220 More Crochet Stitches: Volume 7 (The Harmony Guides) [Paperback]

The Harmony Guides (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Harmony Guides | Publication Date: January 1, 1999

The Harmony Guides are a series of highly practical, illustrated guides to hand knitting and crochet, explaining basic techniques from start to finish. This volume offers 220 crochet stitches, and includes all-over patterns, edgings and trimmings, motifs, and Irish style crochet.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

These two crochet stitch compendiums were first published as The Harmony Guide to Crochet Stitches and The Harmony Guide to 100s More Crochet Stitches. Stitch patterns are an excellent source of inspiration for crocheters wishing to put together their own individual designs, and these collections are among the best this reviewer has seen. 300 Crochet Stitches includes lace patterns, motifs, filet, clusters, shells, bobbles, and looped stitches, while 220 Crochet Stitches covers all-over patterns, edgings and trimmings, motifs, and Irish-style crochet. Full-color illustrations are superb, and stitch patterns include both diagrammed and written instructions. If only the publisher had matched the good-quality paper and printing with a strong binding; as with all the "Harmony Guides," these titles will require rebinding after a few circulations. Recommended for public libraries not owning the earlier edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Anova Books (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855856395
• ISBN-13: 978-1855856394
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #962,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Buying!, July 17, 2000

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Happy - See all my reviews

This review is from: 220 More Crochet Stitches: Volume 7 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)

Get this together with "300 Crochet Stitches..." if you can. But lest you think you need to have "300 Crochet Stitches..." first before enjoying "220 More Crochet Stitches...", let me say that the latter is a beauty in itself. Comes complete with instructions, diagrams, and chain multiples necessary to accomplish the piece. The chapters in this full-color, instruction-laden book are:

Introduction - gives basic crochet instructions (how to hold the hook, making crochet fabric, changing colors, etc.)

All-Over Patterns (76 patterns) - 76 lovely stitches that you'll be proud to display

Filet Charts (26 patterns) - all fine-looking crochet pieces!

Motifs (35 patterns) - all beautiful medallions plus instructions on how to join

Irish Style Crochet (26 patterns) - shows beautiful, lacy works

Edgings and trimmings (35 patterns) - easy to make, but produces lovely effects in the end

Afghan (Tunisian) Crochet (31 patterns) - shows unusual stitches

Do the math and you'll have more than 220 stitches there!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Skip this unless you prefer openwork crochet., September 15, 2006

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A. Niebruegge "Selune" (Troy, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 220 More Crochet Stitches: Volume 7 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)

I bought this hoping for some new and interesting all-over patterns. What I found was a book that was really focused on openwork and motifs. If you prefer that sort of thing, this book has a lot of designs, but a lot of them are in the Readers Digest Ultimate Sourcebook (also published by Harmony, but in a softcover and more expensive!!). They've even used the exact same pictures. And, for the price, you're better off getting the Ultimate Sourcebook.

Now, that said, this has possible THE best illustrations of basic stitches that I've ever seen. You can clearly see where the hook should go, including how many threads are over where you insert (for instance, when I was learning, I never could figure out if I was supposed to put the hook under the top two loops or just the top one). I wish they used such detailed visuals in every other crochet book!!! Also, they include very easy to read diagrams, which I just love. I wish every crochet stitch book had diagrams as well, because it just makes it so much easier to figure out what you are doing wrong. :) Anyway, I might get the 300 Crochet stitches book to see if that one has any more of the basic stitches, because while all of these seem to be in the Ultimate Sourcebook, the Sourcebook doesn't contain any diagrams. Makes me wonder if there are diagrams in the Harmony softcover version of the book. Hmmm. The binding on this book sucks, as it is simple glue (more like a large magazine than a book. Likely to fall apart if you use it often. One other issue, they don't tell you if patterns are beginner, intermediate, or expert, which would be nice to glance at and figure out.

Bottom line, unless you want a book dedicated almost exclusively to complicated openwork patterns, skip this book. Definitely not for a beginner or intermediate worker.

37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars mostly re-hashed stitches, March 22, 2002

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This review is from: 220 More Crochet Stitches: Volume 7 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)

I purchased this book, sight unseen, based on the glowing reviews given here. I'm very disappointed and would send the book back if the hassle of doing so wasn't greater than the cost of the book.
I have the very first Harmony book of crochet stitches, which is decades old... the one put out before they started numbering them and telling you how many stitches they contain. I thought this book was a sequel to that original one, but it is not.
It appears that they simply tore apart the original book and made it into two seperate books. This one, vol. 7, contains very few stitches that are not in the original. For instance, in the first section "All over Patterns" there are only 18 stitches that are solid fabrics suitable for clothing (versus openwork, filet, edges or motif patterns) and only two of those are new to this book. If you're new to crochet and want open work stitches this book would be great. But if you've been around awhile or want stitches that make solid fabrics suitable for clothing or warm afghans, skip this book.