Are you coveting Bernie’s sold-out mittens? Get crafting with these books that will inspire you make beautiful mittens (and more!) that are all your own.
Knit Mitts: Your Hand-y Guide to Knitting Mittens & Gloves by Kate Atherley
The Perfect Fit is at Your Fingertips!
Why settle for boring store bought mittens and cold fingers, when you could knit the warmest, best fitting pair yourself? With Knit Mitts as your guide, you’ll have the comprehensive information you need to create snug, warm, and practical mittens and gloves—right in the palm of your hand.
Inside, knitting expert Kate Atherley offers solutions to common problem areas: stretchy cast-ons for cuffs, fixes for thumb gaps, tricks for working the tiny circumference of glove fingers. She also addresses yarn choices and knitting techniques for easy care and maximum warmth. Through basic mitten and glove recipes, Kate explains how to measure a hand, assess your yarn selection and gauge, and ultimately customize patterns—including the 10 gorgeous ones inside—to make the best fitting mitts for you and your loved ones. Because the very best mitts are knit to fit!
Available in Trade Paperback.
Knitted Baby Mitts by Sian Brown
Nothing is more adorable than a tiny pair of mittens for a new baby and now you can knit your own for family and friends with these irresistible designs.
Inside are 20 patterns in a range of colours and styles for boys and girls, from traditional stripes and cables to whimsical rabbits, frogs and ladybirds. Each design can be knitted in three different sizes suitable for 0-3, 3-6 and 6-12 month-old babies, with the option of including thumbs in the largest size. The patterns use small amounts of either baby- or fingering-weight yarn, and knit up quickly and easily using the clear, step-by-step instructions and full-colour charts provided. Each project comes with a list of the yarns and needles required and a stunning, full-colour photograph of the finished mittens, providing everything you need to create these gorgeous handmade gifts for babies.
Available in Trade Paperback.
Colorwork Mittens & Gloves: From Colorwork Creations by Susan Anderson-Freed
Your adventure begins here: take a journey through colorwork with woodland-inspired knits.
The gorgeous and cozy projects in Colorwork Creations simply beg to be knit. Choose from more than 30 hats, mittens and gloves that pair traditional Sanquhar knitting motifs with birds and beasts of the woodlands. Small enough for a quick-knitted gift, but precious enough to cherish forever, these pieces will, these pieces will delight and inspire for years to come.
Available in eBook.
Head-to-Toe Winter Knits: 100 Quick and Easy Accessories to Knit by Monice Russel
100 quick and easy winter knits from bestselling author and knitting designer Monica Russel.
This gorgeous book brings together 100 of the best winter knits from bestselling author and knitting designer Monica Russel. Previously published in the 20 to Make series, these fabulous designs are quick and easy to make, and include scarves, wrist warmers, hats, boot cuffs, head bands and snoods. With designs for men, women and children in a range of colours and styles, there is something for everyone in this valuable knitting resource.
Available in Trade Paperback.
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Fair Isle Knitting: A Practical & Inspirational Guide by Monice Russel
The definitive book to learning Fair Isle knitting by expert knitter, teacher and founder of The Knit Knacks, Monica Russel, featuring 60 pattern swatches and beautiful, practical projects to test your new-found skills.
Fair Isle knitting has a timeless appeal, and is celebrated all over the world for its beautiful patterns and distinctive motifs. Using just two colours in each row you can create a myriad of different patterns that are deceptively easy to achieve. In this definitive guide, expert knitting designer and bestselling author Monica Russel teaches you the essential skills of this traditional colourwork technique and provides all the inspiration you need to create stunning Fair Isle patterns of your own.
The book includes a fascinating history of Fair Isle knitting, step-by-step instructions on the key techniques for creating Fair Isle patterns, a stunning collection of pattern swatches, and 11 complete projects, ranging from a simple hat, a cushion and a bag through to a shawl, a sweater, socks, and a child’s dress.
Available in Trade Paperback.
It’s More Than Just the Mittens:
The Power of Knitting: Stitching Together Our Lives in a Fractured World by Loretta Napoleoni
Purl and stitch: Empowering, healing, and reconnecting us to each other and ourselves
In a fractured world plagued by anxiety and loneliness, knitting is coming to the rescue of people from all walks of life. Economist and lifelong knitter Loretta Napoleoni unveils the hidden power of the purl and stitch mantra: an essential tool for the survival of our species, a means for women to influence history, a soothing activity to calm us, and a powerful metaphor of life.
This book is a voyage through our history following the yarn of social, economic and political changes—from ancient Egypt and Peru to modern Mongolia, from the spinning bees of the American Revolution to the knitting spies of World War II, and from the hippies’ rejection of consumerism to yarnbombing protests against climate change. For the author it is also a personal journey of discovery and salvation, drawing on the wisdom her grandmother passed along as they knit together.
Revealing recent discoveries in neuroscience, The Power of Knitting offers proof of the healing powers of knitting on our bodies and minds. Breaking through societal barriers, even nursing broken hearts, and helping to advance cutting-edge science, knitting is still a valuable instrument for navigating our daily lives.
Available in Hardcover, eBook, and Audio Editions.
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