You've seen gorgeous crochet items online and in boutique shops, and you'd love to learn to create them yourself. Now's your chance! Packed with hundreds of inspirational color photos and easy-to-follow instructions, this fun guide teaches you how to hook your way to a wonderful new skill. In it, you get expert advice on choosing your hook, yarn, and other helpful tools, stitch-by-stitch lessons for dozens of pretty and practical stitches, illustrated instructions for shaping your work with increases and decreases, guidance on reading crochet patterns and decoding crochet chart, troubleshooting tips for avoiding common crochet mistakes, and over 15 stylish projects and patterns that build on what you've learned!