It’s the essential guide for chicks with sticks—because knit happens.From the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques. Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle. Plus the stitch doctor’s own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters. After the how-tos come the why-to: forty hop, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purely pros.
Featuring:- Coney Island fireworks scarf
- Punk rock backpack
- Crickets technicolor techno-cozies
- Pippi knee-stockings
- Big bad baby blanket
- To-dye-for sweater
- Princess Snowball cat bed
- Queen of Hearts bikini
Debbie Stoller is the bestselling author of theStitch'n Bitchseries of knitting books and calendars. She comes from a long line of Dutch knitters, has a Ph.D. from Yale in the psychology of women, and is the editor-in-chief ofBustmagazine. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Its the essential guide for chicks with sticksfrom the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques:
Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle.
Plus the stitch doctors own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters.
After the how-to comes the why-to: forty hip, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purly pros.
Part One: Stitch 'n Bitch
Chapter 1:
Take Back the Knit: Why Young Women are Taking up Knitting Once More
Chapter 2:
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