Part of the pleasure of knitting is discovering and experimenting with beautiful new stitches. And if you have been looking for new stitches to add creativity to your knitting projects, you've come to the right place. Rita Weiss has collected 50 fabulous stitches you can use in many different ways -- for sweaters, baby items, afghans, hats, even socks -- anything you might want to create with your knitting needles. Have fun swatching these patterns, then pick your favorites and start creating magic in your next project! Stitches .
Twins Tanwen and Donna Evans are as different as chalk and cheese. Tanwen is pretty, pert, a bubbly extrovert but very selfish and as slim and sharp as a needle. Donna is plain, placid and shy, although very warm-hearted and as sturdy and useful as a pin. In 1924, when the girls are fourteen, their mother Gwyneth insists both become apprentices at The Cardiff Drapers, where she once worked.
Naughty Needles: Sexy, Saucy Knits for the Bedroom and Beyond
Fulfill your sex kitten fantasies and your crafting jones at the same time: knit naughty! Naughty Needles is a fun and feisty knitting adventure filled with designs that can go from bedroom to costume party and back again. Play it sweet in a Fembot babydoll nightie or sex it up in Hootchie Kootchie pasties. When you’re feeling frisky, knit up the Baby Blue-Ball Gag or play dress-up in the naughty nurse cap or the felted Red Riding Hood cape. New and experienced knitters alike will find inventive and easy-to-follow patterns. And since the garments aren’t exactly full-coverage, they don’t take much time to complete.
The ease and convenience of knitting on circular needles is celebrated in this collection of patterns for circular knitting addicts and novices. Circular needles are easier on the wrists, there are fewer seams to sew and ends to weave in, and the stitches fly—enabling the crafter to spend more time knitting and less time on fussy finishing. Basic knitting fundamentals, Fair Isle, cables, and top-down knitting are among the techniques addressed, and the array of small and large projects includes a tunic dress, a long-sleeved tee, a bag, and a capelet.
