Stitch 'n bitch crochet : the happy hooker

Stitch 'n bitch crochet The happy hooker

Debbie Stoller

Book - 2006

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Subjects
Crocheting.
Crocheting > Patterns.
Published
New York : Workman Publishing c2006.
Language
English
Main Author
Debbie Stoller (-)
Physical Description
292 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780761139850
9780761139867
  • Part 1. Hooking up Learning to Crochet
  • 1. Voulez-Vous Crochet Avec Moi?
  • A Brief History of Hooking
  • The Joys of Crochet
  • Crocheting vs. Knitting
  • A Guide to Crochet Lingo
  • 2. Hook, Line, and Sinker: The Tools of Crochet
  • Getting to Know Crochet Hooks
  • Choosing Your Yarn
  • Yarn Weights
  • Crochet Thread
  • Yarn Textures and Crochet
  • Making Skeins and Hanks
  • How to Read a Yarn Label
  • Other Crocheting Supplies
  • Standard Yarn Weight System
  • 3. Get Shorty: Making the Chain Stitch, Single Crochet, and Slip Stitch
  • Making a Slipknot
  • Holding Your Yarn and Hook
  • Making the Chain Stitch
  • Making Single Crochet Stitches into the Chain
  • Other Ways to Crochet into the Chain
  • The Turning Chain
  • Single Crochet, Row 2
  • The Structure of Crochet
  • Understanding Gauge
  • The Slip Stitch
  • Finishing Off Your Work
  • 4. Walking tall: Making Half-Double Crochet, Double Crochet, and Triple Crochet
  • The Half-Double Crochet Stitch
  • The Double Crochet Stitch
  • The Triple Crochet Stitch
  • Double Triple and Triple Triple Crochet
  • How to Add Yarn
  • Understanding Crochet Directions
  • 5. The Shape of things to come: Increasing, Decreasing, and Working in a Circle
  • Adding Stitches
  • Decreasing Stitches
  • Crocheting a Circle
  • Making a Circle with a Smaller Hole
  • 6. Hooked on a feeling: Making Fancy Stitches
  • How to Read a Crochet Chart
  • The V Stitch
  • Making Shell Stitches
  • Making Bobble, Puff, and Popcorn Stitches
  • Making the Mesh Stitch
  • Making the Fishnet Stitch
  • Making the Picot Stitch
  • Inserting Your Hook in Other Locations
  • Making Ribbing with Crochet
  • Crocheting Around the Post
  • Making the Crossed Stitch
  • How to Make a Spike Stitch
  • Crocheting the Granny Square
  • 7. Picture this: Making Images in Crochet
  • Color Work Using Tapestry Crochet
  • Working Filet Crochet
  • Learning the Afghan Stitch
  • 8. Off the Hook: Sewing Your Pieces Together, Blocking, and Adding Decoration
  • Sewing Seams
  • Weaving Sides and Tops of Crocheted Pieces Together
  • Making Joins Using the Whipstitch
  • Seaming with the Backstitch
  • Crocheted Seams
  • Making Buttonholes
  • Adding Fringe, Tassels, and Pom-Poms
  • Making Decorative Cords and Crocheted Buttons
  • Stitching onto Crochet
  • Working Away Yarn Ends
  • Blocking
  • Part 2. Crochet away: the Patterns
  • How to Read a Crochet Pattern
  • Abbreviations
  • Scarves and Shawls
  • Garden Scarf
  • One-Skein Scarf
  • Stripes (and Stripes) Forever
  • Sweet Pea Shawl
  • Cold Shoulders
  • Hats
  • Yeehaw Lady
  • The PDQ
  • Anarchy Irony Hat
  • Boy Beanie
  • Strut
  • Spring in Winter
  • Bags
  • In Bloom and Fit to Be Tied
  • Granny's No Square
  • Orange You Glad and Fashion First Aid
  • Exchange Bag
  • Fat-Bottom Bag
  • Spring & Summer
  • Blissful
  • Cupcake
  • Short 'n Sweet
  • Designer Wannabe Tank Top
  • Knot Ugly Shrug
  • Bikini in a Bag
  • Fall & Winter
  • Prepster
  • Jolly Roger
  • Unseamly Sweater
  • Froufrou
  • Go for Baroque
  • Violet Beauregard
  • Accessories
  • One-Night Glam
  • Ruffled Corset Belt
  • Fluffy Bunny Slippers
  • Pinups
  • Ladylike Lace Gloves
  • Home, Gifts & Baby
  • Bedfellows
  • Skullholders
  • Doris Daymat
  • Cozy Pod Creatures
  • Color-Bar Blanket
  • Li'l Monkey
  • Seija Set
  • Resource Guide
  • Credits
  • Index
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Stoller?s Stitch ?N Bitch and Stitch ?N Bitch Nation have become icons of the knitting craze: every hip young needleworker has at least one of them next to the yarn stash. Now, she uses the same approach that made her knitting books so successful in this entree to sexed-up hookwork that takes pains to show crocheting isn?t for grandma anymore. Stoller provides everything short of the hook and yarn a crafter will need to learn how to crochet. From a history of the craft to mind-bogglingly complete instructions and dozens of charted and explained patterns (the majority of which are for women?s clothing and accessories?there are no afghans here), it?s all presented in Stoller?s bright, witty style and accompanied by cheery color photographs. Beginners will like the easy construction of the ?Stripes (and Stripes) Forever Scarf,? and intermediate crocheters will enjoy whipping up a ?Cupcake,? a purple sweater confection. Experienced crocheters have patterns here too, such as the astonishing lace ?Go For Baroque? sweater. This latest entry into the Stitch ?N Bitch canon is sure to be another bestseller. (Mar.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Review by Library Journal Review

Stoller, the author of the popular knitting books Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook and Stitch 'N Birth Nation, turns her attention to crocheting, presenting patterns that will mostly appeal to the twentysomething demographic. The new crocheter who wants to read about the community of crocheters, the crochet vs. knitting rivalry, and the joy of crocheting will not only learn how to crochet but also come to understand crochet lingo like UFO (unfinished object, i.e., unfinished crochet project) and SEX (Stash Enrichment Expedition, i.e., visiting your local yarn store). Beginners wanting a brief introduction may prefer Judith L. Swartz's Getting Started Crochet. Still, this is a solid purchase for public libraries, especially given the popularity of Stoller's previous works. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.

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