Crocheting School – A Complete Course

Crocheting School has no author listed. It is a Italian translated book published by Sterling Publishing in 2002.

Crocheting School – back cover

What did I think? I’ll give this one a thumbs up (with reservations).

Single Crochet – basic stitch

I admit that I always like drawn illustrations of techniques rather than photos. Photos of the finished stitches are fine, but it’s sometimes hard to understand how-to’s from photographs. It’s pretty clear that this book has a European slant and would be  bit difficult to use for a real novice. I would suggest it for a learn-to-crochet, but overall it has redeeming value that I will discuss later.

Crocheting in rounds

Notice the clever use of illustrated hand holds with photographs of yarn. I thought this was a very interesting way to show a technique, but didn’t go quite far enough.

Two-color patterns

I kept looking for the two American favorites – Granny Squares and the Ripple Stitch. I found the Granny, but not the Ripple.

Crochet Edgings

The section on edgings is very good, although we would probably not use the term “trims”.

Filet Corners

This is a new technique to me and is one of the reasons that I gave this a thumbs up. I would definitely refer to this type of explanation.

Crochet Interlocking Rings

Another clever technique that I might use in the future.

Crochet Circles

Circles into squares – this is a real basic for granny square lovers. These circles/squares are a bit more advanced. This gives me another reason to keep the book!

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