INDEX

Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations or photos; numbers in bold indicate charts or tables.

a

abbreviations, 308–11

afghans, 1–2, 8, 95

b

ball winder, 42

base-round stitches, 3, 3, 26

calculating number of stitches, 7, 7

bead stitch, 140, 176, 206, 308, 315

beaded borders, 28–29, 62–63, 132–33, 257

bullion stitch, 198–99, 286, 308, 314

buttons in borders, 138–39, 188–89

c

chain stitch, 9, 306, 306, 308

embroidered, 18–19, 18 19

surface chain, 16263

working into, 4, 4

chainless start, 9, 9chart reading, 11, 11

chart stitch key, 31415

circular crochet. Seeworking in the round vs. working in rows

colors, changing, 16

colorways, 24, 24

corkscrews, 4041

corners

counting from, 10, 10

working to, 3, 6, 12, 13

crochet punctuation, 304–5

asterisks (*), 304

brackets [ ], 305

crochet shorthand [ ], 305

parentheses ( ), 305

crochet stitches, 308–11

crow’s foot stitch, 24041

curves, adjusting for, 25, 25

d

disks, 23637

double chain, 56, 56

double crochet, 306, 306, 308, 314–15, 314 15

chainless start, 9, 9

extended, 309

working into, 5, 5

e

edging, simple, 21, 21

embroidered chain stitch, 18–19, 18–19

ending rounds, 14, 14–15

f

felted fabric, 19, 19

flatness, 6, 6–7, 25, 2526

flower motifs, 34–35, 88–89, 124–25, 140–41, 170–71, 182–83, 25455

folding sc, 80, 309, 314

frills, 3435

fringe, attaching, 14243

fringe, make, 258–59

g

graph paper planning, 23, 23

h

half double crochet, 306, 306, 309, 314–15, 31415

herringbone dc, 73, 314

horizontal cluster, 150, 310, 315

j

joining

new yarn, 9, 9

tapestry needle join, 15, 15

l

leaning tower stitch, 77, 186, 310, 314

lefties, notes for, 10, 10

lobster cord, 76

long stitch, 124, 136, 310, 314

m

mesh border, 96, 266

p

picot fringe, 11214

picot stitch, 21, 21, 310

popcorn stitch, 46–47, 82–83, 102–3, 292–93, 310, 316

proportion and scale, 22–23, 23

puckers and ruffles, avoiding, 6, 6–7

puff stitch, 123, 134, 142–43, 269, 296–98, 310, 315

q

quick-start guide, 26

r

reading charts, 26

reading crochet patterns, 19

repeating sections of stitches, 11, 11

reverse single crochet, 21, 21

round 1, 10, 1011

row-by-row crochet. See working in the round vs. working in rows

s

scallops, 55, 282–83, 22627

shell motif, 67

simple borders, 21, 21

single crochet, 3, 3, 6, 9, 306, 306, 311

edging woven fabric, 18, 18

foundation, 26

reverse, 21, 21

slip-stitch, 306

method of joining, 9

spike dc, 100, 311, 314

spike hdc, 115, 311, 314

spike sc, 48–49, 82–83, 84–85, 288–89, 311, 314

spike tr, 84–85

spike, compound, 128

stitch marker, 6, 10, 10

stitch symbols, 306–7, 306–7, 314–15, 314 15

stitch-count math, 7, 78

swatches, 52

t

tapestry needle join, 15, 15

treble crochet, 306, 306, 311, 314–15, 314 15

crossed treble, 44–45, 308

triple treble, 136–37

u

U.K. terminology, 22

w

working in the round vs. working in rows, 16–17, 17, 17

working into

bound-off edge, 4, 4

chains and cast-on knit stitches, 4, 4, 307, 307

crocheted or knitted fabric, 3–5, 3–5

double crochet edge, 5, 5

horizontal edges, 4, 4

knitted selvedge, 5, 5

vertical edges, 4–5, 5

woven fabric, adding borders to, 18, 18

x

X-stitch, 82–83, 315

flat, 272–73