The Knitting Answer Book
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Author | : Margaret Radcliffe |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1580175996 |
Discusses subjects ranging from needle sizes and yarn weights to curling edges, chart reading, tight ribbing, and dropped stitches, in a question-and-answer format.
Author | : Margaret Radcliffe |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2014-09-23 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1612120407 |
Knitting is a combination of skill, determination, and adaptability. Whether you’re looking for a suitable substitute yarn, trying to modify a pattern, or fixing a mistake, Margaret Radcliffe offers proven advice that will help you solve all of your knitting quandaries. With this definitive guide, you’ll not only learn how to adjust armholes and shape collars, but why certain techniques work best in different situations. Radcliffe gives you the confidence and inspiration that will help you become a better, happier, and more confident knitter.
Author | : Margaret Radcliffe |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2012-05-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 160342766X |
Discover the pleasures of knitting in the round! Margaret Radcliffe presents classic circular knitting techniques — including Fair Isle, helix, and tubular — in detailed step-by-step photographic sequences. This comprehensive guide provides directions for 35 demonstration projects, so you can practice each technique on a miniature hat, mitten, or sweater before applying it to a larger project. With tips on how to adapt any straight-needle pattern for use with circular needles, Circular Knitting Workshop opens up endless possibilities.
Author | : Lisa Kartus |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1620331950 |
Dropped and twisted stitches, too-small button holes, and mis-crossed cables are only a few of the knitting dilemmas tackled in this humorous and useful guide. Beginners and seasoned knitters alike are promised that learning from mistakes improves technique and inspires personal styleâ€"and that sometimes the best solution is just to let a mistake stand. To head off problems before they start, the sturdy, spiral-bound book explains the correct way to cast on and bind off, decipher charts, choose fibers, calculate yardage, join yarns, work with multicolor designs, andâ€"for more experienced knittersâ€"how to alter a finished piece or customize a pattern.
Author | : Margaret Radcliffe |
Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2008-12-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1603426434 |
Imagine a softly striped crib blanket knit in the comforting colors of the nursery. Or a sophisticated cashmere wrap featuring rich jewel tones that set off a favorite black dress. Knitting teacher and author Margaret Radcliffe presents a world of color techniques in a single comprehensive reference that you'll consult every time two or more yarn colors are in play. Stitchers of every ability level will love the color-combining methods and professional secrets revealed in The Essential Guide to Color Knitting Techniques. Multicolor knitting techniques are explained with step-by-step illustrations and photographs accompanied by instructive text. Complete chapters on stripes, stitch effects, knitting with multicolor yarns, stranded knitting, and intarsia cover the theory and how-to behind each method as well as offering creative solutions for handling tangled yarn, estimating yarn quantities of each color, tips on how to handle all those ends, and stunning finishing techniques. An additional chapter describes more unusual techniques, such as helix, shadow, mosaic, and modular knitting.
Author | : Debbie Bliss |
Publisher | : Lark |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781454709268 |
A knitting reference for beginners as well as experienced knitters.
Author | : June Hemmons Hiatt |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 738 |
Release | : 2012-02-14 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1451688415 |
Now featuring new instructions, new illustrations, and new information, The Principles of Knitting—beloved by knitters everywhere and one of the most requested out-of-print books for years—finally gets the revision that fans have been clamoring for! A treasured guide beloved by knitters everywhere, the classic book The Principles of Knitting is finally available again in a fully revised and updated edition. This is the definitive book on knitting techniques, with valuable information for everyone from beginners to experienced knitters. June Hiatt presents not only a thorough, thoughtful approach to the craft, but also a passion for carrying on the art of knitting to future generations. She has repeatedly tested the various techniques and presents them with clear, easy-to-follow instructions—as well as an explanation of what each one can contribute to your knitting. Informed by decades of experience and thousands of hours of practice, this comprehensive resource offers a variety of ways to approach every skill and technique and offers solutions that can help solve the most challenging aspects of any knitting project. The Principles of Knitting has been totally rewritten—new instructions, new illustrations, and new information. While the basics of knitting have not changed much, June’s understanding of the material has deepened over the last twenty-five years, and she’s eager to share what she has learned with the knitting world. In addition, the book has been reorganized to make it easier to use and has a gorgeous new design. Reading The Principles of Knitting is like having a knitting mentor by your side who can answer any knitting question you have in an honest, intelligent, informed manner.
Author | : Vickie Howell |
Publisher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 1402746814 |
Vickie Howell, the DIY channel's popular queen of knitting, knows that all knitters even the most experienced sometimes need help. What kind of yarn is best for a specific project? How do you pick up dropped stitches without ripping a project apart? How do you knit and purl Continental-style? With her unmistakable charm, Vickie delivers practical answers to every knitter's questions, offering tips on choosing a project, selecting needles and yarn, finding the speediest knitting method, and even handy new ways of carrying your knitting and the best times to work on it. With its convenient size, lie-flat spiral binding and easy-to-follow diagrams and illustrations, this is an item that should be in every knitting bag.
Author | : Mary Thomas |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-07-24 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 0486317382 |
Classic "how-to" book covers everything from winding yarn and fundamental stitches to making patterns and garments, blocking, and more with over 250 technique diagrams illustrating every basic step and pattern.
Author | : Annie Modesitt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 153 |
Release | : 2004-08-01 |
Genre | : Knitting |
ISBN | : 9780975421901 |
A slim volume that's easy to slip into a knitting book, Confessions of a Knitting Heretic is packed with information on all facets of hand knitting technique.