Description
Table of Contents
0. Before You Begin:
choosing materials, center-pull yarn, hook and yarn holds, a note for left-handers
1. Big and Little Loops:
yarn terms, slip knot, chain stitch, slip stitch, square knot, chain counting, crochet abbreviations
Interlude.
Anatomy Lessons: parts of the chain and how to stitch into it
2. The Main Stitch:
single crochet, laying incomplete work aside, sewing crochet pieces together, finishing yarn ends
3. Bigger and Smaller: various methods to increase and decrease the number of single crochet stitches in a row
4. Growing Up:
half double crochet, double crochet, and their turning chains and decreases
Interlude.
Choose Your Weapon: notes on gauge, tension, and selecting hooks and yarns
5. Extensions and Patterns:
changing strands of yarn for color change or otherwise, in single crochet and taller stitches, and what to do with the unused strands
6. Loop the Loop:
ways to work in the round, starting rounds, adding new yarn via slip stitch
7. Ami Elements:
15 amigurumi skills not yet addressed, including the magic ring, invisible decrease, and closing the final hole
Appendix.
Where Else to Go Next: descriptions and links for a gradually expanding list of crochet topics; does not require the Ami Elements material
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