Knitting Tips and Trade Secrets: Clever Solutions for Better Hand Knitting, Machine Knitting, and Crocheting

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Here is a compendium of clever and creative techniques for solving common hand knitting, machine knitting and crocheting problems. This handy reference has everything from choosing yarn to blocking and assembling a garment, including how to cast on perfectly, machine knit a tuck, make an easy bobble, manage yarn in multicolored knitting, correct an uneven crochet edge, follow an intricate pattern, soften an itchy sweater, reinforce a shoulder seem, and knit a perfect buttonhole. Knitters and crocheters of all ...

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Overview

Here is a compendium of clever and creative techniques for solving common hand knitting, machine knitting and crocheting problems. This handy reference has everything from choosing yarn to blocking and assembling a garment, including how to cast on perfectly, machine knit a tuck, make an easy bobble, manage yarn in multicolored knitting, correct an uneven crochet edge, follow an intricate pattern, soften an itchy sweater, reinforce a shoulder seem, and knit a perfect buttonhole. Knitters and crocheters of all skill levels will find more than one solution to every problem. These tips represent the best from Threads' popular Tips column, and they are clearly explained and illustrated to make all your knitting easier.

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"Waste not, want not" appears to be the motto at Taunton Press as it continues to spin off material first published in Threads magazine. This is a compendium of techniques from readers that first appeared in Threads' "Tips" column. That said, the really meaty content, now indexed and gathered together in one well-illustrated volume, makes this a good choice for any knitting collection.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781561581566
  • Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 8/28/1996
  • Series: Threads On Series
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 1,280,986
  • Product dimensions: 9.04 (w) x 7.01 (h) x 0.32 (d)

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These tips have been collected from articles and columns in Threads magazine. Threads provides in-depth sewing information and inspiration in an engaging, accessible format. Each issue is filled with creative ideas, technical expertise and resources to help readers improve their sewing skills and express their individual style.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1
Ch. 1 Yarn 2
Ch. 2 Hand-knitting techniques 10
Ch. 3 Multicolor knitting 38
Ch. 4 Garmentmaking tips 50
Ch. 5 Managing your knitting 72
Ch. 6 Machine knitting 86
Ch. 7 Crochet 94
Ch. 8 Finishing and caring for your project 106
Knitting abbreviations 119
Index 120
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