Thanks to our Master Knitter for paging through her vast personal collection of knitting books and picking out her five favorites! Without further ado, our Master Knitter:
When Librarian D.O.A. asked me to do a review on knitting books I was thrilled. Then she said "Narrow it down to 5”. How do you pick just 5 books when there are so many good ones? The good thing is the library has many good knitting books so you can check them out and see which ones works best for you.
Here are my top 5:
The Knitting Answer Book by Margaret Radcliffe.
This book answers all your knitting questions (or at least most of them) from how to read the symbols on the yarn wrapper to how to finish your project.
Super Stitches Knitting by Karen Hemingway
This book has nice color pictures of just about every knitting stitch and combination there is, with instruction on how to make them.
The Ultimate Sock Book by Vogue Knitting
This has history, technique and design all in one. It has a Sock Yarn Chart and Sock Calculator (for the right fit). Shows cuff down, toe up and how to design your own pattern.
Anything by Elizabeth Zimmerman.
Elizabeth is the considered the Grand Master of Knitting. In 1958 she grew tired of how patterns were written and started writing her own patterns. She started Wool Gathering a news letter for knitters and mail order business School House Press. Many knitting logs and groups still use Elizabeth as a standard of excellence.
There you go! I was just putting together a selection list for knitting.
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