In a handy and giftable format, this simple illustrated guide to the basics of crochet will inspire you to pick up your hooks and learn the techniques to create beautiful clothing, accessories and homewares - the perfect choice for crafters in your life.

From your first stitch to your own complete clothing & homeware projects, this book will guide you from novice to pro.

You want to learn to crochet, but somehow you always end up in a tangle of yarn and baffled by complicated advice. This beginner's guide goes back to basics, with clear step-by-step illustrations demonstrating how to tie a slipknot, chain stitch, increase and decrease your rows, and crochet in the round, plus many more skills and techniques.

Craft in your Pocket: Crochet provides a simple guide to picking up your hooks and getting started, and it helps to build your confidence slowly, as you practice and perfect skills and techniques.

Covering the basics - from yarn types and hooks, to all of the basic and decorative techniques and different ways of working in the round or in a spiral, as well as finishing your work and troubleshooting - this little guide is the ultimate crafter's companion.

Contents include:
-              Yarn, Hooks, Other Tools & Equipment: Yarn weights, Fiber types, Hook types and sizes
-              Technique Library: How to read a pattern, Holding your hook and yarn, Turning your work
-              Decorative Stitches: Waffle, Linen, Star
-              Finishing Your Work: Weaving in ends, Blocking work, Adding borders
-              Troubleshooting: Counting your chain stiches, Joining a new yarn, Ending your work

Fully illustrated with step-by-step illustrations of the techniques and written by experts in the field, these guides are stunningly finished with gold foiling, making them the perfect gift for crafters in your life.

Other title in the series:
Craft in your Pocket: Knitting

Zoe Bateman is a freelance crafter, teaching craft workshops and creating craft-based projects for clients. Specializing in fiber crafts, she has had her work featured in magazines, has crocheted pieces for an art exhibition, and taught hundreds of people how to crochet. For more on Zoe, see @toocutecrafting