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Giveaway: A to Z of Crochet Book

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Whether you’re a new crocheter or just want to try new techniques, this must-have resource offers all the know-how you’ll ever need.

  • Walk step-by-step from basic to advanced methods
  • Learn the easy way with more than 1,000 close-up photographs featuring real hands holding real yarn
  • Fix mistakes, shape garments, and find the answers to almost any crochet question

And we have one to giveaway to one lucky CraftGossip reader.

Leave a comment telling us why you want this book!

Ends 27th April. Open Worldwide (or wherever Amazon.com ships).

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  1. I’m trying to learn how to crochet and this would be a lovely help. I’m already addicted to buying yarn! LOL

  2. I would love this book to help me grow and learn my skills. I’ve only started crochet recently after a motorbike accident had me stuck in house & in a neck brace for a long time. I couldn’t move much so I decide crochet would be the best thing to try and learn as I only have to use my hands & I needed something to occupy my mind. I have formed a well loved addiction and am
    Now ready to learn more than the granny stitch. Also learning how to fix up mistakes would be handy. My daughter now wants me to teach her the basics of crochet, so this book would be a god send.

  4. I have the basic stitches down but I really need this book to learn more so that I can create all sorts of things for my granddaughters and children!
    I have quite the yarn stash ready just for this, thanks for the chance!

  5. While I have crocheted for a while, I would love to learn how to advance my crochet skills. Thank you for a chance to win this book.

  6. I’ve crocheting a long time, but world live to learn some new things! 🙂

  7. My grandma started me on crocheting but was never able to teach me all of it. I would like to have this book so I could learn how to make all the wonderful things she made and gave to family members.

  10. OHHHHH Please I would love to win this I am stuck at home on disability just had carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand a few months ago andd the left hand is being done soon. I used to know how to make granny squares but i haven’t been able to do antthing for a while so once my left hand is done I would love to learn so this would be perfect. 🙂
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  12. I love to crochet but only know the basics. I now have 2 daughters, 7 and 11, and would love to be able to learn more to teach to them. They both can do the basics and would love to learn more. This book would be great.

  13. Would love to learn more about this versatile craft…just learned the most basic stitches so far!

  16. It would be a blessing to win this book! I crochet what I can that my mother and aunt taught me. I have had a couple of strokes and don’t get around much, plus I have Neuropathy and Fibromyalgia. I have a grandson with Leukodystrophy and I enjoy crocheting things for him, my other grandchildren and new babies in the neighborhood. I would love to be able to learn more of a variety of stitches and items to make. It helps me keep my hands and mind working. I hope that I will be the lucky winner! 🙂

  17. Although I have been able to do basic crochet for many years, I would like to increase my skills with this book as guidance. Thank you for the giveaway.

  18. I’m living in the Balkans where the art of crochet is dying. The older ladies here are difficult to follow. I’ve learnt something from youtube videos but can’t always be connected to the internet and love books. I’ve crocheted some simple things for friends who aren’t so well off and would love to learn more.

  21. Would love to win this book! You can never stop learning and can always use a refresher on the old. ! Thans Much !!!

  22. I am an advanced crocheter, and donate hats to a children’s hospital NICU and Chemo dept. Many times I see new stitches I would like to use, but cannot get the tutorial to download. This book would be so incredibly helpful and the pages well worn in a short amount of time. Please consider me for the giveaway ??????

  24. Ooooo this would be perfect. I have been learning to crochet for the last 12 months and am now trying to teach my friend to crochet too. We could both share this book to learn more.

  25. After years of knitting, I’d really like to learn how to add crochet elements to my knitting. This book looks wonderful! Thanks for this great giveaway!!

  26. I too am new to crochet! I am hooked 😉 i’m not quite sure what I’m doing but I have definitely mastered the double crochet, and that seems to be it. Would love this handy tool!

  27. I wrote a list of life goals. One of the goals is to be creative in this way. I want to make a rug in this way.

  29. I have started crocheting again after a long while , this book would be great to get me more encouraged to crochet even more.

  30. There is more to crochet than single, double….it’s amazing the different looks that can be done-great book to learn from

  32. Just looking at the cover of this fabulous book makes me yearn to have the patterns for some of the designs! Thanks for a chance to win this beautiful tome!

  34. I’m learning to crochet and have 5 baby gifts to make for babies due June to Sep. This book sure would be helpful.

  36. Both my mother and grandmother died before being able to show me more than how to start a chain. I’d so love to be able to carry on their tradition of crocheting! Thanks for giving us the opportunity to win this wonderful book!

  37. I’m a lefty and have never been able to find someone to teach me the art of crochet. I’m hoping this book will open that door for me!

  38. I an just getting back to crochet after more than 15 years being away from it. This book would be a great refresher to show how to do various stitches. My grandchildren will thank you.
    Nan Davis

  39. At 75, there’s not many stitches I have not tried but having all these options in one place is exciting. Also, our charity crafting group loves taking a particular stitch or motif or technique, and trying it with scarves and hats for our local homeless, or shawls/wraps and lapghans for our local in hospice, and so on – it will be well-used.

  41. I am a very visual learner and this book would be wonderful in helping me create new and unique items! PS I love CraftGossip!
    PPS Currently working on a crochet flower garland for my sewing/craft room!

  42. I love to day dream over all the possibilities books like this can help me think up. Many of them get made too. It just feels so good to go from idea to creation to finished item and books like this one are the starting point. I would love to add it to my library. Thank you for the opportunity.

  44. Wonderful! This will be great for my library! I am an experienced crocheter, but I’m sure I will find this book will round out my knowledge, and it will help me teach my kids my favorite hobby! Yay!

  45. My grandson wants to learn to crochet. Because I cannot be with him all the time, this would be a good book for him to have when I’m not around.

  46. This would be so wonderful to have as a referral for my crochet skills .. I would like to learn some new stitches also .
    Thank you for the chance to enter the give away

  47. House full of wool that I have ‘saved’ from Charity Shops and Jumble sales. Seriously need to turn it into awesome things for my kids and family. My sister can crochet after she had a stroke at 30. Me, I just can’t seem to follow her at all when she’s tried to show me, she’s just too fast! lol

  48. I would love to win this book! My sister bought me a crochet book at Christmas & I’ve become obsessed with zigzag crochet; it’s time I moved onto my next obsession!! Thank you for the opportunity x

  49. My great grandmother taught me to crochet, but as I revisit it in adulthood, I’m realizing there are so many things I don’t know!!!!

  50. I need to brush up on all my crochet stitches. I just found out that I am to be a great grandmother to a wonderful little girl that is due in June. A little girl!! I want to crochet a beautiful dress with matching hat and booties.

  52. I have just started crocheting again after a 30 year lapse. I badly need this book to refresh my skills and give me something productive to do since my recent retirement!

  53. I want to win because crocheting is my favorite thing to do and I want to learn how to do more stitches.

  54. My sister taught me to crochet when I was a little girl and I’ve done it sporadically throughout the years. I’m not getting close to retirement and want to learn more about crocheting (as well as knitting) so I can make things better. I never seem to get the gauge correct and I bet this would help. I also need help with all the different stitches. I really just know the very basics.

  58. I would love this book so I can advance my crocheting skills. I only know a few of the basics. Thanks for a chance at winning this beautiful looking book.

  60. I would love this book as I am teaching 4 ladies to crochet so it would be a great help

  61. I dont have anyone to teach me to crochet, like a grandmother. sadly both are deceased. I would love to learn how, and this book looks perfect!

  62. I have been crocheting for over 30 years, but I can always find a new twist on everything. Would love to learn a new way to do one of my favorite things ~ crocheting!

  68. I don’t just want this book, I desperately need it. I’m a self-taught crocheter and sometimes finding a good and useful crochet book, can be difficult. I’m not a beginner anymore, but I’m stuck in a point where I require proper guidance in order to improve my skills and learn new ones. When I read this book’s description and all the positive reviews it has, I instantly felt it was the answer to my prayers 🙂

  70. I lost my Mom a few months ago. SHe has always had a love of crocheting. She made each of her grandchildren a crocheted blanket, plus she made outfits for them as well as for us when we were younger. SHe even made me a maternity shirt 🙂 Toilet paper roll covers, etc. I have developed a love for crocheting in the past few months. It makes me feel closer to her. But I never learned the stitches and ways to crochet. Now I am learning and making fun crafts for my kids. I am working towards making larger projects some day. Hopefully I will get good enough to make my grandchildren blankets (although mine are not old enough yet lol). I would love to have this book to help me as I learn and make new projects. Thanks for the opportunity to win this 🙂

  72. I just completed my first mystery crochet a long and want to use that as a spring board to try some other new stitches and patterns. This would be an addition to that goal. :>) MS

  74. I need all the help I can get. First learned to crochet at the age of five. Would love to learn advanced techniques.

  78. Thanks for the giveaway!
    I would love to win this book because I LOVE LOVE LOVE to crochet.
    I love learning new stitches and making unique items….

  79. I want to win this book coz I love to crochet gifts for my friends n family n there’s no end to learning…

  80. Love to learn more as A to Z catches my eye, I started crotcheting as a child when my nana taught me, and I’ve passed onto my daughter too but only one type of crotcheting to make blanket, which keeps going in circle very basic. But now there’s so many more to it and we would love to learn more & start to do something different like hats, beanies or slippers…..

  81. I would love this book to help me learn to crochet. At the moment I have almost mastered a granny square after my Grandma showed me how to do it 35 or so years ago!
    A-Z books are fantastic resources, I have the embroidery and bullion books.

  82. I would love to learn to crochet and make a multi coloured throw, hoping this book will help me on my way!

  85. I need a good learning book that will help me out. When I get stuck this book would come in so
    handy.

  87. This would be such a help to my crochet skills! Thanks for the chance to win this fabulous book!

  88. I have crocheted for many years and truly believe this beautiful book advance my crocheting to a new level. Thank you for the opportunity to win it!

  89. I love learning new stitches! I find that I always fall back on the same couple of stitches whenever I start a new project, and I’d love to get out of that rut!

  90. This book looks great! I’d love to win to further my crochet skills and learn some new stitches.

  91. I love to crochet and have been doing it since I was a wee girl. I love to make things to help organizations as well as my family and grand children.

  94. I just started crocheting after a five year break(i design quilts) so, I am pretty rusty and could learn a lot from this book!!

  95. This would be a lovely way to learn new stitches to expand my crochet repertoire. It would allow me to find new ways to create new projects for friends and family.

  96. I am making scarves and lapghans for the nursing home residents and would love to be able to use a variety of stitches.

  97. If I won this book it would help me to create animals in different stitches and techniques to supply toys for a Facebook group that collects them for children in hospital being treated for cancer. A great idea that I would like to support.

  99. I have recently retired from work and my wish is to catch up on all my crafts. The only craft I did not learn over the years was crochet and it is my goal to learn, This book sounds perfect for me, and would help me achieve my goal.

  100. I love learning new things, I recently took a craftsy class to learn how to crochet and I have been obsessed ever since!

  101. Hi all, I live up in the frozen tundra, according to my Mom, LOL Actually, I live in Vermont and it does get pretty cold up here. I love doing projects that I know will keep others warm. I’ve done pretty well at making quilts although, nothing fancy!! I was shown how to crochet by a dear friend, many years ago. The only problem is, well…..I can only do one stitch. Yep, I make scarves for winter, that’s it, the extent of my experience. It sure would be nice to know how to make the hat and mittens to match! I would so love to learn how to crochet a sweater for each of my grandkids! Heck, I’d love to crochet a sweater for me!!

    Well, this is my true story and I’m stickin to it! I’d love to win these wonderful books. If I got good at crocheting, I could even teach my grand daughters! Thanks for all the fantastic posts, every day. I always look forward to reading about new projects.

    So, with that, May the most deserving person win ????

    Bonnie Hurlburt
    Frozen Tundra aka, Vermont

  104. I’ve just recently started crocheting and this would be a wonderful learning tool! Thanks so much much for the chance at winning. I hope the winner can get as much use out of this as I would 😀

  105. I’m not really good at crochet but I desperately want to make a bag for summer. Is always nice to have the company of a good book.

  107. My mother had a book similar to this one…i used to reference all the time…not sure what happened to it….may of lost it when the house burnt down….

  108. This would be an amazing prize to win. Just learning how to crochet my mom was going to help teach me but recently passed away, I’ve been watching and re watching YouTube videos trying to get as good as my mom so I can finish some of her projects she left unfinished. I’m a knit-aholic it would be great if I could be amazing at crochet too

  109. I would love this book because there are so many stitches that I still don’t know that I want to learn. This would be the perfect book to help me learn. Thanks for the opportunity to try to win this!!

  110. I would love to have this book, it will give my imagination the tools to create all the things I want! I am new on crochet but I don´t care i just love it, it helps me soothe my nights and makes my hands want for more.

  112. I want this book so can use my hook !!

    Step by step ..ill be in my depth!!

    1000 photos will keep me busy .. at least wont get confused and dizzy!!

    ill fix mistakes and make interesting shapes!!

    If I get stuck.. this book will bring me luck!!

    A – Z ill be able to crochet until im dead !!

    So hook me up with this book ..so that I can have a closer look !! 🙂

  114. Im self taught and Im sure Im doing it wrong. Thanks for the chance to improve my skills (no more wonky scarves!)

  115. When I was in high school and college, I crocheted a lot of granny square blankets. When I recently picked up crochet again I realized how much I need to learn – crochet is more than granny squares! This book would be a great resource to help me expand my skills.

  119. I would love to win this book!
    I have only just learned to crochet in the past week and I am now hooked but I have a lot to learn.

  122. My mother taught me the basic stitches when I was child. I have since retired and have developed some health issues that have slowed me down. I have re-taught myself those same basics and found I really enjoy crocheting. I would love to learn more stitches and be able to do something other than granny squares.

  123. I am just starting to get into crochet. My husband’s Oma taught me and I absolutely love it. The downfall is she lives 1000 miles away and I can’t always have her help me trouble shoot. Thank you for the opportunity.

  124. I’ve been crocheting for many years, I’m self taught, I’ve only ever done afghans and just presently started stepping out of me comfort zone making other things, I know basic stitches , would love to learn more.

  125. I would love to have this book. I love to make up my own designs, but I really don’t have any crochet stitch dictionaries so I could use this.

  126. My grandmother taught me the basic stitches when I was a little girl and I have gotten by with those stitches for many yrs. now that I am the age she was then I would love to be able to teach my granddaughter something more than just the basics and be able to share the book with her as she learns.

  127. Im really interesred in this book i love to crochet im a double amputtee and crocheting is my release i love to try the different stitches i know three now but i love to make things and put a smile on someones face

  128. I’m just really starting out and need to learn more. I have the supplies I just need the know how.

  129. I haven’t crocheted for quite awhile, but would like to get back to doing more. My granddaughter is a school teacher in a poor area and every year for Christmas she and my daughter make scarves and hats for each of the children in her second grade class and I would like to help using different patterns for each child and this book would be very helpful.

  130. as i am new to crochet, i still have a lot to learn! and i am moving and will not have internet for quite awhile, so this will really come in handy to help me learn and do projects! thanks for the chance!!! 🙂

  131. I would love to have this book because I simply get stuck on the same stitches and never branch out. I would love to learn new things to open my crochet up to a whole new world.

  132. I would love this book because I am always looking for new stitches to try. Seeing them in a book is easier for me to learn how to do them.

  133. would love to get this book im teaching my 3 granddaughters how to crochet one is 8 the other two are going on 5 there always asking me Nanny can you teach me this would be awesome

  135. I would be so thrilled to win this book! I want to advance my crochet skills and this would really help. Thanks for the chance to win!

  136. My grandmother used to make crocheted jewelry & I’m trying to learn so I have part of her with me, we lost her in 2003. I know how to do the chainstitch, but have trouble remembering the rest & because I was so little when she made the jewelry, she thought I was too young then. I always hoped she’d teach me when I got older, but then she had to stop, it was hard on her vision & her hands. I’m almost 42 now, around the age she’d started making her jewelry & I miss her.

Have you read?

Make Your Knitting Machine Scarves Better

I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

  • the simple cinching method mentioned above
  • sewing the stitches together
  • three needle bind off
  • grafting
  • crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!