanced and frustrating without a teacher. I look forward to sharing this beautiful book with others in my community through out Little Free Library.

In this 26 page guide, Sarah-Jayne talks you through the basic information you need to know about crochet terms, hook sizes and yarn weights. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. There’s a section in the book with this project about how to read crochet charts which will be super useful as your crochet skills progress.You’ll be adding surface cross stitch to your long list of crochet skills here and I have also included step by step instructions on colour work. This pattern is the perfect opportunity to learn and explore new skills and create a Heirloom blanket that can be enjoyed for generations to come. This beautifully laid out book: Starts with a section on yarn and hook types; shows you how to work the basic stitches with clear step-by-step instructions and photographs; the projects start with easy patterns and progress to more complicated ones, with each pattern practicing a skill learned; a section on advanced stitches encourages you to progress to more complex work; ends with a beautiful showstopper blanket incorporating many of the techniques and stitches learned along the crochet journey. By hooking into this project, you’ll be learning the magic ring method and also how to increase your stitches by working in the round.

Home decor and hexagons are a favourite of mine, so I couldn’t resist adding this project into the book. Once you have mastered lots of stitches and techniques from the book, I wanted you to show off your skills with a final project, the Showstopper Blanket.Starting with a section on hook types, your essential crochet kit and the yarns you’ll need, you’re guided by Sarah-Jayne through the key crochet stitches you’ll need before you get stuck in. Sarah-Jayne specialises in teaching people to crochet, using simple and structured methods so anyone can learn how to start.

We recommend sending the items by a method which provides proof of posting and is ideally trackable by you – courier or Royal Mail recorded services. We recommend sending the items by a method which provides proof of posting and is ideally trackable by you – 48 hour courier or Royal Mail recorded services etc. Once youve conquered your stitches, get stuck into your first projects, starting from the easiest designs to the more complex ones to crochet. Finally, learn some more advanced stitches, which you can use to crochet Sarah-Jayne's beautiful, textured ‘Showstopper Blanket’.With over 1 million followers across social media, she has a distinct fresh and modern style who's patterns are easy to follow and suitable for all skill levels. You’ll learn how to decrease as part of this pattern and I also advise on shaping, sizing and adapting patterns when it comes to wearables. Using her love of crochet and her background in teaching, Sarah-Jayne has created hundreds of tutorials and patterns to help people learn how to crochet and improve their skills. If the goods are accepted or signed for by someone other than the recipient, but not passed on, we cannot take responsibility for this or offer any refund. I have used Paintbox Cotton DK but any DK yarn would be great for this blanket, which makes it a great stash buster.

It is therefore important that your browser is configured to accept cookies for your preferences to take effect. With this fantastic introduction for beginners, and with plenty of inspiration for more confident crocheters too, you can learn to crochet with Bella Coco! She specialises in teaching people to crochet, using simple and structured methods so that anyone can learn how to start! Each stitch – described using UK terms – is accompanied by clear step-by-step instructions and photographs, and handy quick-stitch boxes that include key stitch details as well as the US equivalents.They also help us to enforce our Terms of Use, prevent fraud and maintain the security of our services.