General instructions: the language of crochet -- Special symbols -- Materials -- Hooks -- Yarns -- Yarn prints -- Stitches: Slip knot and foundation chain -- Single crochet -- Ridge stitch -- Quilt stitch -- Slip stitch -- Half double crochet stitch -- Bump stitches -- Crochet techniques: Gauge -- Increasing and decreasing -- Fastening off -- Changing colors at the end of rows or rounds -- Tapestry stitch color changes -- To prevent tapestry stitch color show-through.
Boxes: Pieced T -- World without end -- All-around and half-way-around fences: Sawtooth diamond square -- Barn raising -- Log cabin fences -- Center-out checkerboard: Snail's trail -- Circle: Yo-yos -- Nosegays -- Octagon: Melon patch -- Windmill blades -- Stuffed patches and projects: Stuffed pouch strip: Sunshine and shadows -- Courthouse steps -- Graph pattern projects: Sample graph patch-Octagon: Tapestry T -- Flower baskets -- Hearts n' Ruffles -- House on the hill -- Sampler.
Row-by-row patches and projects: Plain patch: Striped geometric -- Amish split bars -- Split rail -- Fill-in and corner triangles: Diamonds and arrows -- Fill-in squares: Trip around the world -- Diamond: Broken star -- Baby blocks -- Checkerboard grid: Nine-patch -- Patience double nine-patch -- Sawtooth and across triangle square: Roman stripe sawtooth quilt -- Double triangle square: Tree everlasting -- Triple triangle: Flying geese -- Lightning rods -- Granny patches and projects: The loosened slip knot to begin granny patches -- To end granny patch rounds -- Solid center-out square: Giant stars -- Cross -- Hole in the barn door -- Multi-color center-out square: Bow ties -- Rocky road to Kansas.
Joining patchwork motifs: Hand sewing -- Weaving patches together -- Zig-zag machine joining -- Crochet joining finished patches -- Crochet joining as you work -- Pattern sets and size adjustments: Arranging patterns or setting the pattern -- Enlarging or reducing patterns -- Finishing methods: Surface crochet -- Corded edges -- Shell edgings -- Borders: All-around borders -- Strip borders -- Strip and square borders -- Finishing and maintenance: Blocking -- Casings for hanging afghans -- Caring for afghans.