Knitting Books from Pacific Wool and Fiber

Learn how to combine colors for stunning effects. Thousands of tried and true color combos are showcased based on recognized rules of color theories. The perfect recourse for crafters and do-it-yourselfers to find the perfect color for projects! ColorSense includes clear and concise introduction to color theory including thousands of color combos in varying values and different backgrounds, and a color wheel and color swatches with pop-out templates.

Say goodbye to standard Sweater sizes and predetermined knitting gauges! Lynne Vogel's Knitter Fitter System is a two part method of designing sweaters that lets you create patterns based on your own body measurements and yarn gauge. Learn how to use this unique system to make every type of sweater imaginable, cardigans, pullovers, tunics and vests. Adapt to different yarn, proportions, neckline styles and collar and edging types. The Twisted Sisters Knit Sweaters will provide your with infinite color and stitch-pattern variations. Lynne Vogel is the author of the popular Twisted Sisters Workbook below.

Teach yourself how to spin on a drop spindle, learn to dye unique color combination and create fun socks! Spin not just any old yarn or any old socks, but glorious, zany, wildly colorful yarn for perfect-fitting socks of character. Dip-dyeing, pour-dyeing, and hand-painting yarns or wool roving is as easy as making homemade soup, whether you use commercial dyes or Kool-Aid®. If you like starting from scratch, spinning one-of-a-kind yarn is easier than you think. And the socks—a pair of well-crafted, perfectly fitting socks is one of life’s true luxuries. It’s all right here in this book. Paperbound, 8 ½ x 9, 96 pages, 101 color photographs, 35 line drawings, 6 charts

Knitters who had never “felt” this kind of fashion before are now hooked—they want more Pursenalities! This popular author is back with more fabulous knit-and-felt bags, along with fresh ideas for a “purse-onal” touch. Twenty all-new purses, bags, and totes feature seasonal colors and styles. Bag embellishments range from grommets, pockets, and buckles to beautiful felted flowers. Fast projects are worked on big needles with 100% wool and a splash of novelty yarns; easy step-by-step instructions make felting a breeze. Bonus—includes patterns for a cell-phone holder, an eyeglasses case, and a cosmetics pouch.

First knit, then felt—and let your "pursenality" pack a fashionable punch! From small, sleek handbags to roomy totes, these quick knitted and felted designs rank high on style and simplicity. You won't be able to make just one! Go trendy or traditional with Vintage Bubble Bag, Summer in the City Tote, and pretty, petite purses. Choose from easy projects that are worked on big needles with 100% wool and a splash of dazzling novelty yarns.Get a unique look with felting; simple instructions make the technique a snap.

Here is a fresh collection of 30 innovative patterns for knitting and crocheting a variety of fashionable bags. Ranging in skill level from simple to advanced, the patterns in "Just Bags" are easy-to follow and fun to make. 112 pages.

From shawls, shrugs and stoles to ponchos, capelets and boas -wraps are both classic fashion staples and hot accessories of the moment. This is an exciting collection of designs that combine fashion finesse with creative flair. If you loved "Just Bags" you will love "Just Wraps"too. 112 pages

This is not your ordinary felting book! Felt Frenzy explores all the major techniques of felt making, from knit-and-shrink to wet felting, needle felting, and “recycled felting”—turning salvaged wool sweaters into useful felt pieces—plus ways to combine techniques for creative and unique results. Designed with the absolute beginner in mind, Felt Frenzy is packed with 26 projects and photographs of more than 50 before-and-after felted yarn combinations so readers can easily customize patterns with substitutions of their choice. You’ll find instructions for the ever-popular felted bag, but it doesn’t stop there—learn to make felted flowers, hats, jackets, scarves, wool sneakers, even a nuno felted skirt. As an added bonus, you’ll find “design ideas” scattered throughout the book to give your projects an extra creative boost; these suggestions help integrate felt into other fiber arts, from embroidery to shibori.

Socks are a pleasure to create, easy to carry in the knitting bag and 0h-so-cozy to wear. In Favorite Socks, renowned sock designers including Nancy Bush, Ann Budd, Priscilla Gibson-Roberts and Evelyn A. Clark showcase their style in an inspiring collection of classic and innovative sock patterns.

From runways to department stores, lace is everywhere and knitters are picking up their needles to chase the trend. Lace Style takes a fresh approach to this classic theme by combining solid techniques with 20+ contemporary projects. Revel in ways to use lace as allover patterns, trims and edgings, and inserts. Innovative designs include a lace pattern typically used for baby w

ear boldly translated into a striking woman’s scalloped jacket, a delicate lace edging used to accent a featherlight lingerie dress, a chic skirt made lacy with intentionally dropped stitches, a wide-brim garden hat with a decidedly vintage feel, a sophisticated bracelet knitted from fine silver wire, and much more. Each pattern has detailed step-by-step instructions and lavish lifestyle photographs with plenty of detail shots to keep readers inspired.

From first loop to last seam, this invaluable resource will provide answers to the questions that can stump new knitters. Twenty simple projects will make first-time knitters proud. Illustrated "workshops" introduce knit only, purl only, knit and purl, and color knitting. Projects range from simple scarves and sweaters to a pillow and kimono jacket. Step-by-step photos show exactly how knitting needles should be positioned at particular places in a pattern. Foldout flaps reveal a handy stitch guide—key information is at knitters' fingertips.

This versatile everlasting calendar is a handy guide to a wealth of knitting stitches. This knitting book will last and last! Learn a new knitting stitch each day of the year, or just enjoy the amazing number of different designs that can be created out of simple knit and purl! Includes a large assortment of lace stitches, cables, rib stitches, ribbings and more! Spiral bound with stand for desktop display. A knitting book you will enjoy year around! Makes a great gift too!

Sandi Rosner uses self-striping sock yarn in new ways to create 18 warm, whimsical projects for hand knitting. Here you'll find good basic sock patterns as well as a wonderful collection of everyday accessories, including scarves, hats, gloves, mittens, etc.

NEW! Spin to Knit, Shannon Okey

Take your knitting to a new level with the addition of handmade yarn! Spinning is easy to learn, handspun yarn is hot , and with Spin to Knit everything you need to create fun, funky, one-of-a-kind designer yarn is right at your fingertips. Spin to Knit teaches you all the details about fibers, tools, and materials for getting started spinning, and offers a substantial selection of simple patterns for knitting with that fabulous yarn you've created all on your own. Urban spinner Shannon Okey, author of KnitGrrl, answers all your burning questions about spinning basics. For instance, what fibers are good for close-to-the-skin projects, what’s good for layering, and what on earth can you do with dog fur or recycled fabric? Find out the basic tools you need to get started spinning, whether you should begin with a drop spindle or a wheel, why “lumpy bumpy” yarn is your friend, ways to un-lump your yarn, and how to control singles, twist, and ply.Inventive patterns include a "cardiganized" thrift shop pullover with a gorgeous handspun buttonband, a faux Fair Isle pullover that combines millspun and handspun yarn, a traditional lace shawl, a shrug based on a woven Swedish heart, a silky sweater made entirely from hairdresser's rayon, and much more. A great feature of Spin to Knit is the addition of in-depth profiles about urban spinners from all over the country. Learn the personal stories of how these spinners got started, and their insider tips for spinning with style. Paperback, 8½ x 9, 128 pages, 150 Photographs and 25 Illustrations

Subtitled 32 patterns and Folk Tales from around the world. Chilly? Try the seriously warm Russian-inspired Cossack or the toasty Irish Cables. Silly? Check out the more light-hearted Yoruba Bird hat or Lapland’s Four Winds. You’ll also find felted cowboy hats, smart pillboxes, historic derbies, sporty caps and sassy cloches, and darling baby bonnets from nearly every corner of the planet including Canada, Panama, Nigeria, Italy, China, and Japan.

Sock expert Nancy Bush offers 24 classic sock knitting patterns like Baby’s Bootikins and Evening Stockings for a Young Lady updated for today’s sock knitters with gauges, up-to-date yarns, and twenty-first-century methods and sizes. This book is sub-titled New twist on Classic Patterns, and Nancy Bush fans will love it! This is sock knitting at it's finest.

Sub-titled "Six exceptional sock patterns for printed sock yarn" this sock knitting book will offer much more. Learn how to give printed sock yarns such as Trekking XXL sock yarn a new twist! Learn how to choose the right sock yarn for your project. Bonus: Sock Fit and Adjustment, double pointed needle techniques and sock techniques.

Subtitled: Creating self-patterning yarns for knitting, this book will inspire you! Learn how to create self-patterning yarn like the pros! Yarns to Dye For offers an easy, inexpensive and fun way to dye your own self-patterning yarns, no other book details this intriguing process. Kathleen Taylor guides you through each step: selecting the yarn and equipment, wrapping and tying skeins and balls for dyeing, painting yarns, and knitting quick and simple garments that show off your marvelous yarns. Seven fun projects included. Jacquard Acid Dyes for Wool Ecru Yarns for Dyeing

Scarf Style, Pam Allen

Expand your idea of what a scarf can be! This collection of 31 elegant, whimsical, and ingenious scarves taps the expertise of over twenty-five knitwear designers who offer new ways to think about this most basic of garments. Expect to be surprised: a timeless scarf that uses cables and stitch patterns, a "scarf" that functions as a pair of portable sleeves with a turtleneck, a delicate triangular shawl based on traditional Estonian lace patterns, and a deconstructed striped scarf held together with brightly colored bobbles. 144 pages, 50 color photographs, 30 color illustrations, 10 charts.

Felted Knits, B

everly Galeska

Just about anything you can knit can be felted! The knitting goes fast with fat wool yarn such as Tekapo Worsted Weight Yarn, on big needles, and felting is easy and fun, but learning how to make all of it come together takes some skill. Beverly Galeska's, the owner of Fiber Trends and a nationally recognized authority on felting, shares her secrets in Felted Knits. More than just a pattern book, Beverly shows you how to choose and test yarns, correctly size a knitted piece for felting, accurately shrink items by hand- and machine-washing, improve your results with blocking, and how to care for your felted knits. Novice and experienced knitters alike can choose from the book’s 36 knitting patterns to create knitted and felted bags and totes, hats, mittens, vests, and slippers, as well as pillows, placemats and coasters to complement your décor. This invaluable resource also includes sections on embellishing your felting and about felting on felt (needle felting).

Folk Bags, Vicki Square knitting instructions

These bags are different! And Vicki Square’s contemporary interpretations of these 30 folk designs are truly extraordinary. Each one is inspired by traditional folk bags or folk art from 23 different countries including Nepal, Tibet, Japan, Ireland, Ecuador, and Guatemala. You’ll find bags in all shapes, colors, textures, and sizes for work, play, or for a special evening on the town. Included are the Guatemalan Saddlebag, the Persian carpet–inspired handbag, the fish-shaped Chinese felted bag, the Bolivian Doll bag, and the Moroccan Tile bag.

FREE bag pattern from Folk Bags

Folk Vests, 25 Knitting Patterns and Tales from Around the World, Cheryl Oberle
Vests are festive, warm, easy-fitting, and practical—just the thing for contemporary knitters, who will delight in these 25 traditional and innovative patterns collected from around the world and through the ages. Both functional and decorative, these wonderful projects for men’s and women’s vests are accompanied by folk stories and regional histories from the countries of origin: Germany, Nepal, Peru, Japan, and the United Kingdom, among others. More than a knitting pattern book, this is a book of inspiration, appreciation, and history. 144 pages, 25 color photographs, 25 illustrations, 18 charts

12 Patterns for our Best Friends. Knitting for dogs is hot! Need proof? When Interweave Knits magazine reviewed a dog sweater pattern in the Winter 2000 issue, the yarn company that created the pattern was so inundated with phone calls that they had to hire an additional customer service rep just to handle the orders. Dogs in Knits offers a collection of sweaters and blankets for dogs by expert knitwear designer Judith L. Swartz, who has created sweaters that dogs can "wear with dignity." It includes styles for all knitting skill levels, plus instructions for measuring dogs and sizing patterns correctly for a perfect fit. A must-have for dog lovers and passionate knitters alike. Paperbound, 8 1/2; x 9, 96 pages, 17 color photographs, charts and illustrations.

Knitters Companion, Vicki Square New revised edition!!

Have you ever found that in the middle of a knitting project, you've forgotten how to do a raised increase or eyelet buttonhole? Keep this reference book at hand! The Knitter's Companion neatly fits into your knitting bag. Providing an overview of gauge, joins, seams, borders, and buttonholes, The Knitter's Companion is an indispensable addition to any knitter's bag of tricks. Knitting books come and go. This one is a keeper. Bonus: Built-in needle gauge! Spiral-bound, 7 x 5, 112 pages, 100 technique illustrations.

Gossamer Webs Design Collection, Three Orenburg Shawls to Knit Design Interpretation by Galina Khmeleva

Presenting three classic Orenburg-style lace knitting patterns in written form for the very first time. Created from a series of basic elements and patterns handed down from generation to generation from the Orenburg region of Russia, Galina Khmeleva has worked with these talented craftspeople to bring you these unique knitted masterpieces. Create your own heirloom shawl following step-by-step instructions and charts laid out for ease of knitting from bottom to top. Paperbound, 8x9, 56 pages, color photographs and charts

Folk Shawls presents 25 knitted shawl patterns including the history and traditions behind them. Follow Cheryl Oberle around the around the world in knitted shawls, each one with it's own characteristics. Each shawl pattern is complete with instructions in words and charts. 144 pages, full-color and charts.

16 Fun to stitch projects. If you thought handmade socks were just for knitters, think again! This wonderful collection of crocheted socks range in style from fun to fashionable.Sixteen sock patterns are each given in a variety of sizes for both women and men. Try ribbed, cabled, or lacy designs, or give your socks a blast of color. Learn how to crochet socks that mimic the luxurious look and feel of knitted socks.

This is the only book on sock knitting you'll ever need! Choose virtually any yarn, gauge, stitch pattern, and size you like—with nearly 1,000 variations, the possibilities for knitting fashionable to funky socks will last a lifetime. Create one-of-a-kind socks starting with 10 basic designs plus loads of stitch patterns. Use 2, 4, or 5 needles; patterns let you choose your favorite method. Customize fit and fashion for women, men, and children—step-by-step instructions make it easy.

Subtitled "a manual of elegant knitting techniques and patterns this book will teach you a faster way to knit socks! The use of two circular knitting needles will prevent dropped stitches, allow for faster switching between needles (and less often). Learn this method in just minutes. Included "how to instructions", 11 sock patterns and tips and hints. Softcover, 44 pages.

Socks, Spin-Off Special Publication

Here it is-complete knitting instructions for 20 different handspun, handknitted socks-including those wonderful entrelac ones that everyone had been asking for. You'll find notes on spinning, choosing equivalent commercial yarns, and managing all the tricky little techniques that make socks so much fun to knit. Paperbound, 8 3/8 x 10 7/8, 56 pages, color photographs throughout

Susan Bates booklet will help you learn to knit! Teach yourself and learn how to cast on, knit and purl. Instructions for 25 projects included. Instructions for right and lefthanders. 48 pages

NEW! 200 Braids to Twist, Knot, Braid or Weave

All projects benefit from that perfect finishing touch. Create a personalized braided trim to complete any project—from clothing, furnishings, greeting cards, jewelry, totes, gift wrap, floral arrangements, and more—with 200 Braids to Twist, Knot, Loop, or Weave, no previous experience necessary! Choose from hundreds of sumptuous braided designs arranged by structure, from twisted and knotted pieces to more elaborate looped and woven examples, even those that incorporate beads. Each braid features a beautiful close-up photograph, materials list, step-by-step instructions and clear easy-to-follow color illustrations to guide the reader along. Each technique used in the book is explored in-depth, followed by tips on starting and finishing braids, and advice for incorporating braids into other textile projects. Any thread or fiber can be worked into a braid or trim, and little or no equipment is required to create each braid. Assembly is a breeze! Experiment with texture and color to make gilded, beaded, glittery, or jeweled creations. Custom design your own braids and trimmings for that extra special touch—the range of possibilities is endless! Hardbound with concealed wire-o, 5¾ x 7¾, 256 pages; 443 photographs.