The Granny Square Book: Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Crocheting Square by Square

Description

Granny squares are to crochet what pieced squares are to quilting. They originated with pioneer women using up precious scraps of yarn to make blankets for their families, and over the years, many recognized, named patterns have been handed down from one generation to the next. Beyond this treasury of 75 different granny square motifs, Margaret Hubert shows how the granny square can be used and interpreted in different ways with different yarns, and how today's crocheter can design her own projects using the granny squares of her choice with the yarn selection of today. Just as Margaret learned from her grandmother and mother and then passed the skill down to her daughter and granddaughter, each generation finds new uses and artistic ways to interpret granny squares.

Author description

Margaret Hubert designs for yarn companies and book & magazine publishers including Crochet, Interweave Press, and Crochet Fantasy. She teaches at yarn shops, retreats, and national gatherings and rarely misses a national conference in the needle arts field. She is the author of 12 other books including five books in the Hooked series, Knits for Men, Plus Size Crochet, Knit or Crochet-Have It Your Way, The Complete Photo Guide to Crochet, & The Complete Photo Guide to Knitting.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781589236387
• Publisher : Rockport Publishers Inc.
• Imprint : Creative Publishing International, US
• Publication date : November 2011
• Dimensions : 203mm X 203mm X 23mm
• Produced in : United States
• Availability date : December 2011
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : 250 colour illustrations
• Pages : 160
• Dewey classification : 746.434
• Bind : Hardback
• Author : Margaret Hubert