Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to the key skills of crochet has exactly the skills you need to master this perennially popular craft. Introduction - how to use this book, abbreviations and symbols Before you start - Basic stitches and techniques - seven crochet stitches with detailed step by step instructions More advanced techniques: - Seven ways to add decorations, make floral buttonholes, join pieces, The most common stitches - fifteen more stitches, each with detailed step by step instructions Flat circles and squares - fourteen patterns for circles, squares and patches that can be stitched together into blankets