Sunday, April 21, 2013
A Review of Joan Davis' 336 Crochet Tips! The Solutions Book for Crocheters
Joan A. Davis is a Certified Crochet Instructor and a member of the Crochet Guild of America. She has been teaching in the Palm Beach County School District Adult Education Program where she has taught more than 500 students.
336 Crochet Tips hits on many ways for you to improve your crocheting. Some tips are reminders of things you already know and others give you step by step instructions. There are also ways for you to push your creativity.
The chapters are:
1. Introduction
2. My Crochet Tips
3. Basic Crochet Kit
4. Crochet Basics
5. Massage You Hands
6. Abbreviations and Reading Patterns
7. International Crochet Symbols
8. Hook Basics
9. International Hook Chart
10. Yarn Basics
11. End of Row: what to do
12. Skill Levels & Metric Conversion
13. Thread Crochet Basics & Steel Hooks
14. Laundry Care
15. Adding Yarn & Changing Colors
16. Guage Basics
17. Increasing
18. Decreasing
19. Motifs
20. Edging and Insertions
21. Basic Finishing Tips
22. Basic Crochet Garment Tips
23. Inspiration
24. Resources
So, you can see this 280 page paperback book is filled to capacity and worth the $21.95. It is a self-published book with many drawings and graphs. It’s nice to have these tips all in one place. This is a book to keep close when you’re crocheting.
by Susan Lutz Kenyon
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