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"An exciting book from Wendy Bernard, Knitted Gifts for All Seasons is packed with 30 new garments and accessories. Projects are organized by season and range from cozy slippers, mittens, and a pom-pom wreath to Fair Isle yoke-neck sweaters for the whole family. Embracing the full calendar year and a wide spectrum of reasons to gift knits, each project captures the season's essence through color scheme and project type, resulting in a well-rounded...
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In this book, "you'll learn several different approaches for getting started, and you'll also discover how to shape comfortable toes, create heels that fit, and ensure stretchy cuffs that can be counted on to keep your socks up. Druchunas's ... tips and tricks include working confidently with double-pointed needles, knitting socks on one or two circular needles, and even knitting two socks at the same time"--Amazon.com.
5) Arm knitting
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Free yourself from cumbersome needles and create 30 home and fashion projects, including a winter snood, scarves, boot warmers, pet bed, and more. Includes clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs walk you "arm in arm" every step of the way.
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"Master beginner and advance colorwork knitting techniques in Interweave's most comprehensive colorwork guide to-date. With chapters outlining more than a half dozen colorwork knitting techniques, The Colorwork Bible is your updated exploration of both beginner- and advanced-level skills with a vibrant, modern palette and inspired projects. Join knitwear designer Jesie Ostermiller as you learn. A variety of small-scale swatch lessons that help you...
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"Both a stitch guide and a how-to knit primer, all in one volume. You get all the information needed to get started, including how to choose yarn and needles, read patterns, work basic stitches, how to check gauge, increase and decrease, join pieces and finish projects and care for your knitted items."--publisher's website.
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This ultimate guide to essential knitting techniques from world-renowned knitter Debbie Bliss is set to become the staple how-to book for new and experienced knitters alike. Starting with the most basic but essential information on knitting equipment, holding the needles, and how to cast on, Debbie shares her lifetime of core techniques and time-saving tips, including shaping by changing needle size and how to avoid a jog when knitting in the round....
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Each of the 20 projects in this book teaches you a new color-knitting technique - from working motifs in intarsia in a graphic Missoni inspired throw to creating Fair Isle patterns through stranding and weaving in the two-color snood scarf. At the same time you will consolidate and build upon those color skills already learned with the preceding projects. In addition, Erika dispenses her designer tips on putting different shades together, whether...
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Nine chapters of knitting containing 60 palettes, each with a group of knitted swatches that explore variations on an effect, a pattern, a technique, a texture, or an idea. The result is a structured, easy-to-use reference library of 400 swatches that you can plunder at your pleasure. There is plenty of technical back-up with over 80 illustrated techniques that support the palettes and will help you achieve whatever you admire. This combination of...
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"Knitting double, also known as double knitting, is a technique by which knitters can create two fabrics at the same time, and this guidebook includes step-by-step instructions with photographs to help master this method. Crafters learn how the front and back are knitted simultaneously and the stitches are worked in pairs. While the "right side" of the fabric normally faces outward, and the "wrong side" faces the inside of the work, double knitting...
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"Take your knitting to the next level with Knitting Stitches Step-by-Step. Whatever your knitting ability, this essential guide will help you master a huge range of techniques and patterns, including colorwork, fair isle and intarsia, cables and textural patterns, lace knitting, and methods for casting on and off. Find inspiration for your next knitting project or adapt a design you know and love with tips on incorporating different stitches into...
17) Reversible knitting: 50 brand-new, groundbreaking stitch patterns : +20 projects from top designers
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"Most of the stitch dictionaries on knitters' shelves are remixes of familiar stitch patterns already published elsewhere. Not so for Lynne Barr's groundbreaking book Reversible Knitting. Not only is every one of the 50 stitch patterns completely new and never before seen, but each is also reversible--for a total of 100 different looks! Reversible stitch patterns can be used to create projects where either side can be worn facing outward, or where...
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"Welcome to the new era of crochet. Making garments from the top down is a favorite knitting technique that allows knitters to test and adjust the fit as they go. Now, thanks to designer Dora Ohrenstein, crocheters will benefit for the first time from a pattern book featuring the same beloved approach. These 14 fashionable patterns are sure to flatter bodies of all shapes and sizes. Show-stopping original photography, an extensive discussion of the...
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Techniques, step-by-step photos, and simple projects for new knitters-both adults and kids!
Covering all the essential techniques, including basic garter and stocking stitch, casting on and casting off, and increasing and decreasing-all clearly explained using step-by-step photographs and simple instructions-this book is a treasure trove for beginning knitters. Alison Dupernex's designs have a timeless appeal that will delight knitters of all ages,...