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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Arm Knitting: How to Make a 30-Minute Infinity Scarfs and Other Great Projects

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Discover the fun way to make a chunky-knit infinity scarf in just 30 minutes, using your arms instead of knitting needles. Includes 15 original projects for scarves, cowls, wraps, and capes.

Monday, February 9, 2015

Noro Lace: 30 Exquisite Knits

Thanks to its extraordinary hand-dyed colors and luxurious textures, even the simplest garments knit with Noro Yarns look gorgeous. These 30 striking lace designs, meant for intermediate-to-advanced knitters and all made with Noro, highlight the beauty of this cult favorite. The vivid, elegant projects include hats, cowls, shawlettes, blankets, and more.

Pick Your Stitch, Build a Blanket: 80 Knit Stitches, Endless Combinations

This is a wonderful collection of 80 knitting stitches for mixing and matching to create your perfect blanket. Best-selling author Doreen Marquart shows how to feature your favorite stitches in eye-catching afghans. Readers will gain an understanding of gauge, stitch counts, and repeats, and how to work confidently with any stitch from any source. Featuring a library of 80 stitches, plus 11 appealing projects - including samplers as well as repeat-block and single-stitch designs - and instructions on how to turn designs with different stitch counts into blocks of the same size to mix and match, Pick Your Stitch, Build a Blanket is a book crafters will come back to again and again.

Lovely Knitted Lace: A Geometric Approach to Gorgeous Wearables

Lace knitting gets a fresh update that finally makes the craft accessible to all! From a Triangle Tulip Shawl to a Starry Nights Bolero, these stunning projects can be made with needles and yarn of any size, and feature a simple construction that allows the details to shine. Working with four basic shapes, Brooke Nico creates 16 gorgeous wearables plus two variants.