An illustrated guide showing how to create beautiful, timeless pieces,
whether you're picking up needles for the first time or a seasoned pro
looking for advanced patterns
From scarves and sweaters to bags, pillows, and more, you'll find lots
of projects for practicing and perfecting your knitting skills in
Knitting For Dummies, which includes an instructional online video
showing you the actual knitting techniques being done step-by-step.
Experienced and novice crafters alike can benefit from the book's
step-by-step instructions that explain knitting in plain English. For
anyone new to knitting, this hands-on friendly guide shows you how to
- Cast on, knit, purl, and bind off -- the four basic skills needed to
complete any knitting
- Decipher pattern instructions and charts
- Combine knit and purl stitches with increases and decreases for
different effects
- Create different kinds of cables, lace, and more
- Read the language and graphics in knitting patterns and charts
- Increase and decrease stitches and use these techniques to shape a
project and create design
It also shows you what to do if you drop a stitch or inadvertently add
one. If you know the basics of knitting and want to expand your skills
to include stitch patterns with more complexity, you've come to the
right place:
- Combine stitch increases and decreases to create lacework
- Get familiar with Fair Isle patterns and simple intarsia motifs, which
involve working in more than one color in one row
- Practice with plenty of projects to perfect your advanced knitting
techniques
- Learn to add interest with stripes
- Have fun with fulling and felting
- Make sweaters, from blocking and assembling your pieces to adding
finishing touches like neckbands, edging, and buttonholes
Knitting For Dummies includes ten quick projects to make for gifts and
exercises to "unkink" your neck and shoulders should you lose yourself
for hours at a time in your craft! Finally, the book ends with a couple
appendixes showing you more cool effects and a list of knitting software
and helpful online resources. If you're itching to start stitching, grab
this book to start crafting your knitted masterpiece today.
