Reader's Digest knitter's handbook : a comprehensive guide to the principles and techniques of handknitting

Reader's Digest knitter's handbook A comprehensive guide to the principles and techniques of handknitting

Montse Stanley

Book - 1993

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Subjects
Knitting.
Published
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association [1993]
Language
English
Corporate Author
Reader's Digest Association
Main Author
Montse Stanley (-)
Corporate Author
Reader's Digest Association (-)
Physical Description
318 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9780762102488
9780895774675
  • Introduction
  • How to use this book
  • Part 1. Basics
  • Stitch understanding
  • Holding the work
  • Rows and rounds
  • Equipment
  • Yarns
  • Aftercare
  • Part 2. Get clicking
  • What is what
  • Casting on and binding off
  • Knit and purl
  • Short rows
  • Slip stich
  • Increases and decreases
  • Special throws
  • Crossing
  • Raised patterns
  • All sorts
  • Color knitting
  • Beads and things
  • Edges and selvedges
  • Picking up stitches
  • Slits and buttonholes
  • Pockets
  • Pleats
  • Hems and casings
  • Part 3. Final touches
  • Finishing
  • Darning
  • Blocking
  • Cutting
  • Grafting
  • Seams and joins
  • Edgings
  • Fastenings
  • Elastic
  • Cloth additions
  • Cords
  • Wiggle-woggles
  • Embroidery
  • Miscellaneous finishes
  • Part 4. Pattern instructions
  • Row by row
  • Charts and diagrams
  • Part 5. Help!
  • Mishaps
  • Recycling
  • Gauge charts
  • Index

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