Wendy Knits

Wendy Knits
Author: Wendy D. Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2006-04-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1440649537

In this warm, wise, and witty memoir, Wendy D. Johnson takes a look at her lifelong obsession with “casting on” as she chronicles her journey from a crudely self-taught, left-handed beginner to one of the world’s most prolific knitters—not to mention premier knitting bloggers. From the virtues of learning how to knit the perfect sock, to the compulsive need to stash exquisite skeins of yarn in every crevice of one’s home, this is the perfect book for every knitter. Wendy also offers tips for avoiding errors, thoughts on knitting gifts for others, and more than twenty original patterns for knitters of every level of expertise: from the ridiculous and irreverent (a cell phone cozy) to the absolutely sublime (your very own luxurious Nordic style pullover).

Wendy Knits Lace

Wendy Knits Lace
Author: Wendy D. Johnson
Publisher: Potter Craft
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011-08-30
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0307586855

At last—gorgeous lace projects that you can knit and wear every day. From the celebrated author of Socks from the Toe Up comes a collection of knitted lace that you will want to live in. Whether you’re new to lace or a more adventuresome knitter, you will find plenty to occupy your needles. From a delicate camisole for layering, a pullover sweater for fall, to a wealth of sweet and pretty hats, scarves, shawls, and socks, Wendy D. Johnson invites you to knit lace pieces that are not only sumptuous, but designed for your everyday life.

Wendy Knits

Wendy Knits
Author: Wendy D. Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780452287327

A lifelong knitter shares the secrets of her knitting obsession in a memoir that chronicles her odyssey from a self-taught beginner to one of the world's most prolific and talented designers, offering hard-won wisdom and tips on the craft, as well as more than twenty original patterns for knitters of every level of expertise. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary

Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary
Author: Wendy Bernard
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1613127995

This “super useful book” includes step-by-step instructions for using each of the 150 patterns four different ways (Knitty). In the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary, designer Wendy Bernard presents an innovative reference guide for knitters of all skill levels. This hefty collection, ranging from lace and cables to colorwork and fancy edgings, is loaded with beautifully photographed swatches of each pattern, plus charted and text instructions. Bernard also demonstrates how to work each of the 150 popular stitch patterns four different ways: top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round. And to showcase the stitch patterns in action, she includes instructions for eight garments as well as her famous formulas for knitting garments without a pattern.

Custom Knits

Custom Knits
Author: Wendy Bernard
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781584797135

The creator of the popular blog Knit and Tonic introduces twenty-five original designs for sweaters of all kinds, along with variations of each pattern that allow the knitter to make easy alterations to suit individual body type and style preferences, and offers detailed instructions for easy-to-understand techniques for customizing patterns and improvising along the way.

Toe-Up Socks for Every Body

Toe-Up Socks for Every Body
Author: Wendy D. Johnson
Publisher: Potter Craft
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011-01-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0307587010

Acclaimed knitter, author, designer, and teacher Wendy D. Johnson is back with the perfect sequel to her hit book Socks from the Toe Up. In Toe-Up Socks for Every Body, Wendy shows knitters, whether they’re knitting their first or hundred-and-first sock, how to use the toe-up technique to get the perfect fit. Not only that, she shows you that even seemingly complicated patterns are still knit just one row at a time. Go ahead! Turn your favorite knee socks into thigh-highs. Knit that special someone classic argyles. Put even the wiggliest of toes in their first pair of lacey anklets. With Wendy’s help, there’s nothing you can’t try from the toes on up. These 21 patterns cover everything from basics like materials and tools, to delicate lace, intricate cables, and fancy colorwork. Use these techniques and patterns to create beautiful socks for yourself and everybody in your life—friends and family, young and old. With the lovely photographs, helpful illustrations for cast-on, toe, heel, and bind-off options, and all-around expert advice in Toe-Up Socks for Every Body, you’ll be a well-heeled and warm-hearted toe-up knitter.

A Beginner's Guide to Sewing with Knitted Fabrics

A Beginner's Guide to Sewing with Knitted Fabrics
Author: Wendy Ward
Publisher: CICO Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-01-09
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781782494683

Follow Wendy Ward’s tutorials to make a collection of comfortable and stylish garments. Follow Wendy Ward’s tutorials to make a collection of comfortable and stylish garments. Wendy’s style is functional but beautiful basics, and you will learn the skills to make garments out of knitted fabrics that drape beautifully and are a joy to wear. There are t-shirts, wide-leg trousers, lounge trousers, tank tops, cardigans, skirts, and dresses made in versatile fabrics that can be dressed up or down. Both beginners and more experienced dressmakers often avoid using knitted fabrics, but Wendy will show you how to successfully sew them with just a regular sewing machine. You will learn essential skills with the help of a comprehensive techniques section that includes a guide to different types of knitted fabrics and their uses (including jersey, sweatshirt fabric, boiled wool, and many more), how to prepare them for making clothes, setting up your sewing machine, which needles you need, sewing seams and hems, and using elastic. There are also full-size patterns for every garment included at the back of the book, so you will have all the information you need to start making your own perfect wardrobe!

Highland Knits

Highland Knits
Author: Interweave Editors
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2016-04-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1632504596

Be Transported with These Timeless Knits! Inspired by Outlander, the romantic tale of time travel and adventure, Highland Knits is a rustic, yet sophisticated collection of quick-to-knit projects. These 16 simple, enduring designs will have you stylishly covered no matter what place, or time, you call home. From Claire's "Rent Collection Shawl" to the "Sassenach Cowl," all your favorite pieces worn by the series' beloved heroine, and then some, are here, waiting to be knit. You'll find each piece relevant to your wardrobe, whether dressing for today or eighteenth century Scotland.

Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary

Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary
Author: Wendy Bernard
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1613129467

The author of the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary returns with 100s of inspiring new stitch patterns in this essential reference volume. Wendy Bernard’s innovative reference book Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary was the first of its kind to provide stitch patterns written for top-down, bottom-up, back-and-forth, and in-the-round constructions. Since its release in 2014, it has become a beloved, contemporary classic. In The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary, Bernard picks up where the first volume left off, adding hundreds of new stitch patterns organized similarly by type—knit and purl, textured stitches, ribs, lace, and cables—plus a chapter on mosaic knitting. Each chapter of The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary includes a customizable pattern so that knitters can easily swap out stitch patterns to make their own unique knitted items.

Poems of Color

Poems of Color
Author: Wendy Keele
Publisher: Interweave
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995-12-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781883010126

Full-color reproductions of original pattern swatches, sweaters, and accessories from the Bohus workshop in Sweden, along with the history of the women who designed them.