Stitch 'n Bitch your way into knitting! (Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller)

Member Name: nunoidia

Product:	Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook - Debbie Stoller
Date:	31/08/09 (4 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great simple patterns and explanations, nicely designed and excellent graphics

Disadvantages: American yarns and needles (easy to convert though), errors in patterns

I picked up this book about five years ago now, I was looking for something to destress me, and had been thinking about taking up knitting for a while. This book looked quirky and cool, and like it was designed for younger folks than some of the other books out there. It's filled with advice for learning how to knit, different stitches and ways of decreasing / increasing etc, with lots of good patterns designed to allow you to progress at an achievable learning curve. It is an american book, and so most of the yarns recommended cannot be found easily in the UK, but you can substitute yarns easily as long as they are the same weight. I still use this book today for patterns and advice. It also recommends other books, looks at why knitting is on the upsurge, and points you in the direction of other patterns and knitting blogs, and of course encourages you to seek out 'stitch n' bitches' - that is knitting groups in your area!

Downside is errors in some of the printed patterns, often the way with patterns unfortunately, but there is a page of errata on the website if you google, and links on Ravelry.

I would thoroughly recommend this book to new knitters, I am still knitting daily since getting this book, and still knit patterns from it! If you are a complete novice then go along to your local knitting group and ask someone to show you, or google for online knitting videos as it is never easy to learn from a book!

Summary: Great Knitting book for beginners / those coming back to it