The Complete Book of Knitting Author:Barbara Abbey In THE COMPLETE BOOK OF KNITTING — Barbara Abbey tells: — How to select and use knitting equipment — How to choose the right yarn for the article to be made — How to cast on, increase, decrease, and bind off — How to knit and purl by both the English and Continental methods, form patterns, knot left-handed, and correct uneven knitting — How to slip st... more »itches, pick up stitches, knit hems, make buttonholes, graft, turn, and shape knitting
How to make cable and other cross-over, multiple, and duplicate stitches
How to work Argyle, Fair Isle, Scandinavian, and other multicolored patterns
How to knit with ribbon and make crocheted finishes
How to figure gauges, take measurements, and adjust sizes
How to asseble, finish, tailor, block, and line knitted garments
How to interpret instructions written in English, French, German, Spanish, or Swedish
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Presents instructions and illustrations for 200 interesting pattern stitches, many of them previously unpublished.« less