Basic Knitting

by Leigh Ann Chow (Editor)

Stackpole Books-Basic Knitting. Learn everything you need to know about the skills you need to become a knitter! This book contains ten projects and a heavily illustrated introduction to the fundamental skills you will need to master to become a knitter. The focus of the first half is to basic stitches and techniques & how to execute them. The second half teaches you how to apply them when completing actual projects. Anita J. Tosten and Missy Burns. Spiral-bound; 128 pages. Published 2004. ISBN 978-0- 8117-3109-6. Imported.

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction, Knitting

128 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Julie Barrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basic Knitting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics)
As an advanced knitter I am always on the lookout to learn more about my craft-a different technique or just something new.
First section of this book is dedicated to the tools of the trade and a bit of information on how to knit. Many colorful photographs show examples of what is being explained in words.
Feel some of the pictures are better just using diagrams on the next pages as they appear to be dark.
Second section is about the patterns themselves. I find some of the instructions to be confusing. goes from continental to the English style-it's a bit much for a new knitter to comprehend.
There are also at the end a lot of appendixes with useful information.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

The patterns in this are horribly dated now, but this has had the best instruction for a knitting book -- the photographs of hand positions versus drawings really helped me more than other books.