Sarah-Jayne Fragola - You Can Crochet with Bella Coco

You Can Crochet with A clear & simple course for the beginner Sarah-Jayne Fragola CONVERSION CHART & SYMBOLS Only UK crochet terms are used throughout the book. If you prefer to follow the techniques and projects with US crochet terms, use this handy conversion table to help you make the switch easier. Simply fold the flap over the book page, so you can refer to it as you crochet away! UK stitch UK abbreviation US stitch US abbreviation Chart symbol chain ch chain ch slip stitch ss slip stitch sl st Double crochet dc Single crochet sc or Half treble Half double htr hdc crochet crochet Treble crochet tr Double crochet dc SARAH-JAYNE IS THE CREATOR Double treble dtr Treble crochet tr OF BELLA COCO CROCHET and a well-known crochet designer and Triple treble ttr Double treble dtr instructor. She started her blog in 2011, and miss skip combines her love of crochet and teaching to help people learn and improve their crochet skills. Sarah-Jayne has over a million subscribers on YouTube, and on her channel you can find hundreds of crochet video tutorials on stitches, projects, hints and tips, and much more. She lives in Nottingham, UK, with her husband and two daughters.

Instagram: @bellacococrochet Facebook: @bellacococrochet #bellacocoguidetocrochet | #bellacococrochet You Can Crochet with DEDICATION To my husband, Anthony, and daughters, You Can Crochet Ella and Everleigh: you are my world. To my parents: thank you for your love, guidance and never-ending support. To my Dad up in heaven: I love you and I miss you. I hope forever to make you proud. with ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my editors May and Emily May, for being so understanding and supportive during difficult times, and Emily for really getting my vision and bringing this book to life. Thank you to Nicola White, Emma Carter and Emily Reiter for your various contributions to this book.

You are all wildly talented. Thank you to LoveCrafts for offering yarn support for some of these projects. Finally, to each and every one of you who have followed my journey; this book wouldnt have been possible without your support. A clear & simple course for the beginner First published in 2023 The Publishers and author can accept no responsibility Search Press Limited for any consequences arising from the information, advice Wellwood, North Farm Road or instructions given in this publication. Readers are Sarah-Jayne Fragola Tunbridge Wells, Kent permitted to reproduce any of the patterns in this book TN2 3DR, United Kingdom for their personal use, or for the purposes of selling for charity, free of charge and without the prior permission Text and diagrams copyright Sarah-Jayne Fragola 2023 of the Publishers. 15, 51 (blocking board) Photographs by Mark Davison, at Search Press Studios: Suppliers pages 31, 35 (swatch), 37 (swatch), 39 (swatch), 41 All the yarns in this book are available from LoveCrafts: (swatch), 80 (swatch), 83 (swatch), 84 (swatch), 89, 91 (top www.lovecrafts.com right), 127 (swatch), 129 (swatch), 130 (swatch), 131 (swatch), For details of alternative suppliers, please visit the 132 (swatch), 134 (swatch) Search Press website: www.searchpress.com Photographs by Stacy Grant: pages 1, 45, 49, 5455, 76, 99, 101, 102, 107, 136 For further inspiration, visit the authors website: Photographs by Quail Studios: pages 3, 59, 63, 65, 71, 77, www.bellacococrochet.com 87, 93, 94, 108, 111, 113, 117, 119, 138, 140, 141 All remaining photographs are by Nicola White, Publishers note at Bunny & Blossom Photography All the step-by-step photographs in this book feature Photographs and design copyright the author Sarah-Jayne Fragola demonstrating how to Search Press Ltd. 2023 crochet. 2023 crochet.

No models have been used. All rights reserved. No part of this book, text, photographs Measurements or illustrations may be reproduced or transmitted in any The projects in this book have been made using metric form or by any means by print, photoprint, microfilm, measurements, and the imperial equivalents provided microfiche, photocopier, internet, video or in any way have been calculated following standard conversion known or as yet unknown, or stored in a retrieval system, practices. The imperial measurements are often without written permission obtained beforehand from rounded to the nearest in for ease of use except in Search Press. rare circumstances; however, if you need more exact measurements, there are a number of excellent online ISBN: 978-1-78221-945-3 converters that you can use. Always use either metric or ebook ISBN: 978-1-78126-941-1 imperial measurements, not a combination of both.

SEARCH PRESS CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Advanced working in the round:magic ring method72 CROCHET HOOKS Increasing 74Project: Face Scrubbies EQUIPMENT Crochet charts78 YARNS 14 Working a granny square80Working a solid hexagon82 COLOUR 20 Working a granny triangle84 GETTING STARTED Project: Granny Square Baby BlanketYour first stitchesPompoms 90Anatomy of a stitchProject: Granny Hexi PillowMaking a tension swatchTassels 96Conversion chart & symbolsProject: Granny Triangle BuntingAbbreviations quick viewProject: Yarn BasketBlocking 50Shaping, sizing and adapting patterns104Project: Hat & Mittens YOUR FIRST PROJECTS HatDecreasing 109How to read a pattern56MittensProject: CoastersColourwork 112Colour changes60Surface cross stitch114Invisible join61Project: Pencil CaseProject: Place MatProject: Infinity Scarf