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Knitter's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Principles and Techniques of Handknitting
The ultimate reference for knitters at every level -- step-by-step directions and detailed instructional illustrations cover every aspect of knitting know-how. Includes a special "help " section for the inevitable mishaps, and shows how to correct errors.
Paperback, 318 pages
Published
September 6th 1999
by Reader's Digest Association
(first published 1986)
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This book, first published in 1986, is a good resource of knitting covering everything from basics right through to advanced techniques. It comes in four parts:
One: Basics - covering holding your work, how knitting works to hold the wool into a fabric and equipment
Two: Get Clicking - casting on and off, all types of stitches including turning, increases, decreases, slip stitches, cabling, buttonholes, beads, fair isle (stranding), intarsias, edges and hems.
Three: Final tou...more
One: Basics - covering holding your work, how knitting works to hold the wool into a fabric and equipment
Two: Get Clicking - casting on and off, all types of stitches including turning, increases, decreases, slip stitches, cabling, buttonholes, beads, fair isle (stranding), intarsias, edges and hems.
Three: Final tou...more
This is a handy book to have about if one is a knitter. It's very easy to use, cross-referenced out the wazoo, and well-organized. Need a cast-on? Take your pick. Time to bind-off? Well, which one? It'll tell you which bind-off is best for your needs and illustrate it clearly with step-by-step line drawings. I find it a fairly encyclopedic reference for nearly all my knitting needs. Between this and Elizabeth Zimmermann, I feel pretty well-covered on all the basics.
This book is an absolutely essential reference in any knitter's library. I had no idea there were so many ways to cast on or bind off! It's now out of print, but if you can find it used, then grab it!
I taught myself to knit from this book. I don't recommend THAT but it is a great reference that you will keep turning to time and time again.
Comprehensive is exactly what this book is. Breaking away from the book of knitted projects, this book discusses technique, technique, technique. For years, I would read a section or two, browse the beautiful photographs and dream about knitting. To list all the topics covered by this book would use all the space in this review. You will not find any instructions for stitch patterns or knitted projects. But if you are looking to figure out which cast on is right for the project you want to ...more
I've been looking for this book for years. The best reference book I've found to date.
The patterns are out of date, but the techniques thorough and well explained.
This detailed compendium is an essential knit garment tool. The techniques are numerous. While I wouldn't recommend this book to a beginning knitter, Montse is my idol for dedicating so much energy to this. It's unfortunate that the book is no longer available in hard cover, but heading to the copy shop to laminate the cover and create a spiral binding is always an option for this essential addition to a knitter's library.
This book has a very comprehensive catalog of knitting techniques, from cast-on and bind-off methods, to finishing techniques such as hems, button holes, seaming and grafting methods. Most of the techniques are illustrated with pictures. The writing style is a bit dry, but the wealth of contents still makes it a good reference book. I still pull this book out of the shelf from time to time.
There's a reason this book is still in print after all this time - it's very relavant and useful to the experienced knitter. I love that section that explains how to fix mistakes without frogging.
I wouldn't want to learn from it, though. The drawings aren't always clear, which is not the fault of the illustrator. Learning to knit from drawings can be confusing.
I wouldn't want to learn from it, though. The drawings aren't always clear, which is not the fault of the illustrator. Learning to knit from drawings can be confusing.
Best knitter's resource I have found yet for learning all the different techniques and stitches.
You won't believe it until you see it! Twenty different ways to cast on and off and the pro's and con's of each. Not for the earliest beginners but this book is a would be good investment for anyone who wants to make their own patterns.
A fabulous reference book for knitters. Gives instructions for many kinds of bind-offs, cast-ons, colorwork, buttonholes, and other design features. Indispensable for the pattern-liberated knitter.
This book has a solution for everything I have ever needed to know in the middle of knitting something, including about eleventy trillion ways to cast on. Pretty much indispensable.
A gift from my sister Amy, and the best knitting reference there is.
One of my favorite go-to books on knitting.
Great knitter's reference book.
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Montse Stanley (1942-1999), born Montserrat Bayés Sopena, was an architect and a knitter. She was a knitting teacher, lecturer, essayist, and exhibitor across England and Spain.
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