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. ( )