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Knit.101 : The Indispensable Self-Help Guide to Knitting and Crochet
Knit101 The Indispensable Self-Help Guide to Knitting and Crochet Author:Editors of Knit.1 Magazine Just like its source—the hip and stylish Knit.1 Magazine (with a circulation of 150,000)—this beginner-friendly handbook targets the new face of knitting: the contemporary, energized young audience that’s embracing yarn and needles with a passion. — — It’s cool, it’s chic, it’s got ri... more »ght-from-the-beginning instructions, and features both knitting and crochet in equal measure: The Knit.1 handbook is like no other guide on the market. Geared to 18–35 year-olds, this fun manual, with its sassy tone and witty writing, will grab this fast-growing group of new stitchers. Even those who have never before touched needles and yarn will easily follow the detailed directions, which explain everything from winding up the skein of wool and making a slipknot to casting on, purling, and binding off. Reading charts and schematics, doing basic stitches, getting the right yarn tension, understanding gauge, sizing to fit, fixing the inevitable mistakes--all the fundamentals are covered in clear language and in a logical progression. But you’ll also find unique features on recycling yarn, lotions to soothe cracked and dry hands, knitting happenings and cyber-groups to join, and even songs to keep you in “stitches” as you work.« less