Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 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. Best-selling crochet author and popular teacher Edie Eckman shares an astonishing array of 139 new, colorful, and creative border designs for embellishing both crochet and knitted projects. Edie Eckman is the author of Connect the Shapes Crochet Motifs, Around the Corner Crochet Borders, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, The Crochet Answer Book, and Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree, as well as co-editor of Crochet One-Skein Wonders® and Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies. She is a nationally known teacher, designer, writer, and editor in both the crochet and knitting worlds. She lives in Waynesboro, Virginia. Going 'Round the Bend Design Concepts Choices: Form Follows Function Customizing Your Borders The Power of Swatching Crocheted Border Mechanics Ending Rounds About the Patterns Border Designs: A Collection of 139 Borders, from Narrow and Simple to Wide and Complex Appendix Reading Crochet Patterns Stitch Key Table of Attributes Border Directory Glossary Index Acknowledgments A Design for Every Desire Want whimsical, wide, or wavy? Seeking skinny or straightforward? These 139 inventive crochet borders offer the perfect finishing touch for all your crafting projects. Written directions, diagrams, and a photo of each completed border ensure you'll have everything you need to succeed with your stitches. And tips on choosing appropriate yarns plus instructions on how to attach these borders to crocheted, knitted, or woven pieces promise to make your finished garments and fabrics flawless. "Here's everything you need to know to add the perfect edging to your project, from color choices to structure. More than just a pattern book, this is a creative learning experience and an inspiration. It deserves a place on every crocheter's bookshelf, though it'll get too much use to stay on the shelf for long!" - Tamara Kelly, mooglyblog.com "With picture tutorials and both written instruction and charts for each pattern, this book is a 'must have' for any crocheter's library. Add a border that is bold, a powerful pop of color, or a delicate detailed edge to any project. I guarantee you will find success with every border pattern you make." - Marly Bird, Crochet and Knitwear Designer and Host of the Yarn Thing Podcast with Marly Bird

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