Moving beyond the basic granny square to encompass a wide variety of shapes and patterns, the crochet designs featured in this book are surprisingly quick, easy, and simple to master. Granny "squares" can easily become hexagons, triangles, pentagons, and circles, and can be fashioned into everything from blankets and potholders to pillows and fingerless gloves, from rugs and placemats to headbands and hacky sacks, using these innovative and colorful patterns. Granny Squares--All Shapes and Sizes presents twenty-six inspiring projects, with detailed instructions on how to become proficient in more than 30 new crochet techniques--everything a crocheter needs to keep up with the modern granny


Author: Beatrice Simon, Barbara Wilder
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
Published: 05/15/2014
Pages: 78
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 10.30h x 7.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781570766428

About the Author
As a child, Beatrice Simon was charmed by the magic of crochet, and first learned to crochet granny squares from her Aunt Lila in the 1970s. After working as a language teacher and translator for many years, she rediscovered the endless possibilities for creation using nothing but a hook and some yarn. She has published many patterns through her website (lillicroche.wordpress.com). She lives in Brittany, France.

Barbara Wilder has loved needlecrafts since she was a girl. She runs a textile decoration business under the label Raumseelig (raumseelig.blogspot.com) and has recently begun studying graphic design. She is a coauthor of Granny Squares--Over 25 Creative Ways to Crochet. She lives with her husband and two grown children in the district of Heilbronn, Germany.