Granny Square Academy

by Shelley Husband

$44.95

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Do you know the basics of crochet and can make a traditional granny square but not much else? Granny Square Academy is the perfect next step in your crochet journey.

Granny Square Academy is go! Victorian-based Shelley Husband wants to teach you all the things you need to know to make your crochet granny squares be the absolute best they can be. Our lovely Linda in the shop has done this course and is so excited that "I can crochet now!"

If you know the basic crochet stitches or how to crochet a traditional granny square, then you have the skills you need to start Granny Square Academy.

What will you learn? Here’s just a small sample of the topics covered in Granny Square Academy;

anatomy of various crochet stitches, how to do the four most common crochet stitches, how to work spike stitches, front posts, back posts, back loops only, clusters,
how to read written patterns,
how to join granny squares,
all my seamless crochet tips like joining with a stitch, what to do instead of ch3 (stch),
how to block granny squares,
how to change colour,
how to weave in ends and
a lot more!

Shelley has covered all the little things that get missed when teaching yourself. Things like where do you join to when joining to a ch3 (stch)? Tips for how to read your crochet stitches so you can count them properly. That kind of thing.

Granny Square Academy will teach you all you need to know and each pattern has been carefully designed to teach you a new skill and help you master it. You will build on the skills learned with each new pattern in the series. There are a lot of close up photos, with detailed instructions, as well as video for all of the patterns. I really have covered everything you might need.

Contains instructions in both US and UK crochet terms.

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About

Shelley Husband

Shelley Husband is a designer, an author and a serious champion of making crochet easy and enjoyable. She learned to crochet as a child, then it took her almost 40 years to make her next granny square – and she hasn't stopped since. Soon after that square she had a new design in mind, and then another, and another. The designs have not slowed, and her granny square community is still buzzing.

From her first book, Granny Square Flair, which won the UK's Best Crochet Book in 2019, through to her twelfth, Shelley gives her community what they ask for. There is an app now, an online group and regular workshops around the country, and she loves getting the curious hooked on granny squares. New crocheters and old hands fall in love with the way her patterns are written to be practical – confidence built one square at a time.

When she isn't running a retreat, working a workshop or designing the next book from her hook, Shelley is at home on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Peoples of the Kulin Nation – also known as Bendigo, in Victoria.