The New York Times–bestselling, essential guide for chicks with sticks—because knit happens.
From the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques. Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle. Plus the stitch doctor's own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters. After the how-tos come the why-to: forty hop, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purely pros.
Featuring:
— Coney Island fireworks scarf
— Punk rock backpack
— Crickets technicolor techno-cozies
— Pippi knee-stockings
— Big bad baby blanket
— To-dye-for sweater
— Princess Snowball cat bed
— Queen of Hearts bikini
“Will undoubtedly appeal to this new generation of knitters … Informative, colorful and full of attitude, this book is the perfect primer for twenty— and thirty-somethings looking to take on this hip “new” hobby.” —Publishers Weekly
“This sassy-looking book offers a little bit of everything . . . it is Stoller's commentary about knitting, its history, and why young women are knitting again that gets the book off to a rip-roaring start.” —Booklist
