Knitty Gritty Knits: 25 Fun & Fabulous Projects

DIY Network

by Vickie Howell

In this stylish new collection, based on DIY Network’s popular TV show, Knitty Gritty , Vickie Howell gives knitters something fresh and exciting to sink their needles into, with great techniques and cool projects for all levels.Well-known personalities, including Melissa Leapman, Melanie Falick, and Iris Schreier, offer their creative input with a variety of hip red-hot ponchos, trendy shrugs, an eyelet-stitch skirt, funky leg warmers, a chenille tank top for teens, and even an iPod case and a wire bracelet. These famous guests also share their secrets for doing reversible knitting, working with color, using novelty yarns, and much more. All techniques are demonstrated with numerous photographs and colorful illustrations.

Genres: Crafts, Knitting, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 2007

Reviews

[Nellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vickie Howell is the host of the tv show, Knitty Gritty.
There is a good section on learning how to knit.
25 projects to keep you busy from hats to socks to blankets and more.

[Kirsten · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was fairly unimpressed with this book. The patterns are, for the most part, not particularly attractive, nor are they all that original. Howell also has an inordinate fondness for novelty yarns, which results in a lot of projects that are either fugly now or will look completely dated in a year or two.

Good things: The layout of the book is really nice -- very clean and easy to follow. The instructions seem to be well-written, and the portions of the book that discuss various techniques are accompanied by good illustrations.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book offers a wide variety of things to knit up, from pillows to shrugs, to journal covers, you are sure to find something you'll like. I loved all the different yarns and textures they used. I saw 5 patterns that looked interesting and I'm going to store them in the back of my mind for later. I liked this book, it was bright, colorful and hip, you should check it out.

*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...

[Stefani]

Good pictures. Lots of helpful details in plain English.

Sampler Afghan (pg 92-96)

[yoli · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wouldn've probably enjoyed this more as a beginning knitter--or if I were a couple years younger (and I'm not real old here...I guess I just dress old-fashioned?).

[Aquit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great looking patterns and easy to follow instructions. I can't wait to make the shrug and the garter stitch! They look really easy and simple to do.

[Mary Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

It has the patterns from show and some of them are really fun. I picked it up so I could try out one that I just saw again.