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Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker | 
 enlarge | Author: Debbie Stoller
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Rating:  152 reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0761139850
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.434
EAN: 9780761139850
Publication Date: March 15, 2006
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Product Description
Lacy, sexy summer tops. Chic, cozy sweaters. Chunky, funky hats and colorfully crafty afghans—it all starts with the single, simple act of wrapping a hook around a strand of yarn. Then come the stitches, the flourishes, the unlimited creativity. Stylish, cheeky in tone, chock-full of information and inspiration, this is the indispensable guide. Learn the skills. Speak the lingo. Make the stuff. And give old granny square a chance.
Book Description
Debbie does crochet! Debbie Stoller, the “knitting superstar,” has been leading an entire movement of hip young knitters with her New York Times bestseller Stitch ’n Bitch and its follow-up, Stitch ’n Bitch Nation, together with over 521,000 copies in print. But guess what? For every one knitter in the world there are three crocheters—which translates into millions of hip, crafty, 18- to 35-year-olds ready to be happy hookers with Stitch ’n Bitch attitude, sexiness, ingenuity, and cool.
Written in the author’s cheeky chick style, this heavily illustrated book—featuring four-color photographs and instructional illustrations throughout—is chock-full of instruction, inspiration, and to-die-for designs, from a Fishnet Skullcap to a lacy evening wrap. For knitters and new crafters exploring the hook comes the primer: the advantages of crochet and the ways in which knitters (and nonknitters) benefit by learning this sister craft; a discussion of tools; all the cool yarns available, and what the different gauges mean; plus basic techniques and stitch patterns—including the chain stitch, picot, flowers, filet crochet, changing yarns, and finishing. Then come 40 fabulous, funky projects—the kind that make Stitch ’n Bitch rule—for crocheters: Pom Pom Capelet, Retro Clutch Purse, Anarchy Irony Hat, Ms. Pac Man Change Purses, Doris Daymat, Va-Va-Va Voom Bikini, Animal I-Pod Cozies, Kid’s Sock Monkey Poncho.
No, these aren’t your grandma’s doilies.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 147 more reviews...
 Happily Hooked November 20, 2008
OU Fan (Dallas, TX)
This book is wonderful if you are new to crochet, or even if you're not. I learned to crochet with this book. The instructions and illustrations were so much better than the ones I had seen elsewhere. You really can teach yourself through this book. I am a very visual person and with a little practice and repetition, I learned the basics and then was able to move on to the other stitches. The projects are really cute and trendy. The first thing I made was a purse and although I had a little trouble with it at first (mainly because it wasn't going the way I thought it should), I realized you need to trust the instructions!! I recommended this book to several friends and they've all enjoyed it. I always keep this handy whenever I'm crocheting. It's a great reference book as well as a project book.
Awesome!! November 11, 2008
Jennifer Weggenmann (Eureka, MO)
This is an all around great book!! Not only does it explain things for beginners, but it has great patterns for everyone, not just beginners. This is an all around good book for anyone who crochets!
AWESOME!! November 10, 2008
S. Hinkle (Georgia, USA)
This is a great book!! It's got all of the basic stitches and tons of awesome patterns! Great for a beginner (like me) but I have friends that have been crocheting much longer than I have, and they love this book just as much as I do! It has very easy patterns up to more complex ones that are still easy for a beginner to read.
I love this book! October 10, 2008
Crochet Girl (Michigan)
A friend bought this book for me for my Birthday as a joke.
I don't know if she thought it would be a funny book to see on my book shelf or what.
I really have only made a few things from the book, since I would consider my self to be a beginner.
So far everything that I have made everyone has loved and wanted me to make one for them too.
So, I just find myself making the same things over and over and over again.
 What good is a pattern book, when the patterns are all wrong? October 1, 2008
SLC (USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
There are some great patterns in this book... but SO many of them are wrong, mis-printed, and have errors! Some of the illustrations are wrong too.
There are tons of updates on their website for the "correct" patterns (they call them erratas) - but what a pain to have to cross things out and re-write them. Isn't that the point of buying a pattern book, so that you have an easy reference?
I purchased as a gift for my sister who is learning to crochet. The first half of the book is written for the beginner, with detailed instructions. She was so frustrated, after spending hours on a project, only to find it wasn't working. (it was after investigation I found the erratas)
This book is headed for the recycle bin
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