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 Debbie Stoller is the bestselling author of the Stitch'n Bitch series of knitting books and calendars. She comes from a long line of Dutch knitters, has a Ph.D. from Yale in the psychology of women, and is the editor-in-chief of Bust magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Part One: Stitch 'n Bitch 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

Mode of access: World Wide Web