As a companion knitting book to award-winning author (and admitted knit-o-holic) Debbie Macomber's newest novel, Twenty Wishes, this addition to the Leisure Arts Knit Along with Debbie Macomber series includes excerpts from the novel and projects inspired by the characters - a scarf, felted book carrier, lap robe, spa set, beaded garter, dog coat, ...
Young widow Colette Blake, has gone to work for Susannah Nelson at a Seattle flower shop after quitting her previous job on the heels of an ill-advised affair with her boss. Now, her old boss has begun placing weekly orders for flower arrangements. Alix Townsend is just months away from marrying her love, Jordan Turner. But shes thinking of ...
Knit Two returns to the Manhattan knitting store Walker; Daughter five years after the death of the store's owner, Georgia Walker. Georgia's daughter, Dakota, is now an eighteen-year-old freshman at NYU, and running the knitting store part-time with help from the members of The Friday Night Knitting Club. Drawn together by their love for Dakota ...
A year's worth of classic, imaginative knitting projects from "one of America's most ingenious and creative knitters." Sweaters, baby items, blankets, mittens, moccasins, more. 35 illustrations.
Do you love to knit - and hate to purl? Have you ever started a sweater without enough yarn from the same dye lot to finish it? When you cast on, do you end up with a tail of yarn that's maddeningly too long or too short? Elizabeth Zimmermann comes to the rescue with clever solutions to frustrating problems and step-by-step instructions for ...
Every avid knitter has faced this dilemma: deep into a project at midnight, just trying to finish one more row, and, then...oh no, a dropped stitch three rows back! Help! If only there was a 24-hour hotline to answer every question a knitter might encounter. Well, now there is, with THE KNITTING ANSWER BOOK. The expert author Margaret Radcliffe, ...
This is now updated and better than ever the bestselling guide to knitting brilliant, timeless pieces. "Knitting For Dummies" consistently ranks among our top selling "Dummies" titles since it published six years ago, with 300,000 copies sold. "Knitting For Dummies, Second Edition", is for those new to the craft who are looking for a great ...
Do you learn faster by seeing and doing than by wading through tedious instructions? Then get yourself some yarn and needles and get knitting! "Teach Yourself Visually Knitting" shows you the basics - photo by photo and stitch by stitch. You begin with the essential knit and purl stitches and advance to bobbles, cables, lace, and fancy color work. ...
Everyone's favorite knitting guide just got a facelift! "The Knitter's Companion: Expanded and Updated" features all the original best-loved, most-used techniques from "The Knitter's Companion" - that handy reference guide chock-full of must-know knitting know-how - but with a bevy of new features that any knitter will surely find indispensable. ...
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 ...
Socks are one of the most popular projects among experienced knitters, yet they can mystify beginning knitters. Socks require techniques not typically used in simple projects such as scarves and hats, but these techniques are as easy to learn as the basic knit and purl stitches. In fact, you can knit your very own socks, and veteran sock knitter ...
Walker and Daughter is Georgia Walker's little yarn shop, tucked into a quiet storefront on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Friday Night Knitting Club was started by some of Georgia's regulars who gather once a week to work on their projects and to chat. As they knit, they bond; and as they bond, their lives become connected in most unexpected ...
This title offers a simple new approach to knitting socks that saves wool and always gives a perfect fit. It features more than 20 fun and beautiful patterns, with a sock for every foot and a pattern for every knitter! It includes how-tos, tips and techniques, as well as the pros and cons behind all the options. Wendy D. Johnson shows knitters a ...
Showcasing a lush bouquet of blossoms perfect for embellishing clothing or accessories, these lovely blooms are the perfect way to use up scraps of yarn or try out interesting new yarns. Breeze through this gorgeous collection featuring a colorful palette of simple spiraling roses, saucer-sized poppies, delicate lilacs, an assortment of vegetables ...
With input from more than 50 leading specialists, no other book covers the field so comprehensively. Need guidance on yarns, needles, tools, basic techniques, specialized applications, terminology? It's in here--with lots more, from diagnostics to blocking to designs. "Indispensable ."--"Family Circle Homecrafts." "The ultimate reference guide."-- ...
After the sudden loss of her only child, Mary Baxter joins a knitting circle as a way to fill the empty hours and lonely days. The women welcome her, each teaching Mary a new knitting technique and, as they do, reveal their own personal stories of loss, love, and hope.
With "Boutique Knits", you can make your very own knockout accessories. If you love showing your personal style with the "it" handbag, funky scarf, or the hat that makes heads turn, then this book is for you.Laura Irwin designs knitted accessories for the trendsetting indie designer fashion boutique Seaplane in Portland, Oregon, and is ...
There are lonely, single skeins of yarn in every knitter's closet - casualties of projects discarded in mid-row, single balls of luscious alpaca or cashmere that was too expensive to buy more than one, the leftovers from long-completed projects. Wherever they came from, those single skeins are a minor source of guilt for knitters everywhere. They ...
Knitting teacher and author Radcliffe presents a world of color techniques in a single comprehensive reference that knitters can consult every time two or more yarn colors are in play. Stitchers of every ability can benefit from the book's color-combining methods and handy tips and secrets.
"The Knitting Experience" focuses on the knit stitch. With introductory chapters titled "The Basics of Knitting, What You Need to Know Before You Begin a Project, " and "So Youre Ready to Start Knitting, " this primer is the closest thing between two covers to a knitting coach. Illustrations.
Knitting and life are both about beginnings and endings. That's why it makes sense for Lydia Goetz, owner of A Good Yarn on Seattle's Blossom Street, to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something--or someone--and start over.
Whether you've been handling knitting needles for years, or just thinking about picking them up, "Knitting in Plain English" should be your Bible. Drawing on twenty years of experience as "the knitting lady" in various yarn stores, Maggie Righetti provides sound instructions for beginners and sensible solutions for experienced knitters. Topics and ...
Not all yarns are alike and it happens far too often that we use the wrong type of yarn for the wrong project - sometimes with disasterous results. In these pages, Clara Parkes provides in-depth insight into a vast selection of yarns, giving you the inside stories behind the most common fibre types, preparations, spins and ply combinations used by ...
Featuring personal knitting recipes and patterns, this book is the irreverent first-person narrative of a contemporary, displaced Southern woman facing life after her husband leaves her to get his creativity back.
This sweet book includes 38 creative hat patterns for newborns and toddlers. The patterns are broken down to be as clear as they possibly can be - void of abbreviations, annotated directions. The author offers a full introduction to knitting so even the non-knitter can knit in no time, plus personal suggestions and hints for materials and ...
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