Ready, Set, Crochet: Learn to Crochet with 19 Hot Projects (Stand-Up Book) [Spiral-bound]

Susie Johns (Author)

Book Description

Series: Stand-Up Book | Publication Date: August 1, 2004

Ready, Set, Crochet gives the many beginners taking up this trendy craft all the basics and beyond plus hip projects, in a cool stand-up format.

Young women are discovering crochet, and women who made granny squares in college are picking it up again. Forget doilies and afghans, though -- this book is all about trendy hats, chunky tops, camisoles, even string bikinis. Ready, Set, Crochet features patterns and instructions for must-have fashion accessories. The book's unique package stands up, putting the open page at eye level so learners can easily refer to the how-to photos and patterns. The book then closes securely with a Velcro flap so it can pop in a bag and go along wherever they like to crochet.

• These projects are definitely not your granny's doilies: trendy bags and hats, chunky tops, a romantic camisole, and a miniskirt.
• Over 200 bright color photographs and diagrams.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Susie Johns is a craft writer whose crochet patterns have been featured in many lifestyles and crafts magazines. She lives in England.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 96 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing international (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589231864
• ISBN-13: 978-1589231863
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #803,404 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Having studied Fine Art at the Slade School, Susie Johns worked as a magazine and partworks editor for 11 years, specialising in cookery, crafts, childcare and gardening, before going freelance in 1996.

Since then, she has written and illustrated books on a variety of creative subjects.

She has also worked for Marvel Comics, making most of the models for Art Attack magazine and has written regular features for consumer magazines such as Stitches, Let's Knit, Crafts Beautiful, Quick & Crafty, Beads & Beyond, Needlecraft, Junior, Family Circle, Practical Parenting, Practical Gardening and Embroidery (for the Embroiderers' Guild and Royal School of Needlework).

Favourite crafts include embroidery, knitting, crochet, collage and watercolour painting. And she particularly enjoys activities that involve recycling and reinventing.

Susie is a qualified teacher. She runs a weekly drawing and painting class at an Adult Education college near her home in Greenwich, South East London, and has plenty of experience running workshops in watercolours, knitting and crochet, and 3D Design. She was an 'Art of the Stitch' exhibitor in 2001.

Susie's latest books, due to be published this autumn are Knitted Flowers: Twenty to Make (Search Press) and The Felted Bag Book (New Holland). To see examples of Susie's work and to find out more about her, visit: www.susieatthecircus.typepad.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

75 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple Directions and Lovely Projects, February 24, 2005

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Michelle Vetter (Alpharetta, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ready, Set, Crochet: Learn to Crochet with 19 Hot Projects (Stand-Up Book) (Spiral-bound)

I had attempted to crochet several times after having been an obsessive knitter, but have always gotten frustrated with learning on my own. On a whim I got this book, and within 15 mins had a pretty good-sized crochet sample that was neat and contained several different stitches.

For such a small book there are very detailed instructions for beginner crocheters for many stitch variations and projects. The directions are so crystal clear that even a younger teenager would have no problems learning, and the projects are contemporary and varied. Teens and young adults would especially like some of the projects, such as a delicate lacy camisole or the beach cover-up. I crocheted a square variation on the cat bed which my cat adores. The example pictures use yarns with shimmer and contrasting colors so the stitches really stand out, a solution to an annoying problem I have had with many knitting and crochet books. As an added bonus, the book has a trifold so you can stand it up and look at it as you crochet.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning designs, May 13, 2005

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CrochetQueen "Hook, Yarn and Needles" (Elko, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ready, Set, Crochet: Learn to Crochet with 19 Hot Projects (Stand-Up Book) (Spiral-bound)

This book made me want to crochet more (if that is possible). I love the stand up book, makes it so much easier to use and the colors and designs are great.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth it!!, September 22, 2006

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E. Matthews "E. Matthews" (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ready, Set, Crochet: Learn to Crochet with 19 Hot Projects (Stand-Up Book) (Spiral-bound)

This book is excellent. I am a relatively new crocheter and I have been looking for resources to help me expand my abilities. This book has excellent photos of a variety of different stitches. Their explanations are easy to understand and the projects are modern and cool. Great!