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The Knitting Book

The Knitting Book

by DK, Frederica Patmore, Vikki Haffenden
£27.00
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Pages: 336
Format: Hardback
SKU: 9780241764923
ISBN:: 9780241764923
Author bio

Frederica Patmore has worked as a Design Consultant for Rowan Yarns, one of the biggest providers of luxury yarns in the world. She runs a number of classes in department stores and knitting shops, contributes to needlecraft publications, and is an accomplished knitting pattern designer.Vikki Haffenden is a textiles expert with a special focus in digital knit design and practice. Following a career in industry design practice and wide-ranging consultancy work, Vikki now teaches on computer knit design and theories of practice at the University of Brighton. She has worked on DK's The Knitting Book (2011), Knit Step by Step (2012), Big Book of Knitting (2013), and Baby & Toddler Knits Made Easy (2013).

Cast on with confidence and master even the trickiest of stitches with The Knitting Book. This bestselling guide features over 250 step-by-step techniques, showing you everything from simple knit and purl stitches and techniques for casting on and off, to colourwork, cables, brioche, and lace, as well as how to knit in the round, turn a sock heel, and block knitted fabrics for a flawless finish.

Discover the right yarns and needles for any project, and test out your new-found skills with a library of over 120 stitch patterns. Complete with twenty projects including clothing and accessories, toys, and homeware, this is the ultimate guide for knitters of all abilities.

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