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Ann Budd - Interweave
Format: Book

Contemporary garments that celebrate stunning results without complicated techniques are the focus of this collection. Step-by-step instructions, thorough materials lists, and a design notebook cover the ways to maximize style while simplifying knitting and finishing techniques. Requiring...
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Knitting for Dummies

Pam Allen - Thorndike Press
Format: Hardcover

Knitting is a relatively simple process requiring a minimal set of tools - two needles and a ball of yarn. Its basic structure of interlocking loops couldn't be less complicated. Yet the possibilities for design and pattern innovation seem endless. Now is a great time to learn to knit....
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Knitting - The Complete Guide

Jane Davis - Krause
Format: Print book

Some books are nice additions to a library, and others are cornerstone selections. This book is one of those foundational references you can rely on for years to come. From its easy-to-use lay-flat format, to the collection of 200 pattern stitches, this book is a quick and easy guide to all things...
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The Complete Photo Guide to Knitting: *All You Need to Know to Knit *The Essential Reference for Novice and Expert Knitters *Packed with Hundreds of ... and Photos for 200 Stitch Patterns

Margaret Hubert - Creative Publishing int'l
Format: Paperback

This volume is a comprehensive how-to book about all aspects of knitting. This book is a reference for all knitting techniques, beginning with the basics of how to knit. A large section of the book is devoted to showing different stitch patterns, arranged in style categories for easy reference....
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Knit on Down

Jeanne Stauffer
Format: Book

If you've never tried knitting from the top down, you are in for a treat. As you knit, you can try on a garment to get the perfect fit. You can adjust the length as a child grows. This book contains a terrific collection of 45 almost seamless top to bottom projects & technique
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Sock Innovation

Cookie A - Interweave
Format: Book

Unconventional, rule-breaking socks are part and parcel in this unique guide to sock knitting that includes 15 new sock patterns. The skills of the average sock knitter are increased through design exploration and advanced stitch manipulation, treating the sock as a knitted canvas where...
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Knitalong: Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together

Larissa Golden Brown
Format: Book

The immensely popular knitalong - an organized event where people knit together for a common goal - has only grown with the explosion of the Internet. Yesterday's wartime Red Cross sock drives have evolved into today's meet-ups at locales as diverse as cafes, state fairs, and majo
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The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn

Clara Parkes - Potter Craft
Format: Hardcover

Not all yarns are alike. Some make our hearts and hands sing, some get the job done without much fanfare, and some cause nothing but frustration and disappointment. The gorgeous pair of socks that emerged from their first bath twice as long as when they went in. The delicate baby sweater...
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100 Knitting Projects

Jean Leinhauser - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

Knitters will find this stunning collection pure pattern heaven. Created by two of the best and most respected authors in needlework, it includes exquisite garments for everyone in the family—men, women, and children. And both beginners and more experienced knitters will love the diverse...
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Finishing Techniques for Hand Knitters: Give Your Knitting that Professional Look

Sharon Brant - Trafalgar Square Books
Format: Hardcover

Finishing Techniques for Hand Knitters presents expert tips and tried-and-tested shortcuts for beautifully finished hand-knits.  Expert tips and tried-and-tested shortcuts for beautifully finished hand-knits.An otherwise finely crafted piece of hand-knitting can often...
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Great Knitted Gifts

Andrea Shackleton - Sterling/Chapelle
Format: Hardcover

Two leading knitwear designers, who have created classic pieces for private collections and galleries for more than 20 years, present an eye-catching assortment of intarsia projects, perfect for gift-giving.Handbags and gorgeous garments for adults, plus adorable doll clothes, hats, and sweaters...
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Mindful Knitting: Inviting Contemplative Practice to the Craft

Tara Jon Manning
Format: Paperback

Author Tara Jon Manning, a noted knitwear designer and practicing Buddhist, explores the spiritual rewards of Kitting: Bring inner serenity to your knitting practice--and everyday activities. Ten original and enjoyable knitting projects--each complemented by a meditation exercise.
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Stitch 'n Bitch Nation

Debbie Stoller
Format: Hardcover

Join the movement! Four million strong and counting, hip, young chicks with sticks are putting a whole new spin on knitting--while turning last fall's Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook into a surprise national bestseller (from The New York Times to the L.A.
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Son of Stitch 'n Bitch: 45 Projects to Knit and Crochet for Men

Debbie Stoller - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

Debbie Stoller knows that at least half the projects women knit are intended for the men in their lives. She also knows that knitting for a boyfriend or husband or father is full of pitfalls. The answer Son of Stitch 'N Bitch, the hip, smart knitter's guide to knitting for men....
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Knitgrrl: Learn to Knit with 15 Fun and Funky Patterns

Shannon Okey - Watson Guptill Publications
Format: Paperback

• Great price point—just 9.95 American dollars!• 15 funky patterns teach knitting skills incrementally• Knitting encourages girls to share and learn from other girls—making it an excellent empowerment tool • Partner Web site provides forum for teen...
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Knitting

Peg Blanchette
Format: Paperback

You wont believe the cool stuff you can knit yourself! Cast on and off, knit and purl, add fringes, tassels, and more!; Make a scarf, hat, double-knit slippers, striped socks -- even Knit-and-Stuff Baby Lambs. Age 8 and upwards.
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Kids Knit!: Simple Steps to Nifty Projects

Sarah Bradberry - Sterling Pub. Co.
Format: Print book

Celebrities do it, and kids want to do it, too: knitting has become today's top crafting craze. Children love it, and any Brownie or Girl Scout has to learn it to earn her badge. Now there's finally a book aimed right at this ready and eager age-group, with simple instructions and projects...
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The Friday Night Knitting Club

Kate Jacobs
Format: Paperback

Casting on ! It starts almost by accident: the women who buy their knitting needles and wool from Georgia's store linger for advice, for a coffee, for a chat and before they know it, every Friday night is knitting night. Finding a pattern ! And as the needles clack, and the gar
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Knit Two: A Friday Night Knitting Club Novel

Kate Jacobs - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Print book

The Sequel to the Beloved #1 New York Times Bestseller The Friday Night Knitting Club The sequel to the number-one New York Times bestseller The Friday Night Knitting Club, KNIT TWO returns to Walker and Daughter, the Manhattan knitting store founded by Georgia Walker and her young daughter,...
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Knitting: A Novel

Anne Bartlett - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"Spinning, weaving, knitting, all part of the long tradition of women’s work, skills that had survived even the efficiency of the industrial revolution. Why did people still do it?"It’s been ten months since Jack died. For his widow, Sandra, a tightly wound teacher...
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A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, No. 2)

Debbie Macomber - Mira; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Four women going through difficult periods in their lives form a powerful bond of friendship when they meet at a knitting class held at A Good Yarn, a quaint yarn store in downtown Seattle.
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Summer On Blossom Street

Debbie Macomber - Mira; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Knitting and life are both about beginnings and endings. That's why it makes sense for Lydia Goetz to offer a class called Knit to Quit. It's for people who want to quit something - or someone - and start over.
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Needled to Death

Maggie Sefton
Format: Paperback

Taking a troop of tourists to Vickie Claymore's alpaca farm doesn't earn knitter Kelly Flynn a warm welcome. Instead she finds Vickie splayed out on her original hand-woven rug, her blood seeping into the design.
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