INSPIRING BOOKS

HIP TO BE SQUARE

KATIE JONES

(£16.99, Hardie Grant Books) If you enjoyed designer Katie Jones’ Carnaby CAL and got properly into granny square day, this is the ideal book for you! This new book will teach you how to create 20 striking projects using just five easy-to-make granny squares. You’ll learn how to whip up garments, accessories and homewares just by switching up the yarn weights, colours and types and extending or scaling down the blocks’ sizes.

YOU CAN CROCHET WITH BELLA COCO

SARAH-JAYNE FRAGOLA

(£14.99, Search Press) Beginners with a taste for clean, pastel-coloured homewares and acessories will find everything they need to get started in this inspiring book. Using Sarah-Jayne’s signature easy-to-understand yet comprehensive and structured teaching methods, you’ll be ready to get started right away. Each stitch is described using step-bystep instructions, photos and more.

CROCHET SLOUCHY HATS & BEANIES

JULIE KING

(£8.99, Stackpole Books) Get ready for autumn with these extra-cute and cosy hats! You’ll find 14 unique designs for charming floppy caps and beanies in a range of seasonal shades – though you can substitute your own colours to make these adorable slouchy hats whatever hue you desire! Using a variety of stitches with detailed instructions, these hats make great gifts as the Christmas season approaches, too. Pretty useful, right?

CRAFT YOUR OWN COSY SCANDI CHRISTMAS

BECCI COOMBES

(£14.99, Pen & Sword Books) As the Scandinavian concept of hygge has gained traction all over the world, many of us have looked for ways to add this specific type of cosiness to our lives. And with over 50 ideas for food, gifts and traditional crafts to cultivate that hygge feeling, this book might be just what we’ve been looking for! Make a wild winter birch wreath, woven julestjerner and much more.