Synopses & Reviews
A complete guide to more than 300 knitting stitches, shown in diagrams and photos
"Very super stitches...nothing more to say!" Stevie Wonder said it all for us. Although we do have a
few more words wed like to get in here. Dont be superstitious, because you can believe in Super
Stitches Knitting, the complete pocket guide to knitting stitches and a great how-to-knit guide.
Author Karen Hemingway presents full how-tos for all the essentials of knitting, including choosing
needles and yarn, casting on, binding off, increasing and decreasing, creating texture, working with
multiple colors, fixing mistakes, and finishing. Then Super Stitches Knitting turns to the stitch patterns—more than 300 of them, all fully explained in how-tos and full-color photos. Instructions and diagrams for each stitch, including knit and purl, vertical motifs, ribbing, borders, dimensional elements, cables, eyelet, lace, color knitting, and more, are shown on lefthand pages, and a photograph of the knitted result is on the right-hand page. This essential book, packed with super stitches, makes knocking on wood, throwing salt, and avoiding black cats completely unnecessary for knitters at every level from beginning to advanced.
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andldquo;A super-useful book, well thought out and beautifully executed.andrdquo;
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andldquo;We are all excited that the book is spiral bound.andrdquo;
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andldquo;Itandrsquo;s so good! Thereandrsquo;s nothing out there like this. Itandrsquo;s right up there with Barbara Walker.andrdquo;
Synopsis
Stitch dictionaries are to knitters what Websterand#8217;s is to a writer. Within the pages of these inspiring reference books are the endless variations of knit and purl stitches that produce the fabrics of all knitting. But in the Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary, designer Wendy Bernard does something no other author has done beforeand#151; she presents instructions for working 150 popular stitch patterns four different ways: top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round. 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. To showcase the stitch patterns in action, Bernard also includes instructions for eight garments as well as her famous formulas for knitting garments without a pattern. This is an invaluable go-to resource, sure to inspire legions of knitters to use stitch patterns in new and exciting ways.
About the Author
Wendy Bernard is the author of STC Craftandrsquo;s
Custom Knits,
Custom Knits 2, and
Custom Knits Accessories. Her patterns have been published online by Knitty and Stitch Diva Studios; in
Interweave Knits and
Knitscene magazines; in the books
No Sheep for You,
Brave New Knits, and STCand#39;s
My Grandmotherand#39;s Knitting; and in a DVD series teaching top-down knitting techniques.
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