Kristi Porter - Knitting Patterns For Dummies

Knitting Patterns For Dummies

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2022950745

ISBN: 978-1-394-16207-9 (pbk); ISBN: 978-1-394-16208-6 (ebk); ISBN: 978-1-394-16209-3 (ebk)

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 8
6. Chapter 11

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12
13. Chapter 13
14. Chapter 14
15. Chapter 18
16. Appendix

I have great enthusiasm for knitting and for sharing the craft with others. Because youve picked up this book, you clearly share at least some of my enthusiasm. Its hard to put a finger on what it is about knitting that pulls people in. Maybe its the simple, repetitive motions and the feel and look of the fibers and fabrics that we create; or maybe its the chance to share in a long tradition that cuts across boundaries of age and background. Its also pretty cool to be able to point to a garment and say I made that beautiful, warm thing with some string and a couple of sticks! Whatever it is that attracts you, knitting is something that you can return to your whole life, making all kinds of projects and friends along the way.

I love teaching people how to knit. And, even more, I love teaching them to knit the things that they want to knit. Putting this book together challenged me to come up with straightforward patterns with broad appeal and lots of room for improvisation. I charged myself with two goals: to make designs that would flatter lots of different people and to think carefully about keeping the shapes simple, relying on basic shapes like rectangles, cylinders, and triangles to create patterns that are knittable and easy to understand.

I hope that you take the patterns in this book and make them your own. Even if youre new to knitting, you can still make design decisions, whether its the color combination you choose or the yarn and stitch pattern you decide to knit. I firmly believe that all knitters can be their own designers. So, I try to provide opportunities for you to master not only knitting skills but also skills that you need to understand why things are the way they are in a pattern and how to change them if you want to.

Whether youre a brand new knitter, a seasoned stitcher, or someone returning to the needles after a long absence, this book gives you lots of great patterns to choose from and plenty of help along the way. Knitting Patterns For Dummies is filled with classic knits that wont go out of style and theyre all presented in an easy-to-follow format.

Knitting Patterns For Dummies is chock-full of knitting patterns. In fact, the book contains nearly 40 basic designs. And with the variations offered at the end of many of the patterns, you have lots of projects to choose from! Youll find that the patterns are flexible, which means that you can knit from the same pattern more than once using different yarns or details. So, each time you knit from the pattern you can come up with something new and fresh.

The offerings in this book have a broad range of appeal. You can find things for adults, babies and kids, and things for your home theres something for everyone. But more important, perhaps, is the fact that this book has something for every body. While many knitting patterns top out at rather diminutive sizes, Knitting Patterns For Dummies offers size-inclusive patterns through 3X.

You may have noticed that this is a big book a big book with lots of writing. Because of all this writing, it may not be as pretty as some of the other knitting books on the shelf. But