Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you’re ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramatically different results depending on the weight of the yarn. With each pattern diagrammed to approach in both rounds and rows,Every Which Way Crochet Bordersis an inventive and invaluable resource.
Edie Eckman is the author ofConnect the Shapes Crochet Motifs,Around the Corner Crochet Borders,Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs,The Crochet Answer Book, andChristmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree, as well as co-editor ofCrochet One-Skein Wonders® andCrochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies. She is a nationally known teacher, designer, writer, and editor in both the crochet and knitting worlds. She lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.
A Design for Every Desire
Want whimsical, wide, or wavy? Seeking skinny or straightforward? These 139 inventive crochet borders offer the perfect finishing touch for all your crafting projects. Written directions, diagrams, and a photo of each completed border ensure you'll have everything you need to succeed with your stitches. And tips on choosing appropriate yarns plus instructions on how to attach these borders to crocheted, knitted, or woven pieces promise to make your finished garments and fabrics flawless.
Going 'Round the Bend
Design Concepts
Choices: Form Follows Function
Customizing Your Borders
The Power of Swatching
Crocheted Border Mechanics
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