{"product_id":"craft-in-your-pocket-knitting","title":"Craft in your Pocket: Knitting","description":"From your first stitch to your own complete clothing \u0026amp; homeware projects, this book will guide you from novice to pro.   You want to learn to knit, but somehow you always end up in a tangle of knotted yarn and baffled by complicated and conflicting advice. This beginner's handbook goes back to basics, with clear step-by-step illustrations demonstrating how to cast on and how to ace a range of different stitches.   Craft in your Pocket: Knitting provides a simple guide to picking up your knitting needles and getting started, and it helps to build your confidence slowly, as you practise and perfect skills and techniques.   Covering the basics - from yarn types and needles, to all of the basic stitches, decorative stitches and different ways of working in the round or in a spiral, as well as finishing your work and troubleshooting - this little guide is the ultimate crafter's companion.   Contents include:-              Yarn, Needles \u0026amp; Other Equipment: Yarn weights, Fibre types, Needle types and sizes-              Technique Library: How to read a pattern, Holding your needles and yarn, Casting on-              Stitch Combinations: Ribbing, Moss stitch, Garter stitch-              Colourwork: Slipped stitch patterns, Holding yarn double, Alternating colours-              Troubleshooting: Counting your rows, Dropped stitches, Extra stitchesOther title in the series:Craft in your Pocket: Crochet","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57510247530869,"sku":"9781846018923","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/craft-in-your-pocket-knitting","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}