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Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary: 125 Essential Stitches to Crochet in Three Ways

Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary: 125 Essential Stitches to Crochet in Three Ways

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  • Create Date：2021-05-04 11:54:23
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Dora Ohrenstein
  • ISBN：1419732919
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Summary

In Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary， designer Dora Ohrenstein does what no crochet author has done before: She offers detailed instructions for how to create 125 stitch patterns， plus she explains how to increase and decrease each stitch pattern in three different ways—without shaping， with shaping at the edges， and with internal shaping。 This hefty collection， ranging from lace and filigree to shells and textured stitches， is loaded with beautifully photographed swatches of each pattern， plus charted and text instructions。 A focus on the ins and outs of shaping makes working stitch patterns far more accessible and allows the creative crocheter to make many items without a pattern。 Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary will become an invaluable go-to resource that’s sure to inspire legions of crocheters to use stitch patterns in new and exciting ways。
 

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Reviews

Vincent Hill ，

Great stitch bookThis is an awesome book of stitches that will inspire， inform， and increase your crochet knowledge and skills。 I highly recommend this book for any crochet library。

Reads and ，

Really helped me find stitches I needed for clothing。

Cindy ，

This is an amazing book of stitches， and not just the simple stitch - also increasing， decreasing and corners for each one。 I read through this at a yarn store， and tried to find it at the library， without luck。 It's pretty new - might have to break down and buy it for my reference library。 This is an amazing book of stitches， and not just the simple stitch - also increasing， decreasing and corners for each one。 I read through this at a yarn store， and tried to find it at the library， without luck。 It's pretty new - might have to break down and buy it for my reference library。 。。。more

MD ，

I have recommended this book to so many people！ It does something I’ve long wanted and never before found in a stitch dictionary: it doesn’t assume you are always making rectangles with turns at the end of every row。 This book actually tells you how to increase and decrease its stitch patterns so you can use them for shaped items such as cardigans。 It addresses working the stitch in the round， such as for hats， as well as back and forth。 If you want a stitch dictionary that is truly helpful beyo I have recommended this book to so many people！ It does something I’ve long wanted and never before found in a stitch dictionary: it doesn’t assume you are always making rectangles with turns at the end of every row。 This book actually tells you how to increase and decrease its stitch patterns so you can use them for shaped items such as cardigans。 It addresses working the stitch in the round， such as for hats， as well as back and forth。 If you want a stitch dictionary that is truly helpful beyond scarves and blankets， this is the one you want。 This book languished on my “currently reading” list for a long time because I didn’t feel like I’d spent enough time with it yet to give it the review it deserves， and I still don’t。 But I’ve recommended it to so many people now just for the reasons above！ So I’ll just say there is even more to love about it。 。。。more

Kathryn Givler ，

I really enjoyed the vast array of stitches but I felt the directions on how to incorporate those stitches in the projects at the end of the book were lacking。 None the less you can learn the stitches and make your own patterns。 I definitely did not feel this was a beginners book even though she does teach you how to knit， purl， decrease， etc。 I just don't think it's enough to prepare a beginner for the rest of the book。 It has wonderful pictures and projects to really challenge the intermediate I really enjoyed the vast array of stitches but I felt the directions on how to incorporate those stitches in the projects at the end of the book were lacking。 None the less you can learn the stitches and make your own patterns。 I definitely did not feel this was a beginners book even though she does teach you how to knit， purl， decrease， etc。 I just don't think it's enough to prepare a beginner for the rest of the book。 It has wonderful pictures and projects to really challenge the intermediate to advanced knitter。 。。。more

Melissa ，

Picked this up in a Humble Bundle and it was super worth it。 I've been looking for some specific stitches。 I always get crochet books out of the library and then return them before I ever get around to doing any handwork。 I'm working so hard these days， I really need my hobbies to be convenient and also all mine。 I don't really want a crochet book full of patterns。 I like making my own。 I needed a crochet book full of classic stitches redone in a modern way so I can do what I want。 This was perf Picked this up in a Humble Bundle and it was super worth it。 I've been looking for some specific stitches。 I always get crochet books out of the library and then return them before I ever get around to doing any handwork。 I'm working so hard these days， I really need my hobbies to be convenient and also all mine。 I don't really want a crochet book full of patterns。 I like making my own。 I needed a crochet book full of classic stitches redone in a modern way so I can do what I want。 This was perfect。 。。。more

Ani Koda ，

Must-Have for Every CrocheterI’ve been crocheting for about a year， but I’ve really picked it up。 This book is really amazing to help expand your stitch collection and give you ideas for lots of projects

Beth ，

Gorgeous！ Every stitch pattern has a two page spread with written instructions， charted patterns and photos with explanation on increasing， decreasing and shaping！ The book is well organized and clear。

Denise Lavoie ，

There are two basic avenues to gain knowledge of any subject: （1） via study through books and/or the classroom; or （2） from direct experience。 Both have their place， but when it comes to crochet， the former is almost impossible as there is scant formal written information on the subject， especially when compared to its’ big sister needlework art， knitting。 Just to provide one cursory example， I pulled out a general textiles book from my personal library， written in 2005， and searched the index f There are two basic avenues to gain knowledge of any subject: （1） via study through books and/or the classroom; or （2） from direct experience。 Both have their place， but when it comes to crochet， the former is almost impossible as there is scant formal written information on the subject， especially when compared to its’ big sister needlework art， knitting。 Just to provide one cursory example， I pulled out a general textiles book from my personal library， written in 2005， and searched the index for knit and crochet entries。 I was expecting a fair amount on the former， but was unsure whether crochet would have made the cut。 I was surprised when， after mentally recording that more than three quarters of the 24 entries under “K” in the book were about knitting， the almost 2 pages of “C” entries contained exactly one about crochet – “crocheting。” And that lone entry in the textile wilderness was contained， tellingly for my current purposes， in a chapter entitled “Nonwovens and Other Methods of Fabric Construction，” and was grouped together with macramé， netting， and tatting， as alternative ways to create openwork fabrics。 Of some note， this textiles book also included hairpin lace as its own method within this grouping， indicating it as a subset of crochet。 I can only guess that the frame used to create hairpin lace was the reason it earned its own distinct entry separate from general crochet。Enter Dora Ohrenstein。 She has been writing books on crochet and crochet design for the better part of the last decade， and the title that had， until now， the biggest impact on my designing career was her 2011 title Creating Crochet Fabric。 Before it， I was not a fan of swatching， and initially I purchased the book for the design projects （and have made one， the Juliette Shawl， which project made the blog in this entry back in May， 2011）。 While the design projects drew me in， it was the brief， ending stitch dictionary and fabric creation that kept me coming back to it， again and again and again。 Dora spent considerable time throughout the period when that book was first published attempting to get everyone – both designers and non-designers – to just swatch。 Ohrenstein was trying， back then， to get everyone to learn to love the art and beauty of crochet fabric as much as she did through the means she knew best: direct personal experience with hook and yarn。Fast forward to now， and Ohrenstein’s latest title， Crochet Every Way Stitch Dictionary， picks up rather elegantly， and with some innovation， where Creating Crochet Fabric left off。 In keeping with my theme of how one gains knowledge， Dora’s opening words in this book provides her personal roadmap: “I taught myself to crochet as a twenty-one-year-old hippie while living on a houseboat in Amsterdam。” It doesn’t get any more hands-on than that。 While she would leave crochet for a singing career in the intervening years between that hippie houseboat and now， creativity has never left Ohrenstein， and it shines brilliantly in this， her most recent entry， on the way to get everyone hooked （no pun intended） on the possibilities of crochet fabric。 （Note: Dora has also completed an Artfully Voie de Vie Questionnaire on my blog back in 2012。）For designers and non-designers， swatching is the cornerstone of most any knit and/or crochet endeavor。 For the maker， it yields vital information on gauge and fiber behavior with a particular stitch pattern， the lynch pin of whether a project will be successful。 For designers， swatches are mini-fabric windows through which designs flow， morph， grow。 Each attempt yields different informational fruit， all of which goes into the trifle that will become future fabric。 We designers become the masters of the 4” fabric square， the going industry size for determining whether a design is， or isn’t， a potential publishing winner。 The swatch is， of course， conventionally a means to a bigger design end and， most probably， was created in service to a design idea already formed。What Ohrenstein wants us to recognize and internalize is that the swatch is a vehicle for stitch patterns that， in and of themselves， are a wealth of design information and inspiration。 Exercising the swatching muscle can （and I might argue） should be one of the foundational design inspiration tools in any self-respecting designer’s tool kit – to be exercised at any point， whether or not with a particular design in mind。 This book shows that how one manipulates a stitch pattern via increase and decrease can just as easily lead to other design inspiration。 Stitch pattern increase and decrease is just as much an art as a skill。After introducing some perfunctory basics on stitch patterns and how they create designs， Dora lays out the book’s organization – stitch patterns in five flavors over six chapters from closed stitches to open， texture to lace， and that final crochet mainstay – ripple stitches。 After thumbing through each section， I chose the first three stitch patterns that caught my eye to work up for this review。 My gut is consistent when it comes to the types of stitches I like – I chose one from the texture section， one from the classic lace section （and that’s my favorite section in the book， truth be told）， and one from the ripple section because its increase was just so darned intriguing。Working these swatches was not only a pleasure because each is charted （such a treat – work the chart and fini！）， but also because I chose stash yarn for each， and for this textile fan pairing the right fiber with stitch pattern is always a fun exercise。 Working some of the decreases on the first texture stitch swatch instantly gave me other ideas on what could be done along that particular edge。 The lace swatches were the most satisfying， not the least because I chose to work them up in a mohair blend。 The ripple increase swatch was， however， the most enlightening。 I know I shall be going back to that swatch as well as that section of the book （at the end， and the shortest） to further investigate。While this is technically a stitch dictionary， I find the title slightly misleading。 I do not find the stitch patterns themselves to be the star， but how we can learn to manipulate them。 In that respect， this book is indeed innovative， because stitch repeats in whole cannot always be successfully increased and/or decreased。 Ohrenstein， through her instruction for each increase and decrease， is giving us the underlying tools to successfully get any stitch pattern to do what we want it to。It is a shame that we （at least in the U。S。） tend to look down our noses at craft （although this continues to change and evolve）。 Ohrenstein， with this latest title has， along with her title from 2011， created a one-two punch for anyone wanting to create crochet fabric， or learn more generally about fabric creation and manipulation。 As crochet is seen more and more regularly on the fashion runway， it takes its place alongside knit fabrics as a potential design fabric staple in any house’s seasonal collection。 Resultingly， I find both of these Ohrenstein titles should be useful not only to a general craft public （as each title is categorized by their respective publishers）， but also relevant in any textile or design classroom setting。 Then there would be， at minimum， three crochet entries in any thorough book on textiles。 。。。more

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