Knitting: History, Fashion, and Great Knitting Yarns

by Jill Wacker

This celebration of the art, craft, history, and various joys of knitting enforces the newly chic nature of creating one's own handknit garments. The book is divided into four sections: Knit Wit (quotes from real and fictional knitters); A Stitch in Time (history of the craft); The Knitty Gritty (factoids and trivia from around the world); and Casting On (a guide to needles, yarns, and stitches). Now that knitting has cast off its grandmotherly image,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762407794
• ISBN13: 9780762407798
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 2.8" x 3.3"