Hard Crochet [Hardcover]

Mark Dittrick (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 154 pages
• Publisher: Hawthorn; 1st edition (March 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801532795
• ISBN-13: 978-0801532795
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like to make brimmed hats, this book is great!, March 18, 1998

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This review is from: Hard Crochet (Hardcover)

This book will change your attitude about crocheting and what you can do with it. You will learn how to crochet beautiful brimmed hats, baskets, and luggage. Definitely NOT your afghan, granny square vests, and lace shawl kind of crocheting.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hard describes the fabric produced, May 22, 2005

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Patricia R. Andersen "redheaded booklover" (MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Crochet (Hardcover)

Mr Dittrick has written a book on how to make "hard" crochet. THis isn't crochet you need a special hook for or special yarn - this is crochet for such things as Stetson hats, baskets and hard brimmed hats. Mr Dittrick shows how to modify an already existing hook to help you to create hard crochet. The instructions are clear and helpful.

If you're looking for a new afghan or poncho to make, this is not the book for you. But if you're interested in turning out something unexpected with crochet, this is definitely the book for you.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for it's intended audience., October 21, 2008

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R. L. Thompson "R. L. Thompson" (Michigan, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hard Crochet (Paperback)

This is an interesting book which details how to make stiff crocheted items using an ordinary hook (with modified handle) and rug yarn of a particular materials content. I'm not sure how available the yarn is these days, but it seems reasonable that you could still find a suitable one for these projects.

The book has detailed instructions on how to modify a regular crochet hook handle to accomplish the tension (gauge) necessary to work crochet this tightly. I think this would be great even for those who want to do regular crochet but have difficulty with holding small handles. Very easy and doable.

The projects aren't all step-by-step because of the variables, but the instructions are very thorough to accomplish both the projects shown and make your own variations as you learn how to work in this style.

See my uploaded images for some of the projects of the book.

If you are interested in the cowboy hats or pith helmets, I'd say definitely get this book. I hope to one day make one of the briefcases. Very awesome!

Worthy lessons to keep in your crochet library.