This is the first book that delves deeply into easily mastered techniques that can be used to adapt & customise any project. Knitting the Perfect Fit is an invaluable guide for anyone interested in learning & perfecting shaping details in their knitting. Acclaimed designer & teacher Melissa Leapman distills one of her most in-demand workshops into an authoritative guide that will help knitters understand how designer details & shaping actually work. From a variety of necklines & arm details to different trompe loeil shaping techniques that offer a more slimming & flattering look to any garment no matter your body type. Each technique is thoroughly explained with tips & exercised & then showcased in 21 appealing projects that allow knitters to practise their new skills. ...

The Knit Book is a gift set that is sure to wow any novice knitter. Cath Kidston has created an exclusive yet simple striped scarf design that is the perfect beginner h&-knit project. Using double-knitting weight yarn in six classic cheery Cath Kidston colours you can now make your own Cath Kidston scarf. Packaged in a bright floral design re-useable tin this gift set

Includes:: everything you need to make the scarf including six balls of yarn one pair of red metal 4mm knitting needles plus a double-sided pattern sheet that gives all the instructions for making up the scarf. In addition the gift set

Includes:: a 48 page paperback booklet containing all the essential how-to-knit information on the basic knitting techniques including casting on casting off changing colours & achieving an even tension across your knitting. There is even an alternative scarf design in case stripes arent your personal style. With clearly written instructions accompanied by explanatory diagrams The Knit Book will get everyone reaching for their needles in time to make this cosy scarf.



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Knitting Tips & Trade Secrets Expanded" is updated & contains expert guidance on everything from how to knit (and crochet) a better button hole to taking the kinks out of your circular needles. Organised by the type of tip (yarn tips tips for knitting in more than one colour tips for garment assembly tips for machine knitters crochet tips) for easy reference & illustrated with more than 170 step-by-step drawings " Knitting Tips & Trade Secrets Expanded" is a knitting (and crochet) bag necessity. These tips have been collected from articles & columns in " Threads" magazine. " Threads" provides in-depth sewing information & inspiration in an engaging accessible format. Each issue is filled with creative ideas technical expertise & resources to help readers improve their sewing skills & express their individual title." ...

The contemporary trend for retro-inspired fashion & vintage clothing is often overlooked in modern knitting patterns & many of todays knitters are frustrated by the limited availability of challenging patterns using interesting shapes & stitches which is why so many are turning to vintage patterns. Unlike others knitting books based on copying vintage patterns however Knitting Vintage" aims to reinvent retro patterns for modern fashion trends. Divided into chapters according to eras there are Approx. five knitting projects per decade from the 1900s to the 1980s
- the last time that handknitting was popular with the masses & before runway trends were so readily available & affordable. Mood boards provide illustrations photographs materials & colourways that were used as inspiration for the projects. A beautifully illustrated publication with a nostalgic feel the book has a foot firmly in the present. Each project uses modern yarns but encourages the use of vintage accessories & notions with listings of where to source them. The patterns are for more experienced knitters but there will be a range of skill levels involved to encourage newer knitters to progress & learn new (or old!) techniques."
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Kaffe Fassett perhaps the most celebrated textile artist in the world today is known above all for his mastery of color. In his first book collaboration with Brandon Mably his studio design partner Kaffe finds exciting inspiration in the textures shapes & patterns all around us
- in nature & in everyday life
- to create more than 35 vibrant gorgeous knitting projects: scarves sweaters vests pillows afghans all with the signature colour flair that is the Kaffe Fassett trademark.

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There's a new generation of knitters out there turning the traditional image of granny-knitters on its head. Everyone has heard the mantra ' Knitting is the new yoga' but not everyone is lucky enough to have someone to show them the ropes & get them started on their very first row. Unless they have a friend or relative to teach them how to start often would-be knitters turn to the so-called 'beginners patterns' but these can be confusing difficult to follow & more often than not written in 'knit' rather than English. This book will be a tried & tested guide for people at the very beginning of their knitting lives looking for guidance & patterns for projects that they can use to make that first all-important step to ' Beyond the Scarf'. Contents include: Knitting Basics: Getting Started; Knitter's First Project: The Scarf; Workshops: Decreasing; Creating a Rib; Changing Colour; Increasing; Finishing; Knitting a Flower; Cable: Making a Cable; Making a Cable Bag; Eyelets & so on... ...

After the fantastic success of Knitty Gritty: Knitting for the Absolute Beginner Aneeta Patel is back to teach knitters how to advance to the next stage. With detailed instructions & photographs to accompany you at every step Knitty Gritty: The Next Steps shows you how to knit lace how to use beads & how to read & create charts to knit Fair Isle & intarsia patterns using different colours. You will also learn the secrets of knitting in the round so you too can knit socks like a pro! Once again using only plain English Aneeta teaches budding knitters all the tips & tricks of the trade so that these patterns are accessible to anyone who has mastered the very basics of knitting. With projects including jumpers for adults & kids gloves hats socks & an array of seasonal knits Knitty Gritty: The Next Steps is everything you need on the road to advanced knitting. ...

Knock em Cold Kid is the autobiography of award-winning Welsh writer Elaine Morgan. Born in the Rhondda Valley in 1920 Elaine vividly describes the relationship between her father & mother as they coped with life on the dole. Her grammar school decided to groom her for the Oxford entrance exam & she entered Lady Margaret Hall in 1939. It was a very different world from the one she knew but she enjoyed the experience. In 1945 she married Morien Morgan a Welsh schoolmaster & embarked on a full time role of wife & mother when rationing was at its tightest & the housing shortage was acute. After 7 years as a housewife she claimed some time for herself & took up pen & paper. Initially the new medium of TV could not coax serious writers to feed it & so Elaine got in at the ground floor & started a prolific career as a TV dramatist. She wrote for programmes such as How Green Was My Valley (1975) & Testament of Youth (1979) winning two BAFTAs two Writers Guild awards the Prix Italia & the Writer of the Year Award from the Royal Television Society along the way. In 1972 in a change of direction she wrote The Descent of Woman an account of human evolution seen from the perspective of the female of the species. This became a bestseller & the next forty years of her life were dedicated to defending the controversial theory of the Aquatic Ape as put forward in her book. Knock em Cold Kid is Elaines account of her life & looks at how her career & the Aquatic Ape Theory impacted on her family life. ...

Brilliantly funny Louise Rennisons fabby third book on the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson. Now in gorgey new paperback & guaranteed to have the nation laughing their knickers off! Jas said Well what happened?" & I said " Well it was beyond marvy. We talked & snogged & then he made me a sandwich & we snogged & then he played me a record & then we snogged." " So it was like!" " Yeah! a snogging fest." " Sacre bleu!" Jas looked like she was thinking which is a) unusual & b) scary. I said " But then this weird thing happened. He had his hands on my waist standing behind me." " Oo-er!" "D-accord. Anyway I turned round & he sort of leaped out of the way like two short leaping things." " Was he dancing?" " No! I think he was frightened of being knocked out by my nunga-nungas!" Then we both laughed like loons on loon tablets (i.e. A LOT)." ...

Sunday Times Science Book of the Year 2011. We are poised on the edge of discovery in particle physics (the study of the smallest objects we know of) & cosmology (the study of the largest) & when these breakthroughs come they will revolutionise what we think we know about the universe & the modern world. Lisa Randall guides us through the latest ideas charting the thrilling progress we have made in understanding the universe
- from Galileo & Newton to Einstein & the Large Hadron Collider & the search for the Higgs boson. Yet its about more than just physics
- Randall explains how we decide what questions to ask; how risk beauty creativity & truth play a role in scientific thinking; & how answering the big questions will ultimately tell us who we are & where we came from.

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