The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask

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Every avid knitter has faced this dilemma: deep into a project at midnight, just trying to finish one more row, and, then . . . oh no, a dropped stitch three rows back! Help! If only there was a 24-hour hotline to answer every question a knitter might encounter. Well, now there is, with The Knitting Answer Book . The expert authors, Margaret Radcliffe and Edie Eckman, leave no question unanswered, no quandry unaddressed. Each book contains detailed, illustrated answers to literally hundreds of questions, from the common to the more unusual:

• Are certain needles better for certain yarns?
• What if I dropped a stitch several rows back?
• Why do my edges tend to curl up?
• Can you use a different weight yarn than the pattern calls for?
• What can I do to keep my yarns from tangling up?
• Oops, I see my ribbing is way too tight. Now what?

Covering the whole range of situations a beginner is likely to face, along with the problems that may arise for those working more advanced patterns, this Answer Book will help knitters and crocheters of all levels. Each book is packaged in a small, take-along trim size, in a friendly-to-use Q&A format, and belongs in the bag of every knitter. Available 24/7, The Knitting Answer Book is always open, ready for yarn lovers to browse and consult to their heart’s content.

Good Content Mostly - Index Difficult!
Most of what is contained in this book is very useful, but the index is non-intuitive and I find it very hard to find what I'm looking for when I'm looking up something specific. The book's content is organized in a way that does make sense overall, but the index is missing lots of key words to match up to sections that one might try to find. I find it great to browse through when I'm looking for nothing in particular, but when I reach a point where I need to figure out something in a knitting pattern or technique . .well more often than not, I can't find it in the index, but DO eventually find it in the book. I've actually resorted to writing in my own notes in the index to help me remember where to find things I might look up more than once.

The best quick answer book EVER
This book is awesome, it has basic - medium info on everything, I can't tell you how many times I'll forget just how to do something small that I'm RIGHT in the middle of and I can just flip and find the answer in this book and continue. The instructions are easy to understand and follow and the size of the book makes it PERFECT to fit in a bag already stuffed with knitting stuff! This is the must have book for anyone who knits.

Handy content, but heavy little thing
This book is quite handy to keep in your knitting bag. It is a quite decent reference about knitting technique, and I do refer to it when I am home. (
It has no knitting stitch patterns in it however.) It does have an awkward approach of requiring each piece of info to be the answer to a question, but it really covers many technique questions quite well, and I am happy to use it as a references when it is near.

My biggest complaint about it is that it is quite heavy, even though it is small. They have made the cover out of some sort of heavy plastic, and the pages are thick which adds to the book's size/weight. I often leave it out of my knitting bag simply due to the weight, which contradicts the idea of a small knitting reference. By chance, I encounterd the French translation of this book, and it is sensibly made it out of much lighter weight materials and thinner paper. (Too bad my ability to read about knitting in French is non-existent.)

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The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask I love this book. I am a long time knitter who needs good directions and don't always get them. Hopefully, this book will fill the need to help me interpret some of the questionable directions I have found in pattens and make knitting a more enjoyable and productive hobby for me.

New Favorite "Go To" Reference!
I've been knitting forever, and have lots of books and magazines on the subject. This book is now my ultimate resource for clear instructions and tips for nearly every step of a project. There is no wasted space; every single topic is concise and logical. The question-and-answer format was a little annoying at first, but there's a good index in the back. BUY THIS BOOK before stocking up on more expensive, larger books that may not have the clear answers that this one does.