Master one granny square: create 15 different fashion looks.
Crochet fashionable granny square garments everyone will want to wear!
Create fashionable crocheted clothing while you build your crocheting skills, with Granny Square Fashion!
Crochet guru Cassie Ward's new book offers:
- 15 beginner-to-intermediate projects for crocheted fashion, including sweaters, cardigans, tank tops, vests, bags, t-shirts, dresses, and shawls
- Invaluable tips and techniques including how to join squares in different ways, select colours, and create fabulous combinations for your projects
- Swappable squares, so you can easily substitute your favourite granny square or use a variety of different designs in one project
- Step-by-step instructions for making the basic granny square, half-granny, and diagonal half, and how to change colours while crocheting.
Crochet fashion is hugely popular the world over. From social media to the catwalk, granny squares have even been featured in fashion-house collections including that of Dolce & Gabbana!
In Granny Square Fashion, you'll learn the essential techniques and basic patterns for making a granny square that can be repeated and used in 15 brilliant garments and accessories!
The 15 featured projects are chic garments that you'll want to make and wear, including sweaters and cardigans, a tank top, vests, bags, t-shirts, dresses, and shawls.
Cassie's book is perfect for beginners, with its step-by-step introduction to making the basic granny square, half-granny square, and diagonal half, as well as how to change colours while crocheting. You'll learn how to join squares in different ways, select colours, create fabulous combinations, and more! The patterns begin with simple designs, progressing on to slightly more advanced techniques, so you can build your skills as you crochet.
Cassie Ward is the founder of The Missing Yarn, an online crochet garment retailer. Her designs have appeared in numerous publications including Inside Crochet, Crochet Now, Simply Crochet, and Mollie Makes.
Table of Contents
Prelims
Meet Cassie!
Chapter One: The Classic Granny Square
Chapter Two: The Projects
Chapter Three: Stitches and Techniques
Abbreviations and Symbols Used in the Charts
Index and Credits 3
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About Cassie Ward
Cassie Ward is the founder of The Missing Yarn, an online crochet garment retailer. Many of her designs are born out of her love of fashion and desire to be different. Cassie's designs have appeared in Inside Crochet, Crochet Now, Simply Crochet, Mollie Makes, and the Crochet Society Subscription Box. You can find her patterns on her website, www.themissingyarn.co.uk, and on Instagram @themissingyarn. Cassie lives in Cambridgeshire, UK.
A note from the team at Schepjes yarn!
We have just received Granny Square Fashion, and I couldn't wait to tell you how absolutely stunning we find it! The projects are incredibly fun and colourful, and the photography is simply breath-taking!
The designs look so enjoyable and seem quite manageable, which makes them even more appealing. I'm so impressed that I'm considering getting a copy for myself. The book is a real treat for anyone who loves crochet.
Additionally, we are thrilled to have sponsored the yarn for this wonderful project. Thank you for collaborating with us; seeing our yarn showcased in such a beautiful book is truly rewarding.
Craft Focus
This book contains essential techniques and patterns for 15 fashion-focused granny square garments and accessories, including cardigans, sweaters, waistcoats, and bags.
Readers learn different ways to join the squares and finish their eye catching garments.
Organised into two parts, the book begins with the beautiful designs and then showcases different joining and finishing methods. Cassie Ward is the founder of The Missing Yarn, an online crochet garment retailer.
We say: Each design and technique is clearly demonstrated with photography and illustrations. Nostalgic, yes. Making a comeback, totally!
