About this item
Knitting is an excellent handcraft and something people love the world over. For crafting newbies, knitting can seem highly daunting: you need needles (but what size) , yarn (but what weight) , and a pattern (but what kind) , and very quickly knitting can start to resemble another language, tricky to navigate and even harder to master. Knit a Hat teaches you everything you need to know about the previously scary craft: the needles you'll need, the yarn to use, and tried-and-true techniques to get you started, keep you going, and help you wrap everything up. Alanna Okun is an expert knitter and oers very accessible instructions: Her idea of starting with a hat rather than a long scarf is sure to make this book easy for even the wariest of beginners.
About the Author
Alanna Okun is the author of The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting. She's currently a deputy editor at Vox, and previously worked at BuzzFeed. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Apartment Therapy, NPR, The Hairpin, The Billfold, and Brooklyn Magazine among others, and she's appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and many other TV and radio programs. She lives in Brooklyn with a lot of yarn.
