Some Knitting Books

Here are some knitting books to check out!

60 Quick Baby Knits 
Genre: Knitting
ISBN: 9781936096138
Published: May 3rd 2011 by Sixth&Spring Books
Rating: 4

Absolutely lovely patterns! The patterns are mostly for 6-12 months, with a few patters for up to 24 months. Some of them were very simple and some were rather complex, but they're all beautiful.

 

 

Knit Noro
ISBN: 9781936096152
Published: June 7th 2011 by Sixth&Spring Books
Rating: 3

Knit Noro was a lot of fun to flip through. The knitwear was beautiful. The thing is, what makes the book amazing isn't the patterns themselves, it's the yarn. I've never used Noro yarn (I'm a broke college student!) but I could tell you just by looking at this yarn that any pattern would look great with it. The patterns range from very simple to more advanced, but the patterns aren't anything new or fancy or exciting: It's all stuff I've seen before.

The projects are all absolutely stunning: But it's the yarn that makes them stunning, not the patterns. This doesn't mean I don't recommend the book: I love most if not all of the patterns. But the yarn is what makes it.

 

KnitSimple: Knitting Workshops: Clever tips and techniques to guarantee success
ISBN: 9781936096282
Published: August 2nd 2011 by Sterling Publishing
Rating: 5

This book has everything: Basic learn to knit and crochet instructions, lists of recommended tools, materials, books, and tons of basic beginner patterns that have the potential to be taken to the next level. I love it! Great for any beginner knitter.

However I have yet to find a book that has clear enough instructions to teach someone to actually knit a stitch. It's very hard to photograph a movement, and the basic knitting instructions in this book were no better than any others.

There was every sort of pattern: hats, scarves, socks, mittens, shawls, necklaces, flowers, sweaters, blankets etc. This book covered all the categories very well.