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Explore knitting and crochet books filled with patterns, techniques, inspiration and expert guidance. Perfect for learning new skills or discovering your next favourite project. We’ve launched with a small selection, with many more books coming online soon.

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Learning, or making

Some books teach: How to Start Knitting, You Can Crochet with Bella Coco and The Beginner's Guide to Amigurumi take you from the first stitch to a finished piece, with photos of every step. Others are pattern collections built around a style or a designer, such as the Nordic knits from Laine or Shelley Husband's granny square books. Stitch libraries and card decks are the reference shelf for anyone designing their own.

Knitting or crochet

The knitting books come from Laine and Search Press: everyday garments, textured knits, socks, scarves and shawls. Crochet is the larger shelf, with Shelley Husband, Search Press and Bella Coco covering granny squares, blankets, garments and a great deal of amigurumi, including Pica Pau and The Gnomes of Grimblewood.

Check the terms and the yarn

Crochet books say on the first page whether they use UK or US terms; Australian and British books use UK, where a treble is the US double crochet. Most books name a specific yarn: bring the book in and we will match a ply we stock. And if you would rather learn with a person than a page, our classes cover the same ground.

How to Start Knitting from Search Press. It photographs every step, starts with casting on and finishes with a first project.
You Can Crochet with Bella Coco. It teaches the stitches with clear photos and works up to simple projects, in UK terms.
Both, depending on the publisher. Shelley Husband and Search Press books use UK terms; some overseas titles use US. The first page says which, and converting is a one line chart.
Shelley Husband's Granny Square Academy 1 and 2, Granny Square Flair, Granny Square Patchwork and Granny Square Garden, plus 20 Granny Squares to Crochet and the Granny Square card decks from Search Press. Academy is the place to start.
Yes: The Beginner's Guide to Amigurumi, Cuddly Animals to Crochet, Amigurumi People, Pica Pau 2, Aquatic Amigurumi 2 and The Gnomes of Grimblewood, plus the Mini Amigurumi Animals card deck.
Often, and where we do not stock the exact yarn we can match the ply. Bring the book in or email the pattern and we will suggest a substitute.
A boxed set of cards, one stitch or motif per card, with the chart and instructions. Easier to prop up beside you than a book, and good for choosing stitches for your own designs.
Yes, under Patterns rather than Books: the Patons, Cleckheaton and Panda pattern books and leaflets written for their yarns.
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