Best-selling crochet author and popular teacher Edie Eckman shares an astonishing array of 100 new, colourful, and creative border designs for embellishing both crochet and knitted projects. Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 100 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you're ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramatically different results depending on the weight of the yarn. With each pattern diagrammed to approach in both rounds and rows, Every Which Way Crochet Borders is an inventive and invaluable resource. AUTHOR: Edie Eckman is a nationally known teacher, designer, writer, and editor in both the crochet and knitting worlds. She has authored many titles. SELLING POINTS: ? Expert author with best-selling sales track.. Her previous crochet border technique book, 'Around the Corner Crochet Borders', has more than 100,000 copies in print. ? 100 all-new designs. 'Every Which Way Crochet Borders' features stitch patterns in a variety of weights and types of yarns and employing a range of crochet techniques, and includes tips on working around a wide range of edge shapes. ? Inventive design. The author's playful use of colour and creative designs have inspired crocheters for years, and these new designs will continue to intrigue and challenge crocheters of all levels. ? Borders matter for both knitters and crocheters. Borders are useful enhancements to both knitted and crocheted projects. Nearly half of knitters also crochet, which makes this book valuable to both markets. ? Ever-growing crochet market. Both Craft Yarn Council and Google Trends reports show crochet surpassing knitting in popularity. Storey's sales data supports this trend. Full colour
