Stitch 'N Bitch

It's the essential guide for chicks with sticks-because knit happens. From the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques. Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle. Plus the stitch doctor's own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters. After the how-tos come the why-to: forty hop, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purely pros.Featuring: ·Coney Island fireworks scarf ·Punk rock backpack ·Crickets technicolor techno-cozies ·Pippi knee-stockings ·Big bad baby blanket ·To-dye-for sweater ·Princess Snowball cat bed ·Queen of Hearts bikini