Knitting is experiencing an enormous boom, as more & more people appreciate the opportunity it affords to create something truly special & individual. Many of these new knitters, however, have not learnt the skills from their mothers, like previous generations, & need help with their techniques. There can be no better guide than Debbie Bliss, highly successful knitwear designer & author of numerous bestselling books. In Knitting Workbook Debbie provides a guide not only to basic techniques
- casting on, key knitting stitches, sewing up garments successfully etc
- but also pinpoints the key features of her successful designs & takes knitters through them step-by-step. A basic guide to how to knit, accompanied by step-by-step illustrations & photographs, kicks off the book. Debbie then concentrates on the techniques she feels are essential to creating successful knitwear, from using simple shapes to colour work such as fair isle & intarsia & adding finishing touches with embroidery & beading. Colour illustrations are used to demonstrate each technique then a range of projects, featuring step-by-step photographs pinpointing key stages, allow the knitter to practise & perfect their skill. As a guide to how to knit, & an insight into the secrets of this highly successful designer, this book will be in

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