My Granny Square Wardrobe: Stunning Designs to Crochet and Wear

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Turn simple shapes into stylish makes and crochet your own colourful collection of 15 granny-square garments and accessories!

With 15 contemporary and fun designs to suit all shapes and sizes, My Granny Square Wardrobe is the ultimate guide to crocheting your own granny-square clothing, from expert crochet teacher Sam Sabido.

From snuggly statement cardigans and jumpers to festival-worthy shorts, dungarees and a bag, each project features a different granny design, including traditional granny squares, granny stripes, hexies, solid granny squares and granny circles. Each project gives you clear guidance on sizing and helps you calculate the number of granny squares you need. There are clear, beginner-friendly instructions given with step-by-step photos, charts and written patterns, along with simple construction diagrams to help you piece together and finish your garments with ease.

The book also includes:

• Helpful tips and tricks for creating and blocking your granny squares.
• Key information on sizing and fitting your garments.
• All specific techniques, shown step-by-step.
• Project variations to inspire you to adapt the projects to suit your own shape, size and favourite colours.

With #grannysquare tagged in over 1.2 million posts on Instagram and the term 'granny square pattern clothing' returning over 1.28 million online search results, this gorgeous trend is here and happening. So jump on board and you'll be on your way to creating your own gorgeous, colourful and contemporary wardrobe of granny-square garments and accessories in no time!

Author Bio

Sam Sabido is a mum of four, collector of all things vintage, and loves to share her enjoyment of crochet with others.Sam was a qualified teacher for 10 years before setting up her own business teaching crochet and designing patterns. Sam quickly developed a large following of regular customers, teaching crochet at yarn shops and fairs, in her own studio and online. She now runs regular crochet clubs, classes and retreats at local venues and online, and has approaching 40k followers on social media. Sam sells her patterns online, as well as supplying crochet kits of her own designs to Yarn Lane TV. She also works as a crochet designer for www.hobbii.com and Simply Crochet, and is a guest designer on Yarn Lane TV. Sam lives in Hertfordshire, UK, with her husband and children. This is her first book.