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.

Noro Lace: 30 Exquisite Knits

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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

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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

 

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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.

Knitted Woodland Creatures: A Collection of Cute Critters to Make

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This gorgeous collection of adorable animals to knit will enchant children and adults alike. Inside this fun, colorful book there are 15 backwoods beasties to choose from, each with its own distinct personality. The projects vary in level of complexity and there is a comprehensive and straightforward techniques section to help you learn the necessary skills. Along the way you will also learn some interesting and surprising facts about these fascinating creatures.

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A collection of 39 original, creative designs for knitted rugs.
Includes a variety of styles and techniques, including modular rugs, rugs made from I-cord, rugs that emphasize color and texture, and rugs made from re-purposed materials. Patterns are easy and quick to knit as well as interesting, incorporating crossover fiber techniques such as crocheting, appliqué, weaving, and more.

Knitting Fresh Brioche: Creating Two-Color Twists & Turns

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Renowned knitting expert Nancy Marchant takes brioche to a new level, working the stitch in two colors and forming undulating textures with increases and decreases. She explains everything in this groundbreaking collection, from holding the yarn and casting on to creating the fabric and reading two-color charts. The stitch library features 75 patterns, with an additional 12 in shawl and scarf projects.

Growing Up Modern: 16 Quilt Projects for Babies & Kids

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Allison Harris shows how beginner and expert sewists alike can make a child s quilt that will be cherished for years to come. Growing Up Modern 16 Quilt Projects for Babies & Kids provides inspiration and guidance in 16 versatile keepsake projects. 7 of the patterns adapt to make crib- and twin-sized quilts. There s a comprehensive overview on quiltmaking basics, step-by-step instructions, and vibrant photographs to help you from start to finish. For those who believe that quilting is impossible when you have kids, the author (and mother of 3) includes helpful hints on finding the time and keeping it fun."

No-Sew Knits: 20 Flattering, Finish-Free Garments

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Learn how to knit a sweater seamlessly.
Kristen TenDyke will teach you how to knit the perfect sweater--no assembly required. Through clever planning and some simple techniques, her knitting projects are shaped and joined as you go--all without sacrificing the pretty details.
"No-Sew Knits" offers 20 garments that combine innovative construction and on-trend styling for comfortable everyday wear. Kristen takes the opportunity to introduce you to a variety of easier-than-they-seem techniques, while keeping each knitting pattern approachable for advanced beginners.
Chapters offer basic no-sew patterns, interchangeable stitch patterns, cables, and lace. The results are beautifully constructed garments that boast eye-catching details such as seamless pockets, hoods, bust darts, and faux seams. Each knitting pattern features a Tip section that helps you learn new ways to customize your garments.
Pretty and practical, the patterns in "No-Sew Knits" will build your knitting repertoire as you build your wardrobe.

Novel Living: Collecting, Decorating, and Crafting with Books

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In this digital age, the fate of physical books remains in question. Even the concept of curling up with a good book conjures new images. But there remains a sensory thrill to physical books--to seeing and feeling them, to turning their pages--that makes many of us value them even more as digital reading grows in popularity. In "Novel Living," artist Lisa Occhipinti celebrates her love for physical books by presenting us with her unique ideas for collecting and displaying them, for conserving and preserving them, and for crafting with them. Guided by Occhipinti's artful eye, you'll be inspired to build and display collections based on your personal passions and to use books for crafting, either by deconstructing or by copying favorite elements. Amazingly, most of the projects--ranging from easy shelving to a headboard constructed of book spines to napkins composed of scans of favorite text passages from books--require no special skills or supplies.