Crochet Book For Class
I am rethinking the book I use to teach my beginner crochet class out of at Knit Knack. Right now I use Happy Hooker; which for those of you who don't know is the crochet edition of the Stitch n' Bitch series. It is an -okay- book. Cute patterns in it and all but truly, I don't think it is the right book for a beginner class.
So, like a good teacher I had to go to Barnes and Nobel and Jo-Ann's today. Don't laugh...of course I HAD to go! Why, you ask? Well, I was in search of a book that would fit my need and keep my interest and one that I thought was worth the money. I came up with a couple of ideas but I want to run them by you.
My choices, in no particular order...
What do you think? Which one do you think you would like?
So, like a good teacher I had to go to Barnes and Nobel and Jo-Ann's today. Don't laugh...of course I HAD to go! Why, you ask? Well, I was in search of a book that would fit my need and keep my interest and one that I thought was worth the money. I came up with a couple of ideas but I want to run them by you.
My choices, in no particular order...
What do you think? Which one do you think you would like?
9 comments:
You know, I own S&B Happy Hooker, but I found that Blue Print Crochet much easier to follow (for me) I just now use the HH for a dictonary. IMO nothing in there is set up as easy to refrence back to.
Encyclopedia of crochet is the best of the three for teaching.
I have the pocket version of the Teach Yourself Visually. I love it because some students learn differently and if they can't figure out what I'm doing, they can see it in the book. I've had it help numerous times.
I guess I would like the 1st one if I were a new crocheter! I am very visual!
Nachaele
As someone who doesn't know crochet, I am torn between the first book and the last book. I'd have to see more of the inside, but right now, the first book has more information from what I can see on amazon.com.
teach yourself visually !
I like the encyclopedia of Crochet because it has methods for left and right hand. But the book I learned from is by Coates and Clark and is called "The Learn How Book." It works for knit, crochet, tatting, and embroidery, but has great info on all.
I just saw all 3 of these (I own the encyclopedia one, other 2 I saw for first time, have also seen the S&B one), and for me, I'd say go with the visual one. It seems the easiest to learn from. I didn't look at them in depth though, so I don't know how much of stitch patterns and such it has, which I love having in the encyclopedia book. *shrugs*
Weell, I know I'm commenting kinda late (oh well), but my favorite book out of the three is the one by Jan Eaton, although I think a beginner may like the visual guide better...I've read through the encyclopedia before, but I can't recall it back to memory at the moment. Anyway, that's my humble opinion!
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