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Super Easy Crochet for Beginners

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This book includes all the information you need to begin crocheting. It is full of fun projects, color illustrations, tips and troubleshooting, and yarn vocabulary. I am looking forward to using this book for my upcoming crochet projects.
Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group-Quarry for the ARC in exchange for my honest review!

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This is a treasure of a book for starting on your crochet journey. Well explained and photographed, this book leads you to crochet and its diverse applications. Well written!

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This is an excellent primer for beginners, with clear instructions. Crochet has long eluded me but I think I will finally be able to figure it out, thanks to this book!. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this advance copy.

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What a wealth of info! I would love to have this book in hand so that I can really get into the book and try some of the projects. I feel like some of the troubleshooting items would maybe actually help and the charts are just great! I have not been able to pick up crocheting easily and feel like I might actually progress with this book.

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This is a brilliant book for a beginner. The projects start at very simple, getting more complicated and bringing new skills in with them. Loads of full colour pictures to help... and some very good troubleshooting help (I especially love the Granny Square one with several pictures of what the mistakes look like). A great addition to a crochet learners library.

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This is a good book for the novice crocheter. The books is formatted with chapters covering materials, tools, pattern interpretation and patterns. The pictures are colorful and good illustration for the instructions they are near. Easy to follow instructions for the basic stitches and several good patterns to get you started.

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I have been crocheting for years now and have taught a few people basics to get them started. This book, however, is going to be my new guide to help anyone else get started. It breaks down everything you need to know to go from your first chain to your first completed project. Great book!

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As somone who has some experience with crocheting, I found this book to be useful to expand on my basic knowledge and take things ot a new level. The instructions are well explained and the illustrations used really help to clarify how to work many different types of stitches. The troubleshooting tips are wonderful key points to keep someone on track with any project. This is a valuable tool for anyone who is learning to crochet or someone who has been crocheting for years. It is a must in every craft supply area!

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This has some great pattens for beginners and is a nice step by step, I was able to make my first granny patch. now on to a pillow case.

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Super Easy Crochet for Beginners: Learn Crochet with Simple Stitch Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips is a nonfiction resource by Deborah Burger. Want to learn how to crochet but are not sure how to start? With Super Easy Crochet for Beginners, adapted from Deborah Berger’s best-selling Crochet 101, you will feel confident in your skills quickly and eliminate frustrating mistakes and missteps. Learn what you need, how to read patterns, how to select yarn, and how to troubleshoot problems and turn yarn into charming knitted accessories and clothing. Building skills through fun projects, you will find success quickly and easily while actually making something, giving you the confidence to try another project. This is a comprehensive beginning crochet book, yet it won’t overwhelm you with details and instruction you don’t need or want, so you can start enjoying your crochet hobby immediately.

Super Easy Crochet for Beginners is the book I wish I had fifteen years ago when I taught myself to crochet via books, YouTube, and helpful advise fro fellow crafters after my childhood lessons on the subject failed me. Event after years or crochet, sewing, embroidery, and other crafts I had somehow never finished a project by felting, so I still learned something new even as a more experienced crocheter. The projects are nicely varied and cover the skills and questions that new or struggling crocheters often need clarification on. My only issue is one I commonly have with this kind of guide- while the patterns are well written and the instructions easy to follow and great starting points they are also generally (with some exceptions) something that few of us actually want more of in our house, or that others would be overjoyed to receive as gifts. They are great starting points, and good ways to try new stitches and skills or to bolster confidence before trying something new, but not something many of us would make repeatedly to hone our skills. repeating a pattern you feel you mastered and enjoyed, and looks more difficult that it is results in a box of fancy shawls that it is way too hot to wear. Trust me, I know from experience.

Super Easy Crochet for Beginners definitely lives up to the title and is a great starting point.

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I really liked this book. It has a section about tools and fibers. Then it teaches a stitch and there is a project to go with it. I’m anxious to try the first project which is a “chain gang” boa - a scarf made from several long crochet chains. I found the troubleshooting sections to be helpful because you can tell something isn’t right, but it isn’t always obvious what has gone wrong with the stitches. There are also helpful tips.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) copy of this book and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.

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This is an in depth look at how to get started in crochet. A true beginner will like the look at the yarn weight system and how to select the correct crochet hook for the yarn they are using. Many useful photos throughout the book will help you know how to hold your hook and make your stitches. Begin with the chain stitch and move on to the single, double and half double crochet stitches. It's amazing what you can do with just these stitches. Joined rounds vs. spirals are explained. I've been making amigurumi for about a year and these stitches and spiral rounds can make many fun projects. Some patterns included in this book are coasters, a hat, scarf, bag, and vest. The beloved granny square is explained along with textures such as bobbles and lace. Even picot edgings. I especially liked the section on reading charts because my skills with charts are non-existent! Crochet terms, abbreviations, and troubleshooting when things go wrong round out the book. I think this book will be very useful to new crocheters.

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This book is literally what it says in the title, so for someone like me who has never crocheted but would like to learn, it is absolutely perfect.
It gives you information about the different crochet hooks, the types of yarns, including a glossary of the different terms used when speaking about yarns.
There are step by step, illustrated, simple and easy to follow instructions to get you started and take you through the basics. Then there are small projects for you to try and these gradually increase in difficulty as you gain skills working through the book.
A great introduction to this craft that is perfect for any beginner.
My thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review.

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I don’t think this is great for absolute beginners. Some instructions have no detail such as “finish off” with no notes to a newbie how to finish off or pull the tail through the loop. Also the beginning instructions after chaining mention many ways to start the foundation row but do not tell the learner which to use. Confusing for beginners. Should rather say use this to start and instruct via photo not text. Id say this is best for someone getting back into crochet and not an absolute beginner as promised. A blanket pattern would have been nice too.

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This is a good beginning level crochet book that teaches crochet basics in a simple manner. Pretty pictures and diagrams help the process. I have just started crocheting so I found it helpful.

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This is a great book! My only complaint is that I wish there were more patterns, but I do like that there are a lot of tips! The patterns are really easy to follow, and while I’m not a beginner at crocheting, I think it would be perfect for any beginner!

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As I totally novice, I had hoped to learn the basics of crocheting from this book but I really struggled to get my head around the language and terms and numbers and stitch types and just became overwhelm each time I attempted a project.

I do not believe this is a failing of the book but my own personal inability to comprehend the instructions.

I did like the book's format and overall look and there is a nice variety of projects included.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for giving me a free digital copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review.

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This book is PERFECT for a crochet beginner. As someone who has always wanted to learn , it breaks it down into easy to read pieces. It sets up all the tools you need and pictures to guide you through. By the end of the book you'll be ready to tackle it all.

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Super Easy Crochet for Beginners, Learn Crochet with Simple Stitch Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips by Deborah Burger
I am a self-taught and always feel as if I missed something as I just create without reading. This book is such a great resource of information.
It starts with an introduction about crocheting.
Getting started explains what you will need and why and the differences between what is offered.
Shaded areas on the pages are important information and tips and tricks. Chart sizes come in shaded areas also.
Yarns are explained and how to use the right size hook for yarn weight you get for your project.
Pictures of how to start off crocheting are included, very detailed descriptions and pictures.
More information about stitching and other aspects of crocheting are discussed also.
Each project starts with a title, summary of what you are making and shaded areas about what you will learn, what you need, yarn, hooks and notions.
Directions are given with pictures and helpful tips in shaded areas.
As you go along you will learn more stitches and other techniques, easy to do it this way rather than tell you about all the stitches and really complicate things.
As you advance you will learn even more things about crocheting.
Love the samples of finished projects. Troubleshooting tips are also given so you won't get lost along the way.
Once you learn a few stitches the sky's the limit as you can make anything you want.
practice is key, don't get frustrated. This is a relaxing, calming time to spend daily.
Other interesting things are brought up: color wheel and even granny squares among other techniques that are fun to do.
Some designs are even charted and you are taught how to figure out which stitches use what symbol. you'll get the hang of that also.
Abbreviations and index are included at the end along with about the author.
If you take your time and do all the pages a half hour every day you will see your progress and it will take you months to enjoy learning.
A KEEPER!
Received this review copy from Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry, New Shoe Press via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
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This is a good beginners Crochet book, easy to follow to help guide the user.
Easy to understand and stuffed full of patterns,

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