Stitch'n bitch: the knitter's handbook
(Book)

It's the essential guide for chicks with sticks-because knit happens. From the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques. Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle. Plus, the stitch doctor's own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters. After the how-tos come the why-to: forty hop, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purely pros. Featuring: - Coney Island fireworks scarf - Punk rock backpack - Crickets technicolor techno-cozies - Pippi knee-stockings - Big bad baby blanket - To-dye-for sweater - Princess Snowball cat bed - Queen of Hearts bikini Chapter 1: Take Back the Knit: Why Young Women are Taking up Knitting Once More Chapter 2: What a Girl Wants, What a Girl Needs: Tools of the Trade Chapter 3: The Knitty-Gritty: Learning to Cast On, Bind Off, and Knit Chapter 4: Purl, too: Learning to Purl and Make Simple Stitch Patterns Chapter 5: Shaping Up: Learning to Increase and Decrease Chapter 6: Finishing School: Learning to Sew Seams, Pick up Stitches, and Block Your Work Chapter 7: Getting Knitty with It: Fancy Things to do With Needles and Yarn Chapter 8: Oops, I Knit it Again: The Stitch Doctor's Guide to Fixing Mistakes Chapter 9: A Loosely Knit Group: A Guide to the Wonderful World of Knitters Part Two: Stitch 'n Bitch Patterns Scarves and Hats Bags Baby Stuff Sweaters Summer Stuff Miscellaneous Sewing Projects It's the essential guide for chicks with sticks, from the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques: - Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle. - Plus, the stitch doctor's own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters. - After the how-to comes the why-to: forty hip, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purly pros.