Winter Knits Made Easy

by Jane Bull

Winter Knits is packed with 40 easy knitting projects alongside knitting patterns that make cable, fair isle, and textured knitting accessible to everyone. Step-by-step text and images teach you all the knitting stitches you need to make the projects in the book. Winter Knits includes desirable patterns, from how to kit a hat to how to a sweater to keep the entire family toasty and warm through the winter months.

Learn all the tools and techniques you need to knit luxury bed socks or a cute bobble hat. From cables and twists to circular knitting and casting on, each technique comes with clear instructions to give you a new skill. After you've mastered the basics create cosy gloves, warm blankets or even newborn mittens, perfect for personal gifts or keeping warm all winter!

Whether you want to learn how to knit, master knitting stitches or try out perfect patterns Winter Knits is the perfect knitting guide.

Genres: Nonfiction, Knitting, Crafts

256 pages, Hardcover

First published August 18, 2014

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 2 out of 5]

Likely a good book for a new knitter but it's bulky and doesn't lie flat if you want to use it as a reference as you're actually working. The projects themselves are clean and modern with a nice mix of color work, more complicated stitch work like cables, and more complicated shapes like socks and pullover sweaters. (No lacework, though.) I'm an experienced knitter, so didn't look through the Tools & Equipment nor Techniques sections but there are plentiful color photos and graphics for color work though the knitting directions are given row by row when some projects could be easily charted out. (Another skill for a beginner to learn.)

[PoligirlReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5. Eh, this was just fine. I can't quite figure out how a book so thick can have so few patterns. The ones that were there weren't particularly special. It's fine for a library copy, but not anything I'd want to add to my knitting book collection.

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful designs,

Slouchy Hat : Made with Debbie Bliss Rialto Aran in A: 18 red and B: 29 Mid Grey

Using A cast on 110. Join in the round. Place stitch marker for start of round. Work seven rows in st st (knit every one). Change to yarn B, and knit to end. Work 12 rounds in K1, P1.

Will copy instructions out of book.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice. Nothing I want to make hence 2 atars

[Susie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found a handful of patterns to try.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

No projects here for me but the general instructions with pictures are excellent.