Starter Guide to Tunisian Crochet

Tunisian crochet, also called Afghan crochet, is a blend between knitting and crochet offering the best aspects of both techniques. It produces a fabric similar to a knit but worked on a hook. It's sturdy, durable, and flexible. Following the success of her first book, Tunisian Crochet Stitch Dictionary, author Mary Beth Temple has written Starter Guide to Tunisian Crochet which contains 15 must-make projects for both beginner and experienced needleworkers. The projects range from the ease of a simple potholder to a more challenging poncho with a blanket project which also serves as a stitch sample project for crochet enthusiasts to work a variety of Tunisian stitches in one beautiful project. Tunisian crochet is a lot quicker, combining the best of knitting and crochet, and it's become one of the most popular approaches for today's crocheters.

Acclaimed crochet and knit designer Mary Beth Temple is the author of The Secret Language of Knitters and Hooked for Life: Adventures of a Crochet Zealot. Her work appears regularly in national needlework magazines, from Interweave Crochet and Interweave Knits, to Creative Knitting and Hooked on Crochet. Mary Beth is also a contributing pattern editor and designer for Vogue Crochet.