A Passion for Knitting: Step-by-Step Illustrated ...
 a good book for a beginner, but assumes intermediate skills: There is a lot of info on yarns in this book which is good for someone who cannot go to a yarn store to see and touch the yarns there. The illustrations are clear for beginners to learn how to [... more]
CDN$31.50
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Knitting
My kids love to knit: My girls are 6 and 8 years old. They both knit and knitting is becoming all the rage in their Montessori school. This is a beautiful beginning to knit book. It's has nice, easy to follow pictures and simple projects. I love all of [... more]
CDN$14.95
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1000 Sweaters
Contemporary designs and superb styling: This is a *strange* pattern book, but it has a definite allure, particularly for those who enjoy adapting refined patterns to suit their own designer tastes. It's quite different from, say, Ann Budd's Book of [... more]
CDN$26.04
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Big Book of Knitting
a great reference book: This book is a terrific reference for knitters of any level with clear illustrations and descriptions of just about everything you could imagine ranging from 9 different ways to increase to much more specialized techniques like [... more]
CDN$25.95
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Victorian Lace Today
Beautiful!: Even if I never knitted a thing from this book, I would want it just to revel in the beautiful photography. That said, I have knitted one scarf so far, and it came out beautifully. I found the charts and directions easy to follow in [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Vogue Knitting Very Easy Knits: The Best Of Very Easy ...
Very easy, but not always very attractive: Like all the Vogue Knitting books, _Very Easy Knits_ begins with a really excellent set of instructions, combining the necessary detail (a half-page list of knitting terms and abbreviations) with a conciseness [... more]
CDN$42.73
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Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook
Any plans for Stitch 'N Bitch 2??: I got this book after seeing an interview with Debbie Stoller on the Today show and have had many hours of knitting pleasure since. The instructions are clear and have helped me to advance my skills. I'd say I'm an [... more]
CDN$20.79
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Sweaters from Camp: 38 Color-Patterned Designs from Meg ...
38 Beautiful sweaters and a terrific technique section: People chuckle when I talk about going to knitting camp. These days there are camps all over the country but the original (and quite possibly the most widely attended) is the camp started by [... more]
CDN$39.13
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Viking Patterns for Knitting: Inspiration and Projects ...
A Lovely Book for a Specialized Audience: I love this book, and have made several projects using the patterns. But it is not a book for every knitter, and certainly not for the new or casual knitter. For one thing, much of the book is taken up with [... more]
CDN$28.95
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Rowan Babies: Over 35 Knitting Designs for Babies and ...
nice variety of classic designs: Many knitting books for babies and kids tend to focus only on color or mostly on testures. This book has a great variety of colorwork as well as textures. There is also a variety of weights of yarn used. So if you love [... more]
CDN$25.96
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Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls
This is a beginners book: I purchased this book with high expectations. What I received is a book explaining how to knit, with stitch pattern examples taken directly from the Mon Tricot dictionary of knitting stitches (I already own). Several [... more]
CDN$22.02
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New Baby Knits: More Than 30 Patterns for 0-3 Year Olds
must be one of her cutest: i'll admit to being a little biased in favour of Debbie Bliss: i own close to ten of her knitting books. I find her esthetics very appealing and her patterns clear (though others disagree). This is one of her cutest books, the [... more]
CDN$29.95
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