Basic Knitting and Projects
Published on 1. March 2014
192 pages
978-0-8117-5929-8 (ISBN)
Description
Everything you need to get started knitting--and progress to more challenging projects--can be found in this book.
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Leigh Ann Chow
Basic Knitting Plus Projects
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05/2014
Stackpole Books
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Leigh Ann Chow is editor of five books, including Basic Knitting, Beyond Basic Knitting, and Basic Dried Flower Arranging. She lives in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Content
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART 1: SKILLS
- The Basics
- Tools and Materials
- Making a Slip Knot
- Casting On
- Holding Yarn and Needles
- Knit
- Purl
- Stockinette Stitch
- Working Through the Back Loop (tbl)
- Increases
- Decreases
- Joining New Yarn
- Picking Up Dropped Stitches
- Taking Out Stitches
- Binding Off
- Finishing
- Reading a Pattern
- Reading a Chart
- Gauge
- Skills for Texture and Color
- Knitting with Two Skeins of Yarn
- Slip-Stitch Knitting
- Yarn Over
- Shaping with Lace-Placing Decreases
- Cables
- Ruffles
- Stranded Colorwork
- Intarsia
- Skills for Building and Finishing Projects
- Knitting in the Round on Circular Needles
- Knitting in the Round on Double-Pointed Needles
- I-Cord
- Provisional Cast-On
- Knitting on the Bias
- Picking Up Stitches
- The Three-Needle Bind-Off
- Twice-Worked Bind-Off
- Kitchener Stitch
- Felting
- PART 2: PROJECTS
- Gillian Cowl
- Heart's Content Scarf
- Tionesta Lake Throw
- Bayside Scarf
- McDaisy Tablet or Laptop Sleeve
- Adirondack Mittens
- Universal Kite Shawlette
- Comfort in Diamonds Throw
- Sugar Run
- Twin Lakes Cover-Up and Hat
- Beaver Meadows Felted Purse
- Tracy Ridge Hat
- Big Rock Socks
- Teddy Bear Sweater
- Biscayne Bay Shell
- Roxbury Park Cardigan
- Bottom-Up Cardigan
- Bamboo Forest Sweater
- Wintry Mix Hat
- Lantz Corners Shawl
- Resources
- Skill Levels for Knitting
- Standard Body Measurements/Sizing
- Standard Yarn Weight System
- Knitting Abbreviations
- Standard Stitch Chart Symbol
- Visual Index of Projects
- More Titles for Crafters
- Back Cover
- Discover More
