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Summary: mostly re-hashed stitches
Review: As with the 300 Crochet Stitches, this book is wonderful! Just when you think there can't be another stitch, here comes 220 more! You'll find it helpful in every aspect of crocheting, especially if you like designing your own things. I'm an afghan nut, and between these two books, no two afghans are ever going to be the same again!
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Summary: Fabulous!!!
Review: As with the 300 Crochet Stitches, this book is wonderful! Just when you think there can't be another stitch, here comes 220 more! You'll find it helpful in every aspect of crocheting, especially if you like designing your own things. I'm an afghan nut, and between these two books, no two afghans are ever going to be the same again!
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Summary: Worth Buying!
Review: Get this together with "300 Crochet Stitches..." if you can. But lest you think you need to have "300 Crochet Stitches..." first before enjoying "220 More Crochet Stitches...", let me say that the latter is a beauty in itself. Comes complete with instructions, diagrams, and chain multiples necessary to accomplish the piece. The chapters in this full-color, instruction-laden book are:Introduction - gives basic crochet instructions (how to hold the hook, making crochet fabric, changing colors, etc.) All-Over Patterns (76 patterns) - 76 lovely stitches that you'll be proud to display Filet Charts (26 patterns) - all fine-looking crochet pieces! Motifs (35 patterns) - all beautiful medallions plus instructions on how to join Irish Style Crochet (26 patterns) - shows beautiful, lacy works Edgings and trimmings (35 patterns) - easy to make, but produces lovely effects in the end Afghan (Tunisian) Crochet (31 patterns) - shows unusual stitches Do the math and you'll have more than 220 stitches there!
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I bought this book to go along with the 300 Crochet Stitches (Vol. 6), and I was just as impressed by this book! Easy to understand instructions and excellent photos to go with the stitch patterns.
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Summary: mostly re-hashed stitches
Review: I purchased this book, sight unseen, based on the glowing reviews given here. I'm very disappointed and would send the book back if the hassle of doing so wasn't greater than the cost of the book.
I have the very first Harmony book of crochet stitches, which is decades old... the one put out before they started numbering them and telling you how many stitches they contain. I thought this book was a sequel to that original one, but it is not.
It appears that they simply tore apart the original book and made it into two seperate books. This one, vol. 7, contains very few stitches that are not in the original. For instance, in the first section "All over Patterns" there are only 18 stitches that are solid fabrics suitable for clothing (versus openwork, filet, edges or motif patterns) and only two of those are new to this book. If you're new to crochet and want open work stitches this book would be great. But if you've been around awhile or want stitches that make solid fabrics suitable for clothing or warm afghans, skip this book.
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Summary: Excellent source for New stitch Combinations
Review: This book is excellent!! As a pattern designer, I use this book to give me ideas for texture and even designs. I think I open it almost every day!!
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Summary: Excellent source for New stitch Combinations
Review: This book is excellent!! As a pattern designer, I use this book to give me ideas for texture and even designs. I think I open it almost every day!!
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Summary: 220 More Crochet Stitches (Harmony Guide Volume 7)
Review: This is a reprint of The Harmony Guide to 100's More Crochet Stitches. Volumes 1-5 are all about knitting; volumes 6 & 7 are the crochet instructions. This has to be one of the most useful crochet books I have ever encountered. Volumes 6 & 7 together show you how to do basic stitches, laces, clusters, filet, shells, bobbles, loops, edgings & trimmings, some Irish crochet, various "motif" patterns, and Tunisian (Afghan) crochet stitches. The photos and diagrams are all in full color and the explanations are the best I have ever seen. Truly, they are worth every penny! If you can only get 2 books on crochet, get these.
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