Free Ebook on Teaching Knitting in Schools

Scotland’s Arran Knitting Company is offering a free guide to teachers to show how traditional knitting skills can be introduced to the next generation. Textile artist Lynn Gray Ross said, “I am providing a worldwide on-line resource for teachers of all ages and stages, based on my own experience and my work with primary and [...]

Prestige Socks a la Carte

South West Trading Company has issued a new sock book, Socks ala Carte, with innovative flip pages to help knitters design their own. They’ve also offered a free pattern from the book  on their website, for a pretty pair of socks called “Prestige”. A nice chance to give the book a little test drive before [...]

Knitting Books: The Knitting Experience: Purl Stitch

by Sally Melville
Another winner

The Purl Stitch is a beautifully illustrated, easy to follow guide to producing intricate-looking garments using simple techniques and readily available yarns. Having used the first volume in the series, The Knit Stitch, I was happy to find that this second book is just as valuable. One of its best [...]

Knitting Books: The Knitting Experience – the Knit Stitch

by Sally Melville

As a lifelong knitter with an extensive knitting/needlework library, I have to rank The Knit Stitch among my absolute favorites. The patterns, in my opinion, are varied, mostly updated classics. The best feature in this book is the range of different techniques presented and the clear coaching provided for each. I’ve learned several [...]

Books about Knitting: Module Magic

by Ginger Luters

Inspiring
Not exactly magic, but this book is a great tutorial for learning the technique of modular knitting. It breaks down the process by shape, with instructions for making and combining squares, strips, triangles, miters, etc., into beautiful, colorful fabrics and garments. The patterns are varied (shawls, sweaters, hats afghans), and each [...]

My Einstein Coat

Last fall, I completed this adapted version of the Einstein Coat from one of my favorite books, the Knitting Experience, by Sally Melville. Done all in garter stitch, it is an easy pattern to adapt, it’s knitted and constructed with knitting as you go along, and requires very little sewing, which I really don’t [...]

Free Knitting Ebooks!

3 free titles! Really! And, there are tons of other titles on this site. Check it out!
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Free Ebook: How to Knit and Crochet

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My Personal Unicorn Tapestry

Inspired by visits to New York’s Cloisters museum, when I came across a copy of Candace Bahouth’s Medieval Needlepoint
pattern book, I had to buy it. Now out of print, this fantastic resource can be purchased used at online booksellers’ websites. Pictured here is my first finished project, a magical, stately unicorn, who is now gracing [...]