The Crochet Answer Book is a question-and-answer style reference book intended to help crocheters of all levels solve problems, clarify techniques, and expand their skills.
The 2nd edition updates and expands the original, giving even more coverage of tricky techniques and providing more illustrations (including for left-handed crocheters). 
It’s designed to be a go-to handbook: when you’re stuck, unsure, or curious, you can look up a question and find a concise but informative answer with diagrams.
 
What’s Inside / Key Features
Some of the topics and features covered include:
Basics: yarn types, hooks, gauge, stitch definitions, working in rounds or flat 
Handling tricky spots: working around corners, increasing/decreasing in unconventional places, joining, turning corners in motifs, Edie Eckman
More advanced or specialised techniques:
  • Broomstick lace 
  • Linked stitches 
  • Crochet cables 
  • Other less common stitches and combinations 
Adaptations for left-handed crocheters: many illustrations show both right- and left-handed perspectives. 
Clarifications of stitch patterns, handling gauge issues, joining motifs, finishing techniques, and troubleshooting common problems.
 
Format / Specs
Pages: 408 pages 
Publisher / Publication date: Storey Publishing; 2nd edition released January 30, 2015 
ISBNs: 978-1-61212-406-3
Size / Format: It’s a compact, pocket-friendly Q&A book (approx 4.4 × 6.3 inches)