Fearless Knitting Workbook

By Jennifer E. Seiffert

Book Overview

Designed to empower knitters with practical knowledge of how yarn becomes fabric and to boost confidence in tackling common obstacles and mistakes made during the process, this knitting how-to guides fiber artists to success in their craft by explaining each word of standard knitting instructions. This illustrated guide offers classically-designed swatch exercises--such as knit-and-purl patterns, cables, shaping, and lace--that can later be combined to create pillow covers, throws, or scarves, in addition to tutorials on how to identify stitches that are properly mounted and master basic stitch movements and math required for each exercise. Promoting a deeper understanding of knitting and its facets and encouraging a bold approach to some of the more complex and daunting knitting styles and designs, this informative manual is essential in assisting knitters of all levels in gaining crafting mastery. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596681497
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Interweave
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous book

Wow, wow, wow! I've read a lot of books of this type over the years, but this is really the best ever. Not only is the information in this book spectacular, but the projects it recommends will serve to enhance and expand any knitter's skillset. I teach knitting and crochet - including a "fix your knitting" class and this book is now THE book that I recommend to my students. This is now my #1 go-to reference book for any knitting...

Buy this now!

This is in my top 3 favorite knitting books ever purchased! It really does do what it says in such a quick, simple way. The pictures are so beautiful and the instructions are so easy to follow. Every new or sort-of new knitter should get this. It takes you step by step from garter stitch and ribbing to cables and a leaf-shaped potholder with increases and decreases galore. It has simplified all that hard scary-looking...

Excellent Book

Brilliant book. Very informative and great pictures. A must for any knitter whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced. I have been knitting for over 20 years and am still enjoying working my way through this book. I am blogging my way through this book, for more information and to see pics you can check out my blog at [...].

like a knitting class in a book, but better!

This book is exactly what I was looking for, as a beginning knitter intimidated by making the leap from basic projects to those involving increases/decreases, cables, circular needles, etc. My local yarn shop seems to offer classes either for absolute beginners or for experts, but nothing in between. It seems you're supposed to "absorb" knowledge by muddling through projects and asking experts for help. For someone who...