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Giveaway: The Encyclopedia of Knitting

July 18, 2016 by Sarah White

encyclopedia of knitting giveaway

Eunice is the winner!

I’m doing a major cleanout in my office (again), so I’m uncovering some great books that are older but still super useful that I don’t need but I’m sure someone will want.

A lot of books are going to my local library, but when I see one I think you all will like I set it aside for a giveaway, and that pile is getting pretty large, too.

The Encyclopedia of Knitting by Lesley Stanfield and Melody Griffiths came out back in 2000, but the information on techniques is of course all still valid.

And this book covers a lot, including:

  • materials
  • basic skills like how to hold the yarn and needles, cast on, knit, purl and bind off
  • increases and decreases
  • reading charts and other essentials of getting started knitting from a pattern
  • finishing skills
  • hems, facings and fastenings

A lot of the book is taken up by a stitch collection that includes swatches with charted instructions for knit and purl patterns, ribs, cables, twists, lace, bobbles and leaves, stranded color knitting, intarsia color knitting and special effects like entrelace, circular knitting, tucks and pleats, loops, slip stitch colorwork, beading and embroidery.

An inspiration section offers a quick overview of how to design a garment as well as more swatches to give you ideas of how to design a sweater for yourself.

If you’d like a chance to win this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, July 24. I’d love to know what you’re knitting right now. (I’m still trying to finish the last repeat of a baby blanket I’ve been working on for my cousin’s little boy.)

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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Comments

  1. Claire Caudle says

    July 19, 2016 at 5:34 am

    I’ve always got some project on the go. It would be great to win this book because I am self taught and am certain it could teach me a lot. Thank you for this chance to win it. xx

  2. Patty Manders says

    July 19, 2016 at 7:32 am

    Just bound off Aran baby blanket last night!

    from ‘neath the bright blue skies of VT,
    the Vermonster

  3. Ronda R says

    July 19, 2016 at 10:42 am

    Scarf, that’s pretty much all I do, lol. I’m new to knitting and could REALLY use this book!

  4. Lee Ann says

    July 19, 2016 at 11:31 am

    This is a great book! I’m currently tinking back 26 rows on a sweater in laceweight, because I wasn’t paying attention to the pattern. Oops.

  5. Karey says

    July 19, 2016 at 12:11 pm

    Yesterday, I just finished the last of 3 projects for a baby shower that’s this weekend so I don’t currently have anything started right now. But I think my next project will be a pair of winter hats for my dad.

  6. Anne Marie says

    July 19, 2016 at 5:41 pm

    I’m working on a test knit cabled sweater.

  7. Martha says

    July 19, 2016 at 5:51 pm

    I am knitting a square for a love blanket fore a young teen who comes to my LYS teen group. She had been told her leukemia is back.

  8. Deanna says

    July 19, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    I’m working on the second sock of a pair – trying out contrast heels and toes.

  9. MS.L.NYC says

    July 21, 2016 at 4:36 am

    Hello Sarah,

    If I’m not too late, I’m interested in any book you’re willing to pass along. Forced into early retirement, I’m utilizing my time crocheting basic hats/scarfs for the homeless. Yes, I’m re-learning both knitting and crocheting all over again. Thank you.

  10. Ericka Pratt says

    July 22, 2016 at 6:14 pm

    I’m knitting thigh high socks from Master Class Socks, so many colors, what a challenge!

  11. lindarumsey says

    July 22, 2016 at 6:38 pm

    I’m knitting a tweed cowl to match a cardigan and hat I finished last year.

  12. Ruth says

    July 23, 2016 at 4:42 am

    Trying some very simple tube socks out of string–sounds weird but they are just a practice thing until I’m comfortable with it.

  13. Carmen N says

    July 24, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    I’m sitting here knitting a wool bag that I think I’m going to felt. But all this stockinette makes me want to get distracted by the internet 🙂

  14. craftilady says

    July 25, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    There are so many different knitting patterns I would like to tryl. This book would be ideal for me to use

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Knit a Great Button Down Shirt

Just about anything you can make in fabric you can make in knitting, but there are some styles that you just don’t see that often translated into knitting. 

For example, a button down collared shirt. This is a classic design, of course, and it looks great in a knit version, but it’s just not something you see much of. 

Noma Ndlovu’s Guglethu shirt is the pattern to try if you want to knit your own button down shirt. This one is inspired by cashmere tops (though the sample was made out of yak yarn, not cashmere, and uses two strands of lace weight yarn held together) and includes lots of high-fashion details like double-knit cuffs, collar and shoulder seams. 

It has a patch pocket on the front and 10 buttons including the button band and the cuffs. 

The designer says you can also use a DK weight yarn held singly if you’d rather, and that the shirt looks good in a variety of yarns. There is another version on Ravelry that uses Berroco Remix Light, which is a mix of nylon, cotton, acrylic, silk and cellulose fibers. It has a more relaxed look but it still really pretty. 

The pattern has 12 sizes, with a full bust measurement ranging from 32.35 to 72.25 inches, or 82 to 183.5 cm. The designer suggests 2 to 6 inches, or 5 to 15 cm, of positive ease when you pick your size. I could totally see knitting one that’s even bigger to wear more like a jacket, because I do that a lot with button down shirts I already own.

I love all the details on this shirt, which isn’t necessarily difficult to knit, but might introduce you to some things you’ve never knit before (like those cuffs with the plackets, or a shirt collar like this). 

To learn more about this shirt and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself, head to Ravelry. 

[Photo: Noma Ndlovu]

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