Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook
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    [synopsis] => 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.
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