title: The Crochet Answer Book
author:  Edie Eckman 
description: Edie Eckman writes and designs for magazines and teaches knitting and crochet design classes throughout North America.
zlib_text: WITH EDIE ECKMAN
  Essential Techniques
  Improve Your Crochet
  Beginner Level
  
  Edie Eckman is a teacher, designer, and author 
  of bestselling crochet books, including Around 
  the Corner Crochet Borders, The Crochet 
  Answer Book, and Beyond the Square Crochet 
  Motifs. Edie’s classes are infused with her desire 
  for pattern instructions to be understandable 
  and accessible for all crocheters. Her articles 
  and designs have appeared in a variety of 
  publications, including Interweave Crochet, 
  Knitters, and Knit ‘n Style.
  Edie Eckman
  www.craftsy.com
  
  Essential Techniques  
  Every Knitter Should Know
  with Edie Eckman
  1
  Common Crochet Symbols
  Improve Your Crochet  
  Essential Techniques
  Slip stitch (sl st)
  Chain (ch)
  Front post single crochet (FPsc)
  Back post single crochet (BPsc)
  Front post double crochet (FPdc)
  Back post double crochet (BPdc)
  Back post half double crochet (BPhdc)
  Front post half double crochet (FPhdc)
  Half double crochet (hdc)
  Double crochet (dc)
  Extended (Elmore) double croche