Make head-turning jewelry using simple crochet techniques with Crochet Jewelry, even if you've never crocheted before! Learn to create the intriguing crochet accessories reappearing in the fashion world-with your own personalized twist.
Choose from multicolored bead and crochet necklaces, lacy spiderweb chokers, delicate yarn and wire bracelets, lively cherry earrings, mohair flower pins, or pretty cocktail rings embellished with beads and stones. Experiment with a range of materials, from sumptuous ribbon and eyelash yarns to silver and gold wire, and find out how to decorate finished crocheted pieces with beads, crystals, ribbons, feathers, embroidery, and silk flowers.
Learn what materials and tools are needed to create these fabulous fashions and how to achieve different looks using various types of yarns and beads. All the core techniques are demonstrated with step-by-step photographs, from working basic stitches to adding findings and finishings, and each design includes a recipe of ingredients, suggested color palette, and easy-to-follow instructions. Basic stitches are reviewed, including chain stitch, single and double crochet, increasing and decreasing, how to crochet around a bead, making a necklace closure, and putting components together.
Experiment with a range of materials and see just what you can create with Crochet Jewelry.
Reviews: "Projects are varied: some are cute, some trendy, others retro. This book is a good starting point if you're interested in creating crocheted jewelry using yarn, embroidery thread, or wire."-Art Jewelry
"If you've ever needed a reason to learn to crochet with beads, this book is a good start. This is a unique book in the beading field... Highly recommended."-South Jersey Bead Society