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Giveaway- Every Which Way Crochet Borders: 139 Patterns for Customized Edgings

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Giveaway- Every Which Way Crochet Borders: 139 Patterns for Customized Edgings

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Edie Eckman

Leave a comment in today’s post by January 19, 2017 and you are in the running for this great crochet book by one of my favorite authors.

This book is great for crochet designers of all levels. It breaks down the designs so that you can use them for all sorts of projects and customize them to suit your yarn and color schemes. It covers lots of tips and techniques including adding crochet borders to textiles. My favorite part is a chart in the back that categorizes each border by individual characteristics. The photography is bold and clear so along with both chart and word patterns you can see and crochet these pretty patterns with ease.

Open to U. S. residents only please.

Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you’re ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramatically different results depending on the weight of the yarn. With each pattern diagramed to approach in both rounds and rows, Every Which Way Crochet Borders is an inventive and invaluable resource.

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Comments

  8. I love this….no more shuffling through all my patterns etc to find the perfect border for a project.

  9. I am always looking for a new or different way to finish my pieces, especially when I’ve made up my own pattern, but have no idea how to finish it off. What an amazing book!

  14. I love crochet and have lots of very old books and patterns. I would love to win this new and modern book. Thank you for the opportunity!

  16. Thanks for the chance to win this book- it looks amazing!! I really need to learn some new stitches and create these!

  21. I love adding borders and edges to my projects, especially on baby blankets. It gives such a great, finished look.

  25. I make a lot of prayer shawls and lapaghans, both knit and crochet. This would be a wonderful way to upgrade some tried and true patterns that our group uses.

  29. First let me thank you for offering this giveaway!
    I crocheted for 45 yrs. and recently have been knitting. I have seen knitting patterns that have crochet borders. I love the look. The crochet borders add a lot of interest to a knitting project.

  30. This book would be a valuable addition to my crochet pattern library. You’ve reminded me to add borders to my projects. Thanks!

  39. Thanks for the chance to win. I love Edie’s work. I am always looking for the perfect edge and this book would be great. Thanks!!

  46. Thanks for a chance to win this wonderful book. I’m always looking for interesting new edges for my afghans.

  49. I love Edie Eckman’s work! I know all kinds of crochet stitches, but borders always leave me stumped as to what to do. Thanks for the giveaway!

  50. I’ve been pinning edgings recently. This book would be a great addition to my craft library. I’m almost 72 & have been crafting from about age 6. I knit, crochet, needlepoint, cross stitch, embroider, sew clothes, dolls, & home Dec, bake & decorate cakes and other yummies, harvest weeds and grasses to use in floral arrangements, and my favorite, make pine needle baskets. In the summer I garden, dry & press flowers & leaves to use for cards, pictures and potpourri. I randomly came across your site, & I’m immediately bookmarking it so I won’t loose track of it

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