The Knitting Book

Cast on with confidence and master even the trickiest of stitches with The Knitting Book. This bestselling guide features over 250 step-by-step techniques, showing you everything from simple knit and purl stitches and techniques for casting on and off, to colourwork, cables, brioche, and lace, as well as how to knit in the round, turn a sock heel, and block knitted fabrics for a flawless finish.

Discover the right yarns and needles for any project, and test out your new-found skills with a library of over 120 stitch patterns. Complete with twenty projects including clothing and accessories, toys, and homeware, this is the ultimate guide for knitters of all abilities.

About the author

Frederica Patmore and Vikki Haffenden

Product details

• Authors: DK, Haffenden Vikki, Patmore Frederica
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.03.2026
• EAN: 9780241764923
• ISBN: 978-0-241-76492-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Ultimate Craft Guides
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Knitting, Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Needlework / Knitting, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Fashion, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Reference, Knitting & crochet, Needlework & fabric crafts, Needlework and fabric crafts, Knitting and crochet, Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts, Traditional trades, crafts and skills