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The Beginner's Guide to Amigurumi

Easy Techniques and 8 Fun Projects
By Sarah-Jane Hicks
Series: The Beginner’s Guide to
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The essential beginner's guide to amigurumi from popular designer Sarah-Jane Hicks (@flo_and_dot), with 8 utterly adorable projects to crochet. 

This must-have guide contains all stitches and key techniques shown step by step and is carefully structured to get you crocheting something cute straight away! 

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Beginner's Guide to Amigurumi

Series: The Beginner’s Guide to

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781800923782

Publisher: Search Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Search Press Ltd

Illustration: 400 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 204.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Sarah-Jane Hicks has always enjoyed crochet and crafting in her spare time. She was taught to crochet as a child by her mum and grandmother. Previously she worked as a tax adviser and is now a freelance crochet designer. She has had patterns published in various popular craft and crochet magazines, and has over 113K followers on her Instagram account: @flo_and_dot. She is the author of 6 other wonderful titles from Search Press: Amigurumi Christmas, All-New 20 to Make Animal Granny Squares, All-New 20 to Make Flowers to Crochet, Wallace and Gromit Cracking Crochet, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Im-peck-able Crochet and Mini Amigurumi Nativity. Sarah-Jane lives in Norfolk, UK. For more information, visit Sarah-Jane's blog: www.floanddot.blogspot.com

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