Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook - Softcover

Stoller, Debbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761128182 ISBN 13: 9780761128182

Verlag: Workman Adult, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

STOREY PUBLISHING-Knitting is hot, with 4 million newcomers in the last few years. These are primarily young, creative, connected chicks with sticks who are coming together in living rooms, knitting cafes, and chic yarn stores. In this book, Debbie Stoller covers every aspect of knitting and the knitting together lifestyle, the how-to, the when-to, the what-to, and the why-to. At the heart of the book are 40 stylish patterns and information on how to start your own group. Softcover: 248 pages.

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The Stitch 'n Bitch Handbook covers every aspect of knitting and the knitting-together lifestyle: the how-to, the when-to, the what-to and why-to. Writing with wit and attitude, Debbie Stoller explains why young women are taking up knitting in droves and covers everything you need to know to get your knit on - from the tools of the trade to casting on and binding off to getting fancy - all with step-by-step illustrated techniques. Then it's time to pick up the sticks: at the heart of this book are forty stylish patterns that are as hip to wear as they are to knit, as good for beginners as they are for purly pros.

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It’s the essential guide for chicks with sticks—from the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques:

·    Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle.
·    Plus the stitch doctor’s own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters.
·    After the how-to comes the why-to: forty hip, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purly pros.

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• Verlag: Workman Adult
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0761128182
• ISBN 13: 9780761128182
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256