The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice
10 best books like The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice (Susan Gordon Lydon): The Desire Map Daily: A Guide to Feeling Your Power Every Day, Zen and the Art of Knitting: Exploring the Links Between Knitting, Spirituality, and Creativity, Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time, Sweater Design in Plain English, Folk Socks: The History & Techniques of Handknitted Footwear, A Treasury of Knitting Patterns, The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn, The Knitting Experience: Book 2: The Purl Stitch, Mason-Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters' Guide: Stories, Patterns, Advice, Opinions, Questions, Answers, Jokes, and Pictures, Knitting in the Old Way: Designs and Techniques from Ethnic Sweaters
The Desire Map Daily: A Guide to Feeling Your Power Every Day
| Author | Danielle LaPorte |
| ISBN | 1622032446 |
Are Your Goals Aligned with Your Soul?
Many of us unconsciously pick up ambitions from our parents, celebrities, or the imaginary "they" we're trying to impress. We crank hard trying to meet the "right" goals instead of the ones that match the shape of our heart. It's Achievement Autopilot...
Zen and the Art of Knitting: Exploring the Links Between Knitting, Spirituality, and Creativity
| Author | Bernadette Murphy |
| ISBN | 1580626548 |
I found myself compulsively knitting between sections of the book - it really inspires your hands to start moving! Murphy does an excellent job of interweaving many sub-narratives into a single tome. A lot of the book focuses on the meditative aspect of knitting and the intricate lessons to be learned...
Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time
| Author | Betty Christiansen |
| ISBN | 1584795336 |
Knitting for Peace is an exceptional book that celebrates the long heritage of knitting for others. It tells the stories of 28 contemporary knitting-for-peace endeavors, and features patterns for easy-to-knit charity projects such as hats, socks, blankets, and bears, plus a messenger bag emblazoned...
Sweater Design in Plain English
| Author | Maggie Righetti |
| ISBN | 0312051646 |
If you're tired of making sweaters with sleeves that are the wrong length, necklines that droop, armholes that are too tight, and an overall look that's not quite right, then let Seater Design in Plain English come to your rescue. In clear, straightforward terms, Maggie Righettie shares her knitting...
Folk Socks: The History & Techniques of Handknitted Footwear
| Author | Nancy Bush |
| ISBN | 0934026971 |
More than just a book of patterns, Folk Socks opens with a useful series of concise articles on the history of stockings, beginning with ancient examples made with cloth or leather, the transition to naalbinding and then knitting, the growth of the stocking as fashion accessory, and the transition...
A Treasury of Knitting Patterns
| Author | Barbara G. Walker |
| ISBN | 0942018168 |
If you knit, and cannot afford many books, "A Treasury of Knitting Patterns," by Barbara G. Walker would be one that I would recommend buying. There are hundreds of knitting patterns and if you want to make a knitted item look different changing the pattern from stockinette stitch to something less familiar...
The Knitter's Book of Yarn: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Using, and Enjoying Yarn
| Author | Clara Parkes |
| ISBN | 0307352161 |
Not all yarns are alike. Some make our hearts and hands sing, some get the job done without much fanfare, and some cause nothing but frustration and disappointment. The gorgeous pair of socks that emerged from their first bath twice as long as when they went in. The delicate baby sweater that started pilling...
The Knitting Experience: Book 2: The Purl Stitch
| Author | Sally Melville |
| ISBN | 1893762149 |
Superb handbook for EVERY knitter - get one of these and keep it in your own knitting library ASAP!!
Part of a three-book series, this second volume exemplifies what I believes ought to be in a knittting book: clearly presented instructions, methodically presented, with good patterns that...
Mason-Dixon Knitting: The Curious Knitters' Guide: Stories, Patterns, Advice, Opinions, Questions, Answers, Jokes, and Pictures
| Author | Kay Gardiner |
| ISBN | 0307236056 |
When my Mom was alive she once confessed to me that she liked looking at quilts, watching people quilt and reading about quilts, but she didn't like quilting. I told her that was OK. :) In the same way, I like knitting and there are some knitting books that I enjoy looking at and reading, though I have no desire...
Knitting in the Old Way: Designs and Techniques from Ethnic Sweaters
| Author | Priscilla Gibson-Roberts |
| ISBN | 0966828968 |
Take my review with a grain of salt, because I didn't actually use the patterns which comprised probably half of the book. I got this from the library, so next time I *do* make a sweater, perhaps I'll get it again, we'll see.
That said, it was really interesting to learn more about the history of...
Knitting Nature: 39 Designs Inspired by Patterns in Nature
| Author | Norah Gaughan |
| ISBN | 1584794844 |
A fractal is a complex geometric figure made up of patterns that repeat themselves at smaller and smaller, or larger and larger, scales. In nature, they're found in fern leafs and corals. In this book, they're found in the pattern for a scarf, the cables of a pullover, and the intricate hemline of a skirt....
| Author | Elizabeth Zimmermann |
| ISBN | 0942018036 |
You either love Elizabeth Zimmerman or you hate her, particularly when it comes to her style of pattern writing. She very deliberately does not use 'standard' pattern writing style, in part because of some very bad early experiences when magazine editors seriously changed her pattern designs to fit...
First Book of Modern Lace Knitting
| Author | Marianne Kinzel |
| ISBN | 0486229041 |
Even the average knitter can now begin to knit in modern lace patterns — "Celandine," "Mosaic," "Rose Leaf," "Candlelight," "Coronet," "Valentine," "Azalea," "Primula," "Sun Ray," "English Crystal," "Springtime," "Three of Hearts" — all by well-known modern lace designer Marianne Kinzel....
Knitting on the Edge: Ribs * Ruffles * Lace * Fringes * Floral * Points Picots - The Essential Collection of 350 Decorative Borders
| Author | Nicky Epstein |
| ISBN | 1931543402 |
Compiled by an acclaimed knitwear designer and teacher, this collection of 350 knitted edgings, borders, and trims runs the gamut of styles and offers something for all tastes. A wealth of individual project ideas are featured for ribbed edges, ruffles, lace, fringes, flora, and garters. Color photographs...
The Celtic Collection: Twenty-Five Knitwear Designs for Men and Women
| Author | Alice Starmore |
| ISBN | 1570760055 |
Alice Starmore. What can I say???!!! If you like "that sort of thing", then you know she's one of the very, very best at it - complex designs, absolutely scrumptous color usage, beautiful photography and entertaining writing. What's not to love?
Well, the sizes available for the designs, for...
Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book
With input from more than 50 leading specialists, no other book covers the field so comprehensively. Need guidance on yarns, needles, tools, basic techniques, specialized applications, terminology? It’s in here—with lots more, from diagnostics to blocking to designs. “This indispensable...
KnitLit: Sweaters and Their Stories...and Other Writing About Knitting
| Author | Linda Roghaar |
| ISBN | 0609808249 |
Whether you’re a dedicated knitter who bestows lovingly crafted gifts upon family and friends at every possible occasion, a sometimes knitter with a bag of fully conceived but half-completed projects, or a newcomer who has recently taken up the needles with great gusto, you know the rewards that...
| Author | Meg Swansen |
| ISBN | 1893762246 |
Collected from knitting designers all over the world, the patterns in this guide will be a joy to create for any knitter. The lavish full-color illustrations and easy-to-follow instruction charts will make these traditional patterns an exciting addition to a lace knitter's repertoire. From beginner...
| Author | Vicki Square |
| ISBN | 1931499896 |
From casual to formal, the kimono shape has endured for centuries as an internationally recognized icon of Japanese life and culture. With 18 original designs, each a knitted interpretation of a traditional kimono style, this handbook makes knitting homemade kimonos deceptively easy. Projects...
