This is what we've been working on – By Hook: Crochet with natural fibres features 12 original projects by contemporary textile artists, all of whom are using innovative techniques and finding new ways of making

By Hook empowers readers to create rather than recreate. Crochet can be three-dimensional and playful and lends itself to organic, natural shapes. To that end, this book gathers formulae that originate in the organic world – a flat circle, curly corals, freeform crochet – to provide readers with the know-how to resist prescriptive patterns and find their own forms.

By Hook: crochet with natural fibres is a book for those who have already learned to crochet but have found it stuck in the past. This informative and beautifully illustrated publication shows how it is a craft for the contemporary world.

By Hook has original patterns by Shizuka Sone; Helle Jorgensen; Liz Cooksey; Mette Mehlsen; Robyn; and Joanne Haywood; Katy Bevan; Lucinda Ganderton; Kimberley Cookey-Gam; Beth Williams and Rachael Matthews.
Inspiration from Daina Taimina; Elin Thomas; Tracy Potts; Muriel Maire; Inga Hamilton; Drew McKevitt and Caitlin McCormack and Christopher Kelly

Cover work Liz Cooksey | Photography Article Studio | Design Emilia Kalyvides Published January 2027