With 40 stylish patterns, this guide aims to show young knitters how to get started, how to make it fun and how to make the hip clothes they want. Step-by-step instructions illustrate every technique.

The popular aruthor of Stitch 'n Bitch presents fifty hip, funky, and fabulous new patterns for contemporary knitters, including the Om Yoga Mat Bag, the London Calling Union Jack Sweater, Polka Dot Tankini, the Boob Tube, and other innovative designs. Simultaneous.

Both a celebration of knitting and a book for practical information, this book is a collection of advice for the knitter. It examines essential truisms of knitting, with warnings, realities, and fantasies about the act of knitting and the people who do it. It includes information on everything from yarn needles, gauge, and knitting bag, and more.

Knitting finally takes its rightful place on the spectrum of personal obsessions, alongside golfing, fishing, and gardening. The tangled life of the knitter is the subject of inspired nuttiness in these 300 tongue-in-cheek meditations from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.

Briefly traces the history of knitting, discusses yarns, tools, and basic techniques, and tells how to design, make, finish, and care for knitware.

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.

Handknitted socks are a luxury everyone should experience. Here are 18 sock patterns inspired by a host of folk knitting traditions.

A collection of thirty knitted patterns that can be completed in a minimum of time features instructions for creating such classic gifts as baby booties and bonnets, as well as newer ideas including a tea cozy, a felted yoga mat bag, and floor cushions.

Offering charts and plans for making infant to adult-sized projects, this unique book provides knitters with a complete resource of over 350 patterns for caps, tams, scarves, vests, sweaters, mittens, gloves, and socks that are written for multiple gauges to accommodate all weights of yarn from bulky to fingering. Also included are the basics of pattern design and alteration to allow for the ...

This primer uses clear, step-by-step instructions to teach the basics of knitting. Beginners will learn to master the techniques that are needed before starting a project and learn which choices result in successful garments. A natural progression of skills is taught, and each skill is punctuated by a knitting project, enabling first-time knitters to create simple scarves and sweaters. Patterns ..

Compiled by Vogue's acclaimed knitwear designer and teacher, this collection of 350 knitted edgings, borders and trims, runs the gamut of styles and offers something for all tastes, all drawn from the 'Vogue Knitting' archives.

Collects 50 projects and ideas for the beginning and intermediate-level knitter, many of which can be made in a weekend or less.

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.

These 18 sock patterns are fun, easy, and portable - making this book great for obsessive knitters on the move. Perfect for beginners, it features helpful tips for each pattern and covers each step of knitting these stylish socks with charts and illustrations.

Introduces the luscious lace of yesteryear to the knitters of today.

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.

With over 650 practical drawings, this handbook offers step-by-step instructions in all the techniques a knitter needs to know. It includes information for every stage, from casting on to adding the finishing touches, and also advises on what to do when things go wrong.

Today lace doesn't just mean doilies knit in very fine yarn; often the yarns are not fine and the needles large for faster knitting and greater impact. A Gathering of Lace samples the best traditional and contemporary lace knitting. This collection includes sweaters, vests, shawls, gloves and socks - some are simple enough for the new knitter while others will stimulate seasoned lacers.