Judith Copeland

This book demonstrates a basic idea of crocheting, which can then be elaborated on in countless customize-able ways. Overall, a practical, if sparse, example of creating customized crocheted clothing.

The many photos are very detailed and show many different versions of what can be crocheted using the book's main idea. The straight-forward idea is easy to grasp from the photos.

One of my favorite craft books of all time! Teaches you the basic building blocks of crocheted apparel and shows you how easy it is to create your own patterns.

If you're new to crochet you might want to practice rectangles first. I dove in and made the pancho in this book as my first ever crochet project. Now I have a really funky, asymetrical throw with a hole in the middle. But this book does have some really cool stuff that is straight-forward to make. Some of the styles are a little dated, but many are timeless.