How to Knit
Ref:
1843402130
AuthorDebbie Bliss
Debbie Bliss is one of today's best-known knitwear designers. With a string of bestselling titles to her name, she regularly tours the US, Canada and other countries, giving lectures and doing workshops. In the UK she is the knitting editor of a leading women's magazine, she designs for Rowan yarns, and has her own shop is Islington, north London, where she also takes knitting courses. Debbie lives in London with her husband and two children.
SummaryLeading designer Debbie Bliss takes you, lesson by lesson, through the techniques and stitches of knitting, from casting on the first stitch to creating an intricate Fair Isle cardigan. Presented as nine workshops, each lesson builds on the skills already learned to ensure steady, confident progress. As well as teaching new skills, each workshop finishes with projects specially designed to put them into practise.The first lesson looks at materials and equipment, then takes you through most of the basic stitches and techniques. Subsequent lessons cover simple stitch patterns, Aran knitting, entrelac, and finishing and design techniques. Each lesson also presents a collection of stitches that builds into a library, and projects range from clothing for the family to cushions and a throw for the home. Packed with hundreds of colour photos and illustrations, this is an ideal how-to for beginners and a valuable reference for more experienced knitters.
Leading designer Debbie Bliss presents her complete course in knitting, now in paperbackInstruction on more than fifty techniquesFifteen specially designed projects to practise new skillsLavishly illustrated with 300 colour photos and illustrations
No of pages160pp
FormatBC Paperback
PublisherCollins & Brown
ISBN1843402130
EAN9781843402138
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£12.99