Product Details

• Actors: Melissa Leapman, Leisure Arts
• Directors: Tricoast Studios
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Tricoast; Leisure Arts
• DVD Release Date: June 1, 2006
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (57 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GD85IU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,812 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Inspired by Leisure Arts' best-selling book this teach-yourself crochet DVD makes learning so easy that you will be crocheting with confidence in just a few hours. Hosted by popular designer Melissa Leapman it is like having your own personal instructor available 24 hours a day! Her friendly approach guides you through the step-by-step lessons with expertise and up-close demonstrations show every motion from the crocheter's point of view. With its convenient A-to-Z index Reference Library Trouble-shooting Guide Tips and other features this DVD will have you saying I can't believe I'm crocheting! Run time: 100 minutes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saves time and..., January 19, 2007

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Arbela "Amazon Woman" - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Can't Believe I'm Crocheting (DVD)

prevents frustration.

While having a book or two on crocheting is certainly helpful, a newbie like myself found this DVD to be the most valuable in terms of actually learning basic stitches. The close-ups of Melissa's hands make it easy to see exactly what she is doing. Once you get the basics down, the written directions in books are much easier to understand. I started with the DVD, practiced my stitches and then went with a pattern in one of my books.

If you cannot afford a DVD, check out YouTube. There are a couple of crochet veterans who have made their own homemade tutorials. :o)

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC!!!, August 15, 2007

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N. Egwim (Hyattsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Can't Believe I'm Crocheting (DVD)

Very in depth instruction on crocheting! I'm very pleased with this DVD! I already know the basics (how to make a chain), but after that I'm lost. I've tried looking at books, but I need to physically see someone doing the stitches. My grandmother and mother are pros when it comes to crocheting, however, they work too fast for me to really see how they're making the stitches. Now that I have this DVD, I can roll with them! Highly recommended!!

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Difficult to navigate, May 16, 2008

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Maria Karlsson (Arlington, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Can't Believe I'm Crocheting (DVD)

The classes are good, but the DVD format is bad.

Once you are in a section, you cannot go to another. For instance, while doing a project, I could not go through a menu to a lesson to refresh my memory. I was very disappointed, because in order to see the main menu I had to remove the CD and start from the beginning to see all the chapters.

I bought the "The Complete Beginner's Guide to Knitting," by Nici McNally, at the same time as I bought "I Can't Believe I'm Crocheting," and the difference between the two DVDs is like night and day. Navigating in the knitting video is a breeze, while navigating in the crocheting video is very time-consuming.

The crocheting presenter, Melissa Leapman, doesn't look too happy about what she is doing. She is probably mad because someone made her wear those ill-fitting crochet sweaters. A smile once in a while never hurts!