200 Fair Isle Designs by Mary Jane Mucklestone, softback published by Search Press. ISBN 978-1-84448-692-2, price 14.99 available from www.searchpress.com
Fair-isle has always been one of my favoured knitting techniques. From anyone who has struggled to design their own patterns, or who prefers to knit from ready made patterns, here are 200 designs from two-colour up. [...]
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200 Fair Isle Designs by M J Mucklestone
Knitted Baby Bootees by Val Pierce
Knitted Baby Bootees by Val Pierce, softback published by Search Press. ISBN 978-1-84448-641-0, price 4.99 available from www.searchpress.com
Make your babies’ toes twinkle with these twenty designs for bootees. All styles including ducks, Christmas, lace and more. Designs for boys and girls that will truly delight. I love the baby snugs.
Seamless or Nearly Seamless Knits by A. Knight-Bowman
Seamless or Nearly Seamless Knits by Andra Knight-Bowman, softback published by Martingale. ISBN 978-1-60468-028-7, price 18.99 in the UK available from www.martingale-pub.com
If you hate stitching up seams, this knitting book should be right up your street. I’m not a lover of circular needle knitting, although I must admit to having sweaters lying around just waiting [...]
Weekend Hats by C G Macdonald and M Labarre
Weekend Hats by C G Macdonald and M Labarre, softback published by Interweave. ISBN978-1-59668-438-6, price 16.99 available in the UK from www.searchpress.com
My initial reaction was ‘I’d rather wear a tea cosy’. Perhaps I’m not the knitted hat person I thought I was. However, this book is good on techniques if not on design. I like [...]
Knitting Off The Axis by Mathew Gnagy
Knitting Off The Axis by Mathew Gnagy, softback published by Interweave. ISBN 978-1-59668-311-2, price 17.99 available in the UK from www.searchpress.com
It’s always nice to see a new slant on knitting. This book fully explores knitting with angles. Each of the fifteen patterns are based on a different construction method – knitting avoiding the usual rules. [...]