Knit Fix: Problem Solving for Knitters - Softcover

Kartus, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596680113 ISBN 13: 9781596680111

Publisher: Interweave, 2006

Synopsis

Run out of yarn before you finished knitting that fabulous sweater? Buttonholes won't hold your fancy buttons? Can't tell your knit stitch from your purl stitch? Don't just fix it, Knit Fix it!

Knit Fix puts together all the guidance novice knitters need to become independent and all the advice experienced knitters need to take their projects to the next level. Written in a conversational, approachable style, Knit Fix is the essential repair manual for knitters. It's all here - from the basics of what a stitch looks like to techniques for solving the toughest knitting problems.

Author Lisa Kartus cheerfully teaches you to see and mend the errors of your knitting ways, with advice on what to do in case of a brain freeze, how to rescue a sweater gone horribly wrong, and when it's okay to let mistakes stand.

Knit Fix will teach you to assess your knitting philosophy, size buttonholes correctly, cast on and bind off, decipher charts, choose fibers and calculate yardage, tackle holes, join yarns, work with multicolor knitting, alter a finished piece, and customize a pattern to suit you perfectly. Personal stories about the author's own knitting challenges - like deforesting a sweater in a complicated pattern and what she did with the sweater that fit like a gorilla suit - will keep you laughing about your troubles.

You'll perfect your knitting techniques, learn from your mistakes, and finesse your style. No matter what your knitting dilemma, Knit Fix will make fixing all your
problems a snap!

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Kartus has been a financial writer for magazines including Money, Time, and Forbes. She holds a journalism degree from Northwestern University and taught writing and journalism at the college level for a decade. Lisa teaches knitting in the Chicago area, and after knitting during graduate seminars, during office hours between student meetings, on commuter trains, and during corporate annual meetings, she finally decided to pursue writing about knitting.

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o The book is aimed at beginning knitters, competent knitters and experienced knitters. The beginners will discover the answers to all those nagging questions, such as how to unknit and pick up stitches, and what is gauge in real life. Competent knitters will use the gauge information - plus info on fiber, alterations, etc. And experienced knitters will love the tricks of the trade included in the book. o Accelerate your knitting knowledge, learn the fix early, most knitters don't know this stuff until they've knitted for years.

Edition details

• Publisher: Interweave
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596680113
• ISBN 13: 9781596680111
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 112