Spinners Choice

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.

Felt Frenzy, 26 Projects for All forms of Felting

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.

Favorite Socks, 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave

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.

First Knits, Projects for Beginning Knitters

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.

Knits, Knots, Buttons and Bows, Knitting for Baby

Baby is on the way—and in this delightful collection, you can welcome Baby in style with sweet clothing and accessories that are simple to knit and fun to give. Choose from more than 18 projects, including blankets, hats, booties, and sweaters. Find designs specific to boys and girls, plus many projects to suit either girls or boys. Knit up designs in sizes from newborn to 18 months; cotton and wool yarns guarantee easy cleaning

Not Just Socks, Sandi Rosner

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.

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.

Folk Hats

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. 

Cool Socks, Warm Feet, Lucy Neatby

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.

Yarns to Dye For, Kathleen Taylor

Subtitled: Creating self-patterning yarns for knitting, Yarns to Dye for 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.

Felted Knits, Bev Galeska

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 Felted Knits 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   

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.

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. Another addition to the Interweave books "Folk" series. 144 pages, 25 color photographs, 25 illustrations, 18 charts

 Dogs in Knits

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.

Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles, Cat Bordhi

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.