Knit Fix: Problem Solving for Knitters 
asked by bugger on November 15, 2006 3:40 AM
Dropped and twisted stitches, too-small button holes, and mis-crossed cables are only a few of the knitting dilemmas tackled in this humorous and useful guide. Beginners and seasoned knitters alike are promised that learning from mistakes improves technique and inspires personal style—and that sometimes the best solution is just to let a mistake stand. To head off problems before they start, the sturdy, spiral-bound book explains the correct way to cast on and bind off, decipher charts, choose fibers, calculate yardage, join yarns, work with multicolor designs, and—for more experienced knitters—how to alter a finished piece or customize a pattern.
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Hello,
MY name is Juanita I am a beginner in knitting.
Like all newbie I have make lot of misses.
This book helps me to find and fix them in no time at all.
So if you are like me you should get this book,
you will be glade you did.
Thank-you
Juaniat.
MY name is Juanita I am a beginner in knitting.
Like all newbie I have make lot of misses.
This book helps me to find and fix them in no time at all.
So if you are like me you should get this book,
you will be glade you did.
Thank-you
Juaniat.
reviewed by geri1956 on November 22, 2006 9:20 AM
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Great book, simple language for the beginner (Me), love the sprial style of the book, lays flat and stays open. Good Buy.
reviewed by perfectstorm on November 23, 2006 11:37 AM
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This book is the best "fix it" book I've ever come across. Lots of books tell you, "If you dropped a stitch then do this..." or "If you twisted your stitches then do this..." and so on. But most of the time, for me anyway, I know there's a mistake, but I don't have any idea what I've done- if I did then I wouldn't have done it in the first place!
This book is layed out differently. It has FULL COLOR photographs, not just drawings, and says "If your knitting looks like this (see picture) then you probably made this xyz mistake... and this is how you fix it. Then it goes on to explain what you probably accidentally did to cause the mistake and how you can go about avoiding making the same mistake in the future. Excellent! And everything is written in very simple easy to understand language, unlike some books who use so much knitting jargon it's like they're written in code. Plus, this book covers simple errors, like dropped stitches, to complicated problems, like stranding in intarsia, and everything in between- making it useful for all skill levels of knitters.
I checked this book out from the library initially and was so impressed that i bought a copy for myself and my grandma immediately. I would highly and unreservedly reccommend this book to anyone who has ever made a mistake of any kind when they were knitting.
This book is layed out differently. It has FULL COLOR photographs, not just drawings, and says "If your knitting looks like this (see picture) then you probably made this xyz mistake... and this is how you fix it. Then it goes on to explain what you probably accidentally did to cause the mistake and how you can go about avoiding making the same mistake in the future. Excellent! And everything is written in very simple easy to understand language, unlike some books who use so much knitting jargon it's like they're written in code. Plus, this book covers simple errors, like dropped stitches, to complicated problems, like stranding in intarsia, and everything in between- making it useful for all skill levels of knitters.
I checked this book out from the library initially and was so impressed that i bought a copy for myself and my grandma immediately. I would highly and unreservedly reccommend this book to anyone who has ever made a mistake of any kind when they were knitting.
reviewed by dannyboy on November 29, 2006 1:33 PM
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I am both dyslexic and left handed -- and after many years of false starts at learning to knit, I finally found a very patient woman at the local yarn store who stuck it out with me until all the left, right, back, front, yarn-in-back, yarn-in-front basics took hold.
What I was not prepared for was the continuing confusion of slants, slips, drops, and other directional-dependent problems that inevitably occur throughout a project.
After digging through all the books at the local library, the yarn store, and the local book stores, this book jumped off the shelf at me the first day it arrived after publication -- and voila! A book written in un-confuseable English, with an abundance of clear and concise illustrations!
It is spiral bound, small enough to carry in my bag and go wherever I take my knitting.
Another Interweave Press book -- "Compendium of Finishing Techniques..." is the perfect counterpart to this book -- also spiral bound and compact, it covers the seams, attaching, finishing/polishing info that keeps me fromknitting a 27 foot long mitten.
I have 4 very widely recommended beginning knitters reference books on the shelf, but this is the book I keep at hand.
What I was not prepared for was the continuing confusion of slants, slips, drops, and other directional-dependent problems that inevitably occur throughout a project.
After digging through all the books at the local library, the yarn store, and the local book stores, this book jumped off the shelf at me the first day it arrived after publication -- and voila! A book written in un-confuseable English, with an abundance of clear and concise illustrations!
It is spiral bound, small enough to carry in my bag and go wherever I take my knitting.
Another Interweave Press book -- "Compendium of Finishing Techniques..." is the perfect counterpart to this book -- also spiral bound and compact, it covers the seams, attaching, finishing/polishing info that keeps me fromknitting a 27 foot long mitten.
I have 4 very widely recommended beginning knitters reference books on the shelf, but this is the book I keep at hand.
reviewed by kmf on November 29, 2006 4:17 PM