One Skein Wonders Book Release

One Skein Wonders has released it’s new book.

256 pages, 8 x 8 1/2, two-color photographs and illustrations throughout, full-color photo gallery of projects and has a RRP of $18.95 ISBN 1580176453

Hot off the heels of the uber-successful One-Skein Wonders, 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders arms knitters with 101 more unique and captivating projects–all of which call for only a single skein of yarn!

This time around, editor Judith Durant scoured the country to gather the favorite one-skein patterns from America’s knitwear designers. The result is this one-of-a-kind collection of single-skein patterns, all of which are arranged by yarn weight so knitters can easily find broad ranges of possibilities for those orphan skeins.

A scrapbook of tastes and styles that celebrates the ingenuity of knitters nationwide, this collection of 101 projects comes to the rescue of every knitter wondering what to do with their lonely skeins, and proves once and for all that there’s no such thing as leftover yarn.

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I know knitting a dress sounds like a major time commitment. And that’s before I even tell you that this particular dress, the Sixth Ave Skater Dress by Briana Luppino, is worked in light fingering weight yarn.

But would you just take a moment to look at it and tell me if it doesn’t look like it would be worth all the time you would spend knitting it? And it’s miles of stockinette stitch so it’s actually beginner friendly and a great semi-mindless knit you can take with you on your travels this summer and wear when it is done.

The dress is worked from the top down with tank straps, a scoop neck, waist shaping and a flowy skirt for a fun and comfortable fit.

The pattern has 10 sizes, with finished bust measurements ranging from 28 to 64 inches, or 71.5 to 163 cm. The sample shown was worked with 4 inches/10 cm of negative ease at the bust, and the designer says most people like between 2 and 6 inches/5 to 15 cm of negative ease in the bust and around 10 inches/25.4 cm positive ease in the hips.

(To refresh your memory, negative ease means the measurement of the garment is smaller than your actual body measurement, while positive ease is bigger than your body.)

To pick a size you’d work from the bust measurement because you can always add more or fewer decreases as you need to get your desired fit at the waist and hips. And because it’s worked from the top down you can try it on as often as you like to make sure it’s the perfect fit.

The I-cord edgings give the dress a super casual feel, and I think this would be a great one to add to your summer rotation. (Yes, even with a wool blend yarn.)

You can see lots of cute finished versions and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself on Ravelry.

[Photo: Briana Luppino]

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