The Knitgrrl Guide To Professional Knitwear Design is the first-ever book targeted to designers of all experience levels who want to create, communicate and sell their work professionally to magazines, publishers, consumers and other markets. Written by an industry insider, the Guide takes a comprehensive, unflinching look behind the scenes that no knit or crochet designer can afford to be without. Includes 30+ interviews with top designers, editors and professionals who tell it like it is so you can hit the ground running, a guide to responsible social media use, information on distribution, printing, online publishing and much, much more.

The Knitgrrl Guide to Professional Knitwear Design

Business & Money

Okey, Shannon

Job Hunting & Careers

Cooperative Press

Every knitter knows the frustration of running out of yarn. This nagging fear is compounded when the yarn is one-of-a-kind or hand-dyed, and simply heartbreaking when you've spent hours spinning the yarn yourself. This book offers patterns specifically designed to get the most out of your unique yarn so that you can knit until you run out.

Twist & Knit: A Dozen Knitted Patterns for Handspun, Hand-dyed, and One-of-a-kind Yarns

Miriam L. Felton

If you've ever dreamed of being whisked away on a magic carpet to a land where you could knit stunningly beautiful socks all day...well, we can't quite make that dream come true. But we can supply you with sock patterns to knit if you ever do get there! Inside you'll find 14 amazing new sock patterns, each inspired by a different style of oriental rug. An in-depth primer on top-down sock construction, thorough lessons on chart reading, detailed information on how to resize any sock pattern, and tips to customize your socks to perfectly fit your feet help ensure your knitting success. You'll also find a wealth of information on the history of the Silk Road and the beautiful textiles produced in the region. Silk Road Socks will be a welcome addition to any sock knitter or textile artist's library. Author Hunter Hammersen is a prolific and talented sock designer whose designs have found their way onto countless knitters' needles. Visit the Silk Road Socks website for more information on the socks in this book, knitalongs and other bonus features.

Silk Road Socks

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Hammersen, Hunter

Antiques & Collectibles

What Would Madame Defarge Knit? is a delightful literary-inspired romp edited by CraftLit podcast creator Heather Ordover. With 21 patterns and a special kid-friendly project, too, this book is 200+ pages of patterns and accompanying essays based on classic characters from literature. An accompanying website contains additional content, such as video links, links to audio content, and more. "I love this book! A delight in literature, crafts, friendship, and creativity is channeled through original knitting patterns. It took me on a journey of sharing, joy, discovery, and whimsy that left me exhilarated. It's like CraftLit in a book!" - Julie Davis, Forgotten Classics podcast

What Would Madame Defarge Knit?

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Anna Dalvi of Knit &amp; Knag Designs brings both her design sensibility and logical mind to bear in this book for new and experiences lace knitters alike. Ten different shawls are divided into chapters based on shaping and construction techniques, teaching concepts in a fresh new way. You'll use not only diagrams and charts but also mathematical means of keeping your designs in line. Ever wonder why your stitch count is off on another pattern? Anna will show you what deltas are, how they work, and much more in this extraordinary book. Join Anna Dalvi for a shawl-design-seminar-in-a-book that keeps light bulbs going off while making the material seem simple. Her genius lies in boiling down tricky concepts to their essence and presenting them in a warm, practical style. Anna's own inspiring patterns not only accompany, but illustrate the design techniques confidence. -Jaala Spiro, KnitCircus magazine With a lucidness of style that is almost magical, Anna manages to

Shaping Shawls

Dalvi, Anna

Crafts & Hobbies

Double-knitting is the art of creating a knitted fabric with no "wrong" side, but that's only the beginning. Alasdair Post-Quinn has created an exhaustive how-to for double-knitting that thoroughly tackles techniques you didn't even know existed, let alone thought were possible, such as cabled double-knit fabric, knitting different patterns on either side of the fabric (instead of the usual mirror images) and much more. With 14 patterns, nearly 200 pages and more than 400 photos and illustrations, Extreme Double-Knitting is the only double-knitting reference you need! WHAT OTHER DESIGNERS ARE SAYING... A brilliant book, bound to become a classic work. Acquiring these double-layer techniques will enhance all aspects of your knitting life. Extreme Double Knitting is a very thorough and clearly explained approach to this fascinating area of knitting. Even if you do not yet see yourself reaching some of the more extreme feats of double-layer knitting offered here, you will be gently enticed to expand your repertoire of skills as far as you wish, with plenty more brain candy awaiting you. -Lucy Neatby There are floods of knitting books that beguile with pretty, ingenious patterns. A precious few push back the boundaries of an entire technique. Extreme Double-Knitting does both, exceptionally. A tour-de-force. -Franklin Habit In this delicious guide to the subterranean wonderland of double knitting, Alasdair illuminates user-friendly and innovative techniques of layering color, texture, and design. -Cat Bordhi

Extreme Double-Knitting: New Adventures in Reversible Colorwork

Post-Quinn, Alasdair

Fresh Designs is a series of pattern books by emerging fiber arts designers from all over the world. In addition to SCARVES, look for SWEATERS, HATS, BAGS, MEN, SHAWLS, MITTENS &amp; GLOVES, KIDS, TOYS and HOME, all available from Cooperative Press. Why buy this book? Simple. Cooperative Press has partnered with designers to build a whole new revenue model. Every copy sold means more money in the designers' pockets. Support design talent and you'll always have great things to knit. Designers in this book Amy Duncan, Claire Valentine, Daniel Yuhas, Hannah Cuviello, Heather Keiser, Jenny Williams, Jill Wright, Margarete Dolff, Sylvia Cannizzaro, and Valeria Kerkka. Yarns in this book We love indie! Yarn companies featured in SCARVES include: Indigodragonfly, Natural Born Dyers, Berroco, Yarn Love, Kangaroo Dyer, Alpaca With A Twist, Green Eyed Monsters, Aade Long, and The Sanguine Gryphon.

Fresh Designs Scarves

Fresh Designs is a series of pattern books by emerging fiber arts designers from all over the world. In addition to MEN, look for SWEATERS, HATS, BAGS, MITTENS & GLOVES, SHAWLS, SCARVES, KIDS, TOYS and HOME, all available from Cooperative Press. Why buy this book? Simple. Cooperative Press has partnered with designers to build a whole new revenue model. Every copy sold means more money in the designers' pockets. Support design talent and you'll always have great things to knit. Designers in this book Amy Duncan, Erica Jackofsky, Jenna Swanson, Karen Bourquin, Katherine Vaughan, Nikki Adams, Rebekah Bromwell, Ruth Garcia-Alcantud, Stephannie Tallent and Susanna Ferguson Yarns in this book We love indie Yarn companies featured in MEN include: Pigeonroof Studios, Three Irish Girls, Hemp for Knitting, Ambrosia and Bliss, Flamboyance Yarns, Indigodragonfly, Spunky Eclectic, Spirit Trail Fiberworks and Debbie Bliss.

Fresh Designs Men

Author Marie Duquette had recently retired and then..."Every once in a while, I get an idea. Here's the most recent one: knit 30 hats in 30 days."Did she succeed? This book is the result Follow along as Marie dives deep into her stash and produces a hat every day for a month, all the while writing patterns for each.

30 Hats in 30 Days

DuQuette, Marie

Does your knitting measure up? Let Kate Atherley take you to the next level with Beyond Knit and Purl, new from Cooperative Press. As a technical editor - and more importantly - as a teacher, Kate knows where knitters hit roadblocks and how to overcome them, and she shares her many years of experience in this book. Confused about increases or decreases? What's ease? If you've only knitted dishcloths, are you ready to move on to socks or should you try something else first? What does "decrease stitches evenly across" actually mean in practice? Do you need some Dirty Secrets or Knitterly Advice? (there are plenty of both scattered throughout the book's pages). Or do you need some help choosing the right pattern for you? This and much, much more are in the book. The amazing how-to photos by Caro Sheridan clearly demonstrate techniques so you can follow along as needed, and there are great patterns spread throughout to support the educational material ranging from ultra-simple dishcloths up to shawls, socks and other garments.

Beyond Knit and Purl

Atherley, Kate

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