Knitting for Anarchists: The What, Why and How of Knitting

By Anna Zilboorg

Book Overview

Every knitter takes a different approach, and this revolutionary guide fosters experimentation and self-expression. Author Anna Zilboorg defies the notion of a one-size-fits-all teaching method, assuring readers that the techniques most comfortable and intuitive for individual knitters are always correct. Her explorations of the construction of knitted fabrics are founded upon the understanding that there are many different ways to produce the same satisfying result.
Offering advice rather than rules, Knitting for Anarchists promises to broaden the horizons of active knitters and to encourage beginners. Patterns for sweaters, pullovers, and cardigans include helpful photos, charts, and directions that serve not only as guidelines but also as springboards for unlimited variations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486794660
• ISBN13: 9780486794662
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

an enriching book...

If you are thinking about learning to knit or if you are a long-time knitter, Knitting for Anarchists is a wonderful read. I thought I understood knitting--after all, only 2 stitches--but, in this book, Anna Zilboorg, in her unique style, teaches her readers to think in the language of knitting. My knitting and my time spent knitting has been enriched by her influence. Love this book!

eye opening!

I only just picked up a copy of this book the other day, but already it's having a profound effect on the way I look at my knitting. It's not a pattern book, and it won't make you hip, but it will explain how knitting actually works, and how knitters can make that work for them. Zilboorg's book is a real eye opener, and equips those of us who do our stitches a little differently with the knowledge and ability to deflect purists, stitch nazis, and other fiber arts authoritarians when they tell us we're doing it wrong, and show them that our stitches are perfect regardless of whether we knit Continental or English, leading leg in front or back, or if we wrap clockwise or counterclockwise.