Every Which Way Crochet Borders: 139 Patterns for Customized Edgings

by Edie Eckman

Overview

Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you’re ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramatically different results depending on the weight of the yarn. With each pattern diagrammed to approach in both rounds and rows, Every Which Way Crochet Borders is an inventive and invaluable resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612127408
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	02/07/2017
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	360,272
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Edie Eckman is the author of Connect the Shapes Crochet Motifs, Around the Corner Crochet Borders, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, The Crochet Answer Book, and Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree, as well as co-editor of Crochet One-Skein Wonders® and Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies. She is a nationally known teacher, designer, writer, and editor in both the crochet and knitting worlds. She lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Going 'Round the Bend
Design Concepts
  Choices: Form Follows Function
  Customizing Your Borders
  The Power of Swatching
  Crocheted Border Mechanics
  Ending Rounds
  About the Patterns
Border Designs: A Collection of 139 Borders, from Narrow and Simple to Wide and Complex
Appendix
  Reading Crochet Patterns
  Stitch Key
  Table of Attributes
  Border Directory
  Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments
 

Editorial Reviews

Here’s everything you need to know to add the perfect edging to your project, from color choices to structure. More than just a pattern book, this is a creative learning experience and an inspiration. It deserves a place on every crocheter’s bookshelf, though it’ll get too much use to stay on the shelf for long!” — Tamara Kelly, mooglyblog.com

“With picture tutorials and both written instruction and charts for each pattern, this book is a ‘must have’ for any crocheter’s library. Add a border that is bold, a powerful pop of color, or a delicate detailed edge to any project. I guarantee you will find success with every border pattern you make.” — Marly Bird, Crochet and Knitwear Designer and Host of the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird
 

From the Publisher

02/01/2017
The latest from the prolific Eckman (Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs) focuses on crocheted borders and edgings—her second book on the topic. The borders are presented in stitch dictionary format, listing the necessary stitch count for repeats, plus written and charted instructions. A directory featuring small, full-color photos of the borders, serves as a visual index to the designs. Eckman also provides details on the mechanics of adding crocheted edgings to complement crocheted, knitted, and woven fabrics. VERDICT Eckman's book joins a crowded field of crocheted-edging guides, but the visual approach and the focus on choosing suitable and complementary designs set it apart.

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