Leads readers step by step through various aspects of knitting and finishing, ensuring success even for relatively inexperienced knitters. This title showcases 26 stylish designs - scarves, stoles, cardigans, pullovers, vests, jackets, tops, and even a couple of totes.

Why do knitters love socks? Socks are portable, useful, fairly quick to knit, and universally wearable. This work offers 25 sock patterns for various occasions in a range of techniques, traditions, and designs.

From runways to department stores, lace is everywhere. This book contains a collection of quick knits that take a modern twist. It includes such designs as: a lace pattern typically used for baby wear boldly translated into a woman's scalloped jacket, a delicate lace edging used to accent a featherlight lingerie dress, and more.

Expand your idea of what a scarf can be! This collection of 31 elegant, whimsical, and ingenious scarves taps the expertise of over twenty-five knitwear designers who offer new ways to think about this most basic of garments.

Expand your idea of what a wrap can be! Shawls, ponchos and capelets are all the rage because they look fabulous on everyone, no matter the occasion. Following in the footsteps of the extraordinarily popular Scarf Style, Wrap Style is a collection of 24 classic and contemporary wraps from 18 knitwear designers. The designs vary from simple to challenging and explore shape and silhouette ...

Inspired by the seasonal festivals and traditions of Japan, this work blends traditional Scandinavian knitting with a distinctive Japanese influence. It presents 12 sweaters oriented around the months of the year that are knitted using almost a dozen different techniques.

Custom handbags and handcrafted purses have become the trendy way to show off personal style. This work presents projects ranging from a tiny pouch to carry an iPod to a generous tote based on nineteenth-century carpet bags to a felted messenger-style bag to a delicate purse with handles made of bracelets, knitters, and crocheters.

Showcases a collection of various stitch patterns from a basic Seed Stitch to a fanciful Ladder pattern, with photographs and instructions.

Created for knitters who want standard sweater patterns in a variety of sizes and gauges, as well as those who want a template from which to develop their own ideas.

Shawls are currently making a huge comeback in the fashion world, but many people do not realize that the shawl has been worn for many centuries and in many cultures. This collection of patterns and traditions features shawls from around the world.