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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Do you love to knit -- & hate to purl? Have you ever started a sweater without enough yarn from the same dye lot to finish it? When you cast on do you end up with a tail of yarn thats maddeningly too long or too short? Elizabeth Zimmermann comes to the rescue with clever solutions to frustrating problems & step-by-step instructions for brilliant timeless designs. In Knitting Without Tears " youll find elegant designs for: Color-pattern Norwegian ski sweaters Seamless patterned-yoke sweaters Hooded garter-stitch jackets for babies Watch caps socks slippers mittens & more! This classic & influential book is poised to inspire a whole new generation of knitters who have yet to discover the joys & comforts of knitting. As the lady herself once put it "properly practiced knitting soothes the troubled spirit & it doesnt hurt the untroubled spirit either."" ...

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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The latest developments in physics have the potential to radically revise our understanding of the universe: its make-up its evolution & the fundamental forces that determine its operation. Knocking on Heavens Door is an exhilarating & accessible overview of these developments & a rousing defence of the role of science in our lives. There could be no better guide than Lisa Randall: the bestselling author of Warped Passages is an expert on both particle physics (the study of the smallest objects we know of) & cosmology (the study of the largest) & is one of the most highly regarded theoretical physicists in the world. In Knocking on Heavens Door she recounts the thrilling progress in our understanding of the universe from Galileo & Newton to Einstein & Feynman; she explores how we decide which scientific questions to study & how we go about answering them; & she examines the role of risk creativity uncertainty beauty & truth in scientific thinking. Throughout Lisa Randall explains with wit & clarity the latest ideas in physics & cosmology including the aims of the biggest & most expensive machine ever built: the Large Hadron Collider the enormous particle accelerator situated over a 100 metres below the French-Swiss border. More than 27 kilometres in circumference it has within it the hottest spot in the galaxy as well as the coldest & features the most powerful supercomputer system of all time. One of the most illuminating science books in years Knocking on Heavens Door makes clear the biggest scientific questions we face & reveals how answering them could ultimately tell us who we are & where we came from. ...