8 NEW PROJECTS The book "Crochet Made Easy" is designed for beginners, and includes easy-to-understand illustrations and step-by-step instructions.

Using this book

Crochet Made Easy is designed for beginners and includes easy-to-understand charts and step-by-step instructions to illustrate crochet stitches and techniques. After you've mastered the basic techniques, try the projects listed at the end of this book—they're designed especially for beginners!

The book includes general information about yarn, thread, and crochet hooks. We recommend reading the book to familiarize yourself with the terminology before using a needle and thread. When you're ready, use a medium-weight yarn (size 4 in the chart at right) and a 5 mm (US size H-8) or 5.5 mm (US size I-9) needle to learn to crochet.

Charts and Instructions

The charts are shown for right-handed users. Due to space constraints, left-handed charts are not available. If you're left-handed and have difficulty understanding the charts, try tracing the charts, then flip the tracing paper over and look at the reversed image. When reading the instructions, substitute "left" for "right" and "right" for "left" where indicated. The abbreviation and its accompanying symbol appear with the instructions for each stitch.