I don’t mean patterns for sweaters or scarves and such, but stitch-patterns. I have had several over the years and currently mine is Field Guide to Knitting by Jackie Powlowski. What’s yours?
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I like the Reader’s Digest crafting book, It has stitch patterns for many handcrafts.
the big book of knitting stitch patterns by sterling. it is awesome with over 280 pages (550+ stitches!!), ranging from basic knit and purl to cables and lace and even multi colored ones. and the price is beyond exquisite! at just 14.95 its perfect for everyone, from beginners to advanced. im a knitting teacher and i preach by this book!
I’ve never heard of that one. But the classic is Mary Thomas’ Knitting Book http://books.google.ca/books?id=l8y97RlUd58C&dq=mary+thomas+knitting+book&source=bl&ots=bZjLwiwaOg&sig=uNtlR0MnojVYJfva4u9ts8PS2t4&hl=en&ei=hNR8S63rLIWqNtzLnd0K&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAw It still has the best collection, and you will find that all the other books use that a a base, and do variations of her stitches. There are many others, and they are all good, but it all depends on what you are doing. Afghan patterns are not the same as Aran patterns, which are not the same as Fair Isle, and they are different again from Shetland lace. No one book has everything… that’s why we need so many books in our reference library! That’s my excuse.
It is an old one from Paton’s. I know it’s not available any longer.
What I use now are the series from Vogue Knitting. They have a number of different books and I’ve found them very useful and a good refresher, since I’ve been knitting for, hmmmm, 50 years on and off. Ouch, has it really been that long.
You want stitch patterns…….forget getting a book. How about free stitch patterns with instructions look for this on the left hand side
Knitting Stitch Index
2039 Stitch Patterns
Documented
(1545 Illustrated)
· A · B · C · D
· E · F · G · H
· I · J · K · L
· M · N · O · P
· Q · R · S · T
· U · V · W · X
· Y · Z
· Knitting Stitch Index Sorted By Stitch Count
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http://www.knittinngfool.com
Save your money and if you want to refer to it put it in your favorites. Have lotsa fun because I really don’t think there is any other place that can offer this to anyone.
Couple of interesting books are:
Looney For Looms Knitting Patterns.
http://www.booksvariety.com/looney-for-looms-knitting-patterns
Knit-easy – A Knitters Guide To Success.
http://www.booksvariety.com/knit-easy-a-knitters-guide-to-success
Knitting Bible Study – A Bible Study For Knit Groups!
http://www.booksvariety.com/knitting-bible-study-a-bible-study-for-knit-groups
Knitting Essentials.
http://www.booksvariety.com/knitting-essentials
The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You’ll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You’ll Ever Ask
http://www.booksvariety.com/the-knitting-answer-book-solutions-to-every-problem-youll-ever-face-answers-to-every-question-youll-ever-ask
Knitting For Dummies
http://www.booksvariety.com/knitting-for-dummies
All the best
Barbara Walker and Barbara Abbey both have books with an amazing array of stitch patterns, but I’m not sure if they are still in print. You might try ABE books.
My favorite of all time is one called Afghan Squares from Bear Brand Yarns published in 1962 It has so many in it that were published in later books and claimed as their own. Have made probably 100 shawls, afghans, scarves, tablecloths and dresser sets from the patterns in this and every time I see a copy on ebay I grab it so I will never be without copies wherever I work.
http://www.knittingfool.com http://www.lionbrand.com as well as Vogue knitting also have a large assortment too of lace, fair isle, stranded and cabled patterns that can be downloaded.
I also like Barbara Walker’s Treasury, and actually haven’t found any stitch pattern book that I don’t like unless the patterns are in charted form since I am incapable of reading a chart anymore. Every pattern book I find has at least one variation that I haven’t seen before.
My favorite for the last many years is “The New Knitting Stitch Library” by Leslie Stanfield (the Greenwich edition). It has over 300 stitch patterns with charts for each & categorized into knit-purl patterns, cable, lace, etc. as well a combo.
What I truly like about it, besides the huge range, is the pictorial & diagrammatic/graphic representation of each stitch, thus making it a very compact presentation that can be seen & understood at a glance.
I’ve used up so many of these stitches in so many different ways, yet the potential is unlimited.
In fact, just to try out as many stitches as possible, I have made afghans/blankets squares in different stitches.
Other projects that I made by referring to this book include cowl, tea-cozy, blouse, pullover, waist coat, ……
This book remains my favorite, although I do have some other books on knitting patterns, techniques, encyclopedia too. And I sometimes browse through websites devoted to knitting & am collecting up some more designs for future use.
Happy knitting
I have been knitting for a very long time, so most “common” stitches are easy to me. But I have three that are a great source of inspiration to me:
- Lace from the Attic, A Victorian Notebook of Knitted Lace Patterns, by Nancie Wiseman is a great source of lace patterns, some old fashioned, some intriguing, most appealing to me when I want to get into a really “challenging” project.
- Another lace book: Heirloom Knitting, A Shetland Lace Knitter’s Pattern and Workbook, by Sharon Miller, with even more lace patterns plus some projects.
- The Harmony Guide to Aran and Fair Isle Knitting: Patterns, Techniques, and Stitches, by Debra Mountford is to me a constant source of inspiration for new patterns. You can figure out what combination of patterns to use on a sweater depending on the number of stitches and learn to make your own graph.
I also have a few other books for stitches that were very useful over the years, but these are the three I use most a this point.
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