280 Shell stitches

[Momcrochets]

So yarn books are 40%off at JoAnns this week, I found out when Iwalked in. On the rack was this book (280 shell stitches). I started to flip through it, and was VERY pleased...more than just the traditional shells. (When I think about it, it'd be VERY hard to come p with that many variations on the solid shell st.) Anyway, from easy to hard to intricate to lacy, this book had it all. So it had to come home with me. After I bought some sale yarn ( have hats to make) and yet another 1.80mm hook, I spent $5 more than the book would have cost at regular! Which would have been 24.95, btw.

read that one as soon as DD went down for her nap!

[LI Roe]

I have that book also and I like it. Just when you think there aren't any more new stitches to learn, you get surprised.

 

Enjoy it.

 

LI Roe

[newthingcrochet]

I just put that one on hold at the library. I hope I don't decide I can't live without it since I don't have any money right now. I may just have to keep rechecking it....

[CLLinda]

I have that book too. I have designed two afghans by using that book. I really like it.

 

It's surprising the kinds of stitches you can make.

 

[2020kitten]

I actually enjoy "reading" this book!

 

And it's helped me, when I get to the place in some patterns where it either it just doesn't make sense, or I don't like it, I can usually pull something from in here to get me through the pattern.

 

And as I'm experimenting with free-form crochet, I can see the possibility for a lot of fill-in stitches, and "meshes" to attach the work to.

 

I'd say, keep on checking it out of the library, until you can afford it, then get it for your permanent collection.

 

A good resource for books online, I've found, is http://www.campusi.com

 

It's, like, this massive search engine for books & I've ordered books online, that I compared prices through them on, and I've found books at BAMM & Borders that I've then called the store & found or requested.

 

The book is awesome! It, and my Ruthie Marks Geometrics book, are my mainstays right now.