Complete Crochet Course: The Ultimate Reference Guide

I consider myself to be a beginner/intermediate crocheter. I understand most of the fundamentals and am ready to kick it up a notch and make my work next level—while building my skills and technique knowledge base. The day I received this, I would have stayed up all night pouring through it if my sleepy eyes would have let me stay up! It’s well laid out, nicely photographed, and with great points of reference. It contains full stitch chart symbols, a comprehensive guide of stitch patterns (color swatch photos, with visual charts and written patterns), that I will surely reference back to for years of crocheting to come. This is an actual resource manual that I can see myself using over and over when I get stumped, and I’m so glad I chose this book over others. It was well-written and executed, organized, and with colors, photography, and fonts that are pleasing to my eyes. It seems to be written in terms that I can understand, and in a way that my brain can pick up. The patterns at the end are very nice, and you are basically set up for success to execute them with the way they are written, and with the techniques referenced back to in certain areas of the book. I think this is something any crocheter would love to receive, regardless of skill level. But if you’re new or looking to have that *one* book, or want to give a nice gift to the yarn addict in your life—this is an excellent choice. Once I’m a little more advanced with patterns, I’ll be ordering the authors’ other titles. This is a fabulous resource. Not just a one and done book.

Complete Crochet Course by the Mullet-Bowlsbys gives Crochet the kind of serious, in-depth treatment usually reserved for knitting. It is a very well organized progressive course with lots of swatch exercises that include related skills. Illustrations are very clear and broken down into the smallest parts so I don't get lost. The book concludes with several attractive projects for putting the skills to work. For crocheters who are intermediate, you can skip the basics, but the authors have so many little insights about the basics, it's worth reviewing those too. Skills (like how to carry yarn up the side of a project for striped fabric) have a primary description and then the page for the description is referenced in sections where you need to use that skill. I can't say enough good things about the thoroughness and ambitiousness of the book. If you want to learn to crochet really well, or just go to the next level, everything you need is here. I'm an intermediate beginning crocheter. I found explanations of many things I've wondered about. Most crochet directions are simple and don't focus on refinement.

This is it, I finally found a comprehensive, exhaustive and very, very clear guide that will give me a wide knowledge on Crochet, thus opening me the way to a lot of patterns I was longing to make but haven’t dared doing so far. I found in the books stitches I never saw (I’m and intermediate crocheter) and wonderful, effective and useful techniques. Everything is explained very clearly and to a very satisfying depth, with clear photos. This book will give you very solid bases and techniques on every aspects of crochet. I first bought the hardcover and when I saw it I immediately bought the kindle version, to have it always with me on the phone when I need some help and I’m away from home. As to the patterns, they are modern and beautiful, no old bo-ho designs here! There are other excellent books on crochet (and I bought a lot), but when it comes to “general” books not specialized in a particular technique, I think that this is THE ONE for me. I absolutely recommend ot to both beginners and intermediate crocheters, though I think that also advanced ones might be interested.

While I have crocheted for several years, I wanted a book that explained just about everything and here it is. Great diagrams, pictures and detailed explanation on crocheting more than scarves, shawls and blankets. Quickly delivered in pristine condition. 100%

I would give this book 4.5, because it is very in depth and an amazing tool for all skill levels of crocheter. I take one star off though, because the editing is quite strange. There are paragraphs and sentences that are copied and repeated on the very next page you read, and some seem to be out of place. I’ve attached a photo of an example. Otherwise excellent book and a great resource for learning to crochet. Highly recommend!!

I always considered crochet to be beyond my comprehension because 10 years ago I tried to learn it from a vintage coats and clark pamphlet and quickly became confused while trying to make my first single crochet stitches into all those mysterious little loops and lumps and bumps in the beginning chain. This book completely cleared up all the confusion I had! I spent a weekend reading this book and have gone from being completely without hope to feeling fully ready to tackle projects. I can now read patterns and have completed a few practice swatches. Amazing! A huge amount of gratitude towards the authors and all the hard work they put into organizing this information and writing this book :::::::::::: Update: I’m gradually working through the beginner swatches and am noticing errors in the charts and in the written directions. This has been confusing me and slowing me down a bit. For example on page 91 the charts shows 5 chains up while the written directions state to chain 4. Referring back to the turning chain guide I can see that the correct number is 4. The chart on page 92 that is supposed to be for the half double crochet swatch is missing and in its place is a chart for the double treble swatch - a duplicate of page 90. Its making me a little leery about trusting the swatch patterns as they get more complicated but I would still 100% recommend this book because of all the reasons listed above. I definitely wouldn’t be able to recognize and work around the errors in the swatch section if not for the knowledge laid out in previous chapters.

I love this book. It is set out well and works through the steps of learning to crochet in a structured order. Only criticism is the size of the instructional photos - they could be larger and perhaps have the addition of arrows pointing to where the hook should be placed.

très satisfaite de la qualité du livre, je l'ai acheté pour offir à ma meilleure amie qui avait besoin de s'entrainer, elle a adoré !

Es un libro muy completo, que va desde los fundamentos (hilos, herramientas, puntadas básicas) hasta la construcción de prendas de vestir. La encuadernación e ilustraciones son de gran calidad, aunque el diseño del libro y la tipografía utilizada no es mi favorita (a veces tengo dificultad para leerla). También es cierto que si ya tienes experiencia con el tejido de gancho, la primera mitad del libro tal vez no sea tan útil. De cualquier modo lo califico con 5 estrellas porque esto no es un defecto, es simplemente una cuestión de cada lector. Los proyectos que trae son bonitos y modernos.

Que livro incrível! Maravilhoso! Ele ensina técnicas que não encontramos nem em determinados cursos. Trata-se de um livro precioso e que ensina de forma de fácil compreensão e com qualidade extrema.

This book is great to learn to crochet or refresh skills. The illustrations are big and easy to follow. Everything you need in the one place. A good reference, clear and concise.