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.

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.

Provides an introduction to the theory and practice of pattern-directed refactorings: sequences of low-level refactorings that allow designers to safely move designs to, towards, or away from pattern implementations. This book documents the steps underlying pattern-based design transformations. It also offers insights into pattern differences.

Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, 'Head First Design Patterns' loads patterns into your brain in a way that sticks. In a way that makes you better at solving software design problems, and better at speaking the language of patterns with others on your team.

Focuses on the end result of object-oriented analysis and design. This book provides a catalogue of patterns that have emerged in a range of domains including trading, measurement, accounting and organizational relationships. It also presents a series of support patterns that discuss how to turn conceptual models into software.

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.

The title gives a big clue to what this book is about: sisterhood, sharing, crafting, giving, laughing. It's also about spinning yarn and making socks, glorious, zany, wildly colourful yarn for perfect fitting socks.

Features more than 30 knitting and crochet projects that range in size, time and commitment, and experience level, providing both beginning and experienced knitters a variety of projects from which to choose. This work also includes several projects designed to make use of whatever you've got left over from other projects.

A portrait of knitters, dyers and breeders of fibre-producing animals all over the United States, which includes 30 original patterns for adult and child-sized garments. In addition, there are features on locations, such as a school in Detroit where children learn to knit before they learn to read.

Both a tutorial and a reference guide, this manual presents a number of techniques for solving recurring software design problems in a comprehensive manner which includes many guidelines and constraints regarding practical applications.

Kaffe Fassett's knitted garments sell for upwards of 00 each. This book includes over 300 patterns for jackets, coats, waistcoats, dresses, shawls, and slipovers for men, women and children, plus lots of variations for the more adventurous knitter.

Presents top knitwear designers from the United States, Canada, Belgium, and Australia sharing their unique Christmas, Hanukah, and winter solstice gift-giving, decorating, dress-up projects, and a few favorite holiday traditions. This book provides a collection of a range of super-quick projects for the last-minute holiday rush.

Provides a catalog of sixty-five patterns, with real-world solutions that demonstrate the formidable of messaging and help design effective messaging solutions for an enterprise. This book includes examples covering a variety of different integration technologies, and explores the advantages and limitations of asynchronous messaging architectures.

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

In a world where sheep-based knitting is the norm, do you feel left out? Are you knitting for someone who won't wear wool? This how-to guide teaches you about non-wool yarns, focusing on plant fibers including cotton, linen, hemp, soy, bamboo, Tencel, rayon, the new synthetics, and more.

Picking up where book 1 left off, this primer on the purl stitch uses clear, step by step photographs to guide the beginner knitters through unique knitting projects . A natural progression of skills is taught and each skill is punctuated by a knitting photo. each skill

Provides information on bringing discipline to knitting and then using that discipline to create funky and hip projects that knitters want to wear, use, and give away with pride. Based on the popular Web site of the same name, this book offers information needed to become an accomplished knitter in terms of tips, techniques, and things to avoid.