Fearless Knitting Workbook: The Step by Guide to Confidence

A workbook for the hands and minds of knitters, the Fearless Knitting Workbook will develop knitters' skills and deepen their understanding of how yarn becomes fabric. This knitting how-to book leads knitters of all levels over common obstacles that makes knitting seem difficult through gentle, targeted exercises and extensive explanations broken down into layman's terms. Readers will be able to fearlessly approach any knitting pattern they would otherwise think was beyond their abilities with a fearless approach, and gain a sense of mastery to knit any commercial pattern they wish. First, the Fearless Knitting Workbook describes the general reasons knitting can appear or actually be difficult. With general advice, knitters will be armed with tools to make the knitting as easy as possible, with knitters learning how to identify stitches that are properly mounted. The book will offer classically designed swatch exercises in specific technical areas, such as knit and purl patterns, cables, shaping, and lace. By introducing the basic stitch movements, vocabulary, charts, and knitting math for each exercise, the knitter is more likely to be successful. Plus, the exercise swatches knitters create with this workbook can be used as washcloths or combined to create pillow covers, throws, or scarves. Throughout Fearless Knitting Workbook, the key emphasis is on teaching knitters how to read their knitting as well as the written instructions, and on explaining why things are done the way they are done in successful knitting. At the same time, the book encouraging encourages knitters to try their hand at any pattern their hands desire, regardless of their skill level.