Knitting Double: Mastering the Two-Color Technique with Over 30 Reversible Projects

by Anja Bell

Trafalgar Square Books-Knitting Double. Knitting double also known as double knitting is a technique by which knitters can create two fabrics at the same time and this guidebook includes step-by-step instructions with photographs to help master this method. Crafters learn how the front and back are knitted simultaneously and the stitches are worked in pairs. This book contains more than thirty projects. The perfect resource for the intermediate to advanced knitter looking to expand their repertoire. Anja Belle. Hardcover; 80 pages. Published 2014. ISBN 978-1-57076-604-6. Imported.

Genres: Knitting, Crafts, Nonfiction

80 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2014

Reviews

[Tracey · Rating 2 out of 5]

nonfiction, knitting.
The projects are ok, nothing I want to make--I checked this out from the library so I could learn how to double-knit; the instructions are illustrated with step-by-step photographs, but I can make out the details better with the drawn illustrations in Mastering Color Knitting: Simple Instructions for Stranded, Intarsia, and Double Knitting, which I also like better because it has nicer projects, more techniques, and it shows how to do a neater casting-on technique (which I haven't quite mastered yet, but I also haven't spent that long on it).

[Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I double-knit a lovely pair of mittens for myself almost 30 years ago (yikes!) and thought I'd try it again if I saw a fun project. The Inca Style Socks (p. 28) were the only thing that piqued my interest but, alas, it's knit from the cuff down... I wish the charts for the projects were next to the text and photos of same project instead of on a separate sheet in the back of the book, that could easily get lost!

[Emmalee · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some really nice looking projects in here, but if you've never done double knitting before, it's rather confusing. It shows you all the projects first, and then in the back it talks about how to do double knitting. I've said before, I learn better by watching somebody or having them explain it to me. I think if you know how to do double knitting, you might understand how to make everything in this book. Starting from scratch is a bit confusing though.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Worthwhile for the double knitting reference photos in the back, but the projects didn't grab me.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I might try this out someday.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this so I am one step further on knitting my Central Park Jacket!