Engelska

<b>Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to the key skills of crochet has exactly the skills you need to master this perennially popular craft.</b><br/><br/>For a book this size there's a remarkable amount of useful content:<br/><b>Introduction</b><br/>- how to use this book, abbreviations and symbols<br/><br/><b>Before you start</b><br/><br/><b>Basic stitches and techniques</b><br/>- seven crochet stitches with detailed sbs instructions<br/><br/><b>More advanced techniques</b><br/>- seven ways to add decorations, make floral buttonholes, join pieces, etc<br/><br/><b>The most common stitches</b><br/>- fifteen more stitches, each with detailed sbs instructions<br/><br/><b>Flat circles and squares</b><br/>- fourteen patterns for circles, squares and patches that can be stitched together into blankets

Stylish and super-practical, this introduction to the key skills of sewing has just what you need to sew buttons, repair clothes, make alterations and take control of needle and thread.<br/><br/>Do you need to sew a button back on?<br/>Or let out some trouser legs?<br/>Or cut fabric from a pattern?<br/>Sewing is a highly satisfying and useful skill, but it can look forbidding from the outside.<br/>This handy guide breaks everything down for you so you can pick up the fundamental skills one by one, leaving you confident to take on repairs, alterations and even making simple patterns from scratch.<br/>Includes:<br/>- understand your sewing machine's controls<br/>- how to measure<br/>- how to check fit<br/>- how to adjust a garment or pattern<br/>- many hand stitches<br/>- some machine stitches<br/>- how to sew a pleat<br/>- how to fix a button<br/>- how to hem<br/>- how to sew a buttonhole<br/>- how to add a pocket to a garment<br/>etc...

Jean Genius [Bok / Häftad]