What Are Some Good knitting books & websites ?

Question

Please tell me some good knitting websites and some good books and maybe some magazines too ?

and were could i find the vickie howell (from diy's knitty gritty) yarn ?

Answer 1

Hi:

The following websites and books might interest you:

Websites:

http://www.knitpicks.com/content/index.php/archive/weavers-knot/

http://knittingcrochet.suite101.com/article.cfm/beginningofaknitter

http://www.theknitstitch.com/charity.htm

http://www.knittinguniverse.com/xrx/community/KnitU_Detail.php?DigestNumber=1444

http://www.learntoknit.com/instructions_kn.php3

http://www.learn-to-knit.com/

http://www.squidoo.com/knitting

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/knitting_the_net/26806/2

http://knitknitting.com/

http://knitting.about.com/

http://wendyknits.net/wendy/knitting.htm

http://www.thefamilyhomestead.com/crochetknit.htm

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring05/FEATspr05TBP.html

http://hobbies.expertvillage.com/interviews/knitting.htm

http://www.knittingfool.com/

http://www.knittinghelp.com/

http://www.letsknit2gether.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting

Books :

The Ultimate Sourcebook of Knitting and Crochet Stiches: Over 900 Great Stitches Detailed for Needle Crafters of Every Level
by Reader's Digest Editors (Editor), Reader's Digest Editors-
A most execellent book on the subject { I own one and agree with it} get this book it nothing else-


Learn to Knit
by Shure

The Knitting Experience Book 1: The Knit Stitch: Inspiration and Instruction, Vol. 1
by Sally Melville, Elaine Rowley (Editor), Alexis Xenakis (Photographer), Alexis Xenakis (Photographer), Xrx Press (Manufactured by)

Beginner Basics (Vogue Knitting on the Go! Series)
by Trisha Malcolm (Editor)

Kids Knitting
by Melanie Falick, Kristin Nicholas (Illustrator), Chris Hartlove (Photographer)

Knitting For Dummies
by Pam Allen, Trisha Malcolm, Rich Tennant (Illustrator), Trisha Malcolm (Foreword by)

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Knitting
by Sharon Turner

Modular Knits: New Techniques for Today's Knitters
by Iris Schreier

Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia of Knitting
by Donna Kooler

Knitting School: A Complete Course
by Sterling Publishing, RCS LIBRI

Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns
by Staff of Sterling Publishing

Learning to Knit
by BarCharts, Kaaren Ashley

Learn to Knit
by Sue Whiting (Editor)

Learn To Knit
by Penny Hill, New Holland Publishers Ltd (Produced by)

The Learn to Knit a Sweater Book
by Jean Leinhauser

How to Knit
by Debbie Bliss

Knitter's Lib: Learn to Knit, Crochet, and Free Yourself from Pattern Dependency
by Lena Maikon

Teach Yourself Knitting
by Sally J. Walton

The Easy Learn to Knit in Just One Day
by Staff of the American School of Needlework

Start to Knit
by Alison Dupernex

Decorative Knitting: 100 Practical Techniques, 125 Inspirational Ideas: And over 18 Creative Projects
by Kate Haxell, Luise Roberts

Michaels Book of Needlecrafts: Knitting, Crochet and Embroidery
by Dawn Cusick (Editor), Megan Kirby (Editor), Megan Kirby (Editor), Lark Books (Manufactured by)

Perfectly Brilliant Knits
by Melissa Matthay, Sheryl Thies, Sheryl Thies

The Knitter's Handbook
by Eleanor Van Zandt

Beginner's Guide to Knitting
by Alison Dupernex

Complete Book of Knitting
by Barbara Abbey

Answer 2

www.knitting.about.com

www.knittingonthenet.com

Books: Sally Melville's "The Knitting Experience", Book 1 (The Knit Stitch) and Book 2 (The Purl Stitch)

Interweave Knits

Knitters (holding a HUGE knitting convention in Baltimore this weekend)

Answer 3

I learned to knit 100% from the internet and books. Here are the websites & books I used:
~http://www.angelyarns.com/instructions/g...
~http://www.anniesattic.com/knitting/cont...
~http://www.learn-to-knit.com/

~Teach Yourself Visually Knitting
~VOGUE KNITTING Beginner Basics On the Go!
~Knitting School: A Complete Course

If I can do it, ANYONE can do it! Good luck! =0)

Answer 4

The Stitch N ***** books by Debbie Stoller were a GREAT help when I was learning to knit:

http://www.amazon.com/Stitch-N-*****-Knitters-Handbook/dp/0761128182/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0114737-6469519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192208567&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Stitch-*****-Nation-Debbie-Stoller/dp/0761135901/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-0114737-6469519?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192208567&sr=8-2

Also, http://www.knittinghelp.com is a great online site that has knitting videos.

I'd recommend using a decent yarn to learn on. Maybe wool or a blend. Cheap acrylic splits easily, which is annoying. Also, you may want to try bamboo needles. I tried forever to learn on metal, and I couldn't do it because it slid around too much. Bamboo has more grip. :)

I learned the cast on and knit stitch from the Stitch N ***** Handbook and knittinghelp.com. I took a class at Michael's to learn everything else, but I still refer to that site and my book.

Good luck!

Edit: It's editing out the name of the book, but if you go to Amazon, you can see it, hopefully. :) If not, just search for Debbie Stoller on Amazon, and they will come up.

Answer 5

honest isle is a attitude to knitting small repeating varieties in distinct colorations and wearing the different yarns in the course of the back of the paintings. at the same time as it appears that evidently truly complicated, you'll discover that maximum varieties purely call for 2 colorations of yarn in all of us row. Any small repeating progression will paintings, as long as there are not any lengthy sections of a unmarried colour. the guideline is not any more desirable than 5 stitches earlier replacing colorations. There are honest isle varieties for socks and mittens obtainable, that would not be extraordinarily confusing. often times they're referred to as Scandinavian or Norwegian varieties.

Answer 6

Try knittinglibrary.co.uk for free patterns. Charity shops sometimes have patterns and knitting books if you have the time to search.

Answer 7

The Vogue Knitting book is fantastic. Look at it from the library to check it out, it is big and fairly expensive but has lots of good pictures.
http://knittyboard.com/
http://www.freepatterns.com/

Answer 8

...and don't forget about www.knittingpatterncentral.com ! Hundreds and hundreds of yummy patterns!!!