Crochet Magazine

Editor Tara M. Orchard Art Director Brad Snow Editorial Assistant Terra Ward Senior Graphic Designer Nick Pierce Senior Copy Editor Kristan Seitz Copy Editor Emily Oliver Technical Editors Shirley Brown, Randy Cavaliere, Jean Clement, Amy Curtin, Mar

Once the winter starts fading away and spring is in sight, I want nothing more than to be outside and surrounded by the green of new growth and flowers that are just starting to bloom. I want to be basking in the sunshine, finally defrosting from the

Since the cover-up is worked lengthwise, larger sizes will have more rows on each side. To accommodate the number of rows for the different sizes, the instructions are divided into sections even though the back is worked in one piece and the front is

Embellishing a crochet project with an edging or border is similar to decorating a cake with icing. Of course, a plain cake is delicious just as it is, but once a beautiful frosting is applied as the finishing touch, the cake is enhanced and turns in

Instructions given fit woman’s size small/ medium; changes for medium/large, large/ X-large and 2X-large/3X-large are in []. Bust: 44 [49, 55, 61] inches Length: 27 inches • Premier Yarns Basix Chunky bulky (chunky) weight acrylic yarn (3½ oz/117 yds

DESIGN BY SPRING INTO FALL DESIGNS 8 inches x 8 inches flat, with a 60-inch strap • Premier Home Cotton medium (worsted) weight recycled cotton/polyester yarn (2.65 oz/ 131 yds/75g per skein): 2 skeins #38-01 white 1 skein of each #38-20 sunflower, #

3 inches wide × 34 inches long • Omega Primavera super fine (fingering) weight cotton yarn (3½ oz/131 yds/100g per skein): 1 skein #486 laguna • Size F/5/3.75mm crochet hook • 7-inch-long piece of cardboard 4 dc and ch-1 = 1 inch Single crochet join

Instructions given fit woman's size small; changes for medium, large, X-large and 2X-large are in []. Oversize At Widest Part: 48 inches (small) [50 inches (medium), 52½ inches (large), 54½ inches (X-large), 56½ inches (2X-large)] • Premier Anti-Pill

Approximately 4 inches tall (including bee) × 7 inches long • Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (5 oz/236 yds/141g per skein): 1 skein #E300B-0988 platoon • Red Heart Super Saver medium (worsted) weight acrylic yarn (7 oz/364

Instructions given fit woman’s size X-small; changes for small, medium, large, X-large, and 2X-large are in []. Bust: 35½ [39,43½, 47,51½, 55] inches • Premier Cotton Fair fine (sport) weight cotton/acrylic yarn (3½ oz/317 yds/100g per ball): 3 [4,4,

Depending on how tightly you work, consider using a size J or K hook for foundation chains. A tooloose foundation chain will be taken up in assembly and edging; a too-tight foundation chain will pucker work. If you are right-handed, assembling column

Due to the ever-changing nature of the yarn and craft industry, it may be impossible to find the exact yarn and craft products used in the designs shown in this publication. Crochet! magazine makes every effort to provide an accurate and complete Buy

Projects for first-time crocheters using basic stitches, with little or no shaping. Projects for new crocheters who are comfortable with the beginner basic stitches and are ready to combine them into short pattern sequences. Skills include simple inc

Single crochet decrease (sc dec): (Insert hook, yo, draw Ip through) in each of the sts indicated, yo, draw through all Ips on hook. Example of 2-sc dec Half double crochet decrease (hdc dec): (Yo, insert hook, yo, draw Ip through) in each of the sts