Grannies Inc Guide to Knitting - Katie Mowat
Book Depository copy; Dublin City Public Libraries; I can't find it on Ravelry
0091943612 / 9780091943615
A pretty good guide to knitting, starting with some basic stuff on yarn, then the basics of knitting, mentioning both continental and English style of knitting, it starts teaching caston by the simple knit cast on and progresses to more complicated. It is a whistle stop tour of knitting, without a huge amount of detail, but she does suggest using youtube to help.
The projects
Cable Beanie - a pretty straightforward cable hat, a good introduction to cables in a small project.
Baggie Beanie- a slouchy hat, ribbed at the bottom and then plain for the rest.
Snowflake Earflwpper, an earflap hat with some colourwork.
Bow Headband a pretty plain headband with a bow, using an elastic hairband at the end to help it stay on, which is clever
Berry Beret - a pretty lace pattern, probably a good introduction to lacework.
A super snood - a long snood.
Two-gauge garter scarf - using two sizes of needles to create tecture.
Diamond scarf - in a chunkier yarn than the berry beret but a similar stitch. Chunky lace
Cosy Collar - a fairly tight-fitting cowl/neckwarmer
Lacy Cape, a rectangle with a button, knit in lace.
Utility Wrist Waarmers, ribbed wrist warmers with button details
Fingerless Gloves - worked flat fingerless gloves with a lace panel on the back of the hand.
Mittens knit in a chunky yarn with cables.
Dancing legwarmers in a chunky yarn
Slouch socks - need ribbons to hold these DK weight socks up, has a cable and lace detail down the front and are seamed up the back.
Wellie Socks in a chunky yarn, knit flat with a cable detail knit horizontally before knitting the socks from the cuff down.
Reusable shopper - knit in cotton yarn with a lacy stitch.
Argyll Bag - chunky knit simple bag
Laptop Cozy - intarsia pattern
iPod cover - with an intarsia pattern on the front
While the patterns are done in the Grannies Inc yarns they do suggest some substutions at the back of the book.
It's a fairly trendy book that would be good for a teenager or 20something to get into knitting, many of the patterns are quite straighforward and not bad, just not my type of pattern
Got a copy from Dublin City Public Libraries who pay my wages but aren't affiliated to my blog
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