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A, Cookie

- knit. sock. love.

- Sock Innovation


Abrahams, Debbie

- 100 Afghan Squares to Knit


Albright, Barbara, ed.

- Knitter's Stash: Favorite Patterns from America's Yarn Shops


Atherley, Kate

- The Beginner's Guide to Writing Knitting Patterns


Badger, Ros and Elaine Scott

- Little Badger Knitwear


Bauer, Jutta

- Selma


Barnett, Mac

- Extra Yarn


Berman Price, Andrea

- Knitspeak: An A to Z Guide to the Language of Knitting Patterns


Bigelow, Jill and Bigelow-Suttell, Jane

- A Knitter's Gallery of Mitered Squares


Birkett, Caroline

- Hand Knits for the Home


Black, Sandy

- Knitting: Fashion, Industry, Craft


Bliss, Debbie

- Baby Knits for Beginners

- Baby Style

- Debbie Bliss Celtic Knits

- How to Knit: The Definitive Knitting Course


Bordhi, Cat

- New Pathways for Sock Knitters: Book One

- Personal Footprints for Insouciant Sock Knitters

- Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles

- A Treasury of Magical Knitting

- A Second Treasury of Magical Knitting


Bradberry, Sarah

- The Any Yarn, Any Size Knit Hat Book



Briar, JC

- Charts Made Simple


Brocket, Jane

- The Gentle Art of Domesticity


Brown, Larissa and Martin John

- Knitalong: Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together


Budd, Ann

- Favorite Socks: 25 Timeless Designs from Interweave (editor, with Anne Merrow)

- Getting Started Knitting Socks by Ann Budd

- Knitted Gifts

- The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns

- The Knitter's Handy Book of Top-Down Sweaters

- Knitting Green


Buller, Kate

- The Ultimate Knitter's Guide: Patterns and Techniques


Bush, Nancy

- Knitted Lace of Estonia


Callahan, Gail

- Hand Dyeing Yarn and Fleece


Campochiaro, Cecilia

- Sequence Knitting: Simple Methods for Creating Complex Fabrics


Carey, Jacqui

- 200 Braids to Twist, Knot, Loop, or Weave


Carles, Julie

- The Yarn Girls' Guide to Simple Knits, co-author Jordana Jacobs


Chin, Lily M.

- The Urban Knitter


Clark, Evelyn A.

- Knitting Lace Triangles


Cobey, Katharine

- Diagonal Knitting



Coleman, Ava

- Stories in Stitches

Crowther-Smith, Alison

- Silky Little Knits


Dakos, Alana, and Fettig, Hannah

- Coastal Knits


Daniels, Linda

- The Northampton Wools Knitting Book


Davies, Kate

- Colours of Shetland


Davis, Jane

- Knitting with Beads


Druchunas, Donna

- Arctic Lace
- Stories in Stitches


Durand, Judith

- One-Skein Wonders


Durham, Teva

- Loop-d-Loop

- Loop-d-Loop Crochet


Edasi, Aime and Reimann, Siiri

- The Haapsalu Shawl


Egan, Mary Lou, with Theresa Gaffey, Scott Rohr, Shelly Sheehan, and Sarah K. Walker

- Wearwithall: Knits for Your Life


Ellen, Alison

- Hand Knitting: New Directions


Falick, Melanie D.

- Knit: A Personal Handbook

- Knitting for baby, co-author Kristin Nicholas

- Knitting in America

- Weekend Knitting


Fassett, Kaffe

- Dreaming in Color: An Autobiography

- Kaffe's Classics: 25 Glorious Knitting Designs


Fassett, Kaffe

- Kaffe Fassett's Pattern Library


Felton, Miriam

- Twist and Knit


Fettig, Hannah, and Dakos, Alana

- Coastal Knits


Fisher, Margaret

- Seven Things that can "Make or Break" a Sweater


Ford, Felicity

- Knitsonik Stranded Colourwork Sourcebook


Gaffey, Theresa, with Mary Lou Egan, Scott Rohr, Shelly Sheehan, and Sarah K. Walker

- Wearwithall: Knits for Your Life


Galeskas, Beverly

- Felted Knits


Gardiner, Chrissy

- Toe-Up!


Gardiner, Kay and Shayne, Ann

- Mason-Dixon Knitting


Garland, Claire

- Knitted Babes


Gibson-Roberts, Patricia and Robson, Deborah

- Knitting in the Old Way


Guy, Lucinda and Hall, François

- Kids Learn to Knit


Ham, Catherine

- 25 Gorgeous Sweaters for the Brand-New Knitter


Harris, Gillian

- Complete Feltmaking


Herron, Rachael

- How to Knit a Love Song


Herzog, Amy

- Knit to Flatter: The Only Instructions You'll Ever Need to Knit Sweaters That Make You Look Good and Feel Great!


Hiatt, Beryl and Linden Phelps

- Simply Beautiful Sweaters

- Simply Beautiful Sweaters for Men


Hill, Romi

- New Lace Knitting: Designs for Wide Open Spaces


Hoverson, Joelle

- Last-Minute Knitted Gifts


Japel, Stefanie

- Fitted Knits


Johnson, Wendy D.

- Socks from the Toe Up

- Toe-Up Socks for Every Body


Kartus, Lisa

- Knit Fix: Problem Solving for Knitters


Knight, Erika

- Comforts of Home: Simple Knitted Accessories

- Simple Knits for Cherished Babies


Laidman, Janel

- The Eclectic Sole


Ligon, Linda

- This is How I Go When I Go Like This: Weaving and Spinning as Metaphor


Loving, Char

- Knitting Journal


Lydon, Susan Gordon

- Christmas Stockings: 18 Holiday Treasures to Knit (ed.)

- The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice


Mably, Brandon

- Knitting Color: Design Inspiration from Around the World


MacDaniels, Janice

- The Unpattern Patterns (a series of leaflets)


Macdonald, Anne L.

- No Idle Hands: The Social History of American Knitting


Magnússon, Hélène

- Icelandic Knitting: Using Rose Patterns


Malcolm, Trisha

- Vogue Knitting American Collection (ed.)

- Vogue Knitting on the Go: Baby Blankets (ed.)

- Vogue Knitting on the Go: Bags and Backpacks (ed.)

- Vogue Knitting on the Go: Teen Knits (ed.)


Mapstone, Prudence

- Freeform Knitting


Marchant, Nancy

- Knitting Brioche: The Essential Guide to the Brioche Stitch


Martini, Adrienne

- Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously


McIver, Sandra

- Knit Swirl!


McTague, Fiona

- Knits for Babies and Toddlers


Mellor, Zoe

- Animal Knits

- Double Knits: Pairs of Patterns for Babies and Toddlers

- 50 Baby Bootees to Knit


Mencher, Brooks

- The Yarn Woman


Menz, Deb

- Color Works: The Crafter's Guide to Color


Millen, Cynthia

- A Symphony For the Sheep


Mischer, Suzan

- Greetings from Knit Café


Modesitt, Annie

- Confessions of a Knitting Heretic


Moreno, Jillian and Singer, Amy

- Big Girl Knits


Morgan-Oakes, Melissa

- Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time Socks


Nargi, Lela

- Astounding Knits!

- Knitting Lessons: Tales from the Knitting Path


Neatby, Lucy

- Cool Socks Warm Feet

- Lucy Neatby's Knitting Essentials 1 & 2 (DVD)

- Lucy Neatby's Intarsia Untangled 1 & 2 (DVD)

- The Brand New Knitter: A Comprehensive Guide for the Never-Held-Needles-Before Knitter-To-Be (DVD)



Nerjordet, Arne and Carlos Zachrison

- 30 Slippers to Knit and Felt

Nicholas, Kristin

- Knitting Today's Classics


Nicholson, Heather

- The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand


Oberle, Cheryl

- Folk Shawls


Parkes, Clara

- The Knitter's Book of Socks

- The Knitter's Book of Wool

- The Knitter's Book of Yarn

- The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting


Pearl-McPhee, Stephanie

- At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much

- Things I Learned from Knitting...Whether I Wanted to or Not


Percival, Kris

- Knit Knack Kit


Polley, Sandra

- The Knitted Teddy Bear


Radcliffe, Margaret

- The Knitting Answer Book


Reader's Digest

- The Complete Knitting Set


Reese, Nichole

- Harvest


Reimann, Siiri and Edasi, Aime

- The Haapsalu Shawl


Rohr, Scott, with Mary Lou Egan, Theresa Gaffey, Shelly Sheehan, and Sarah K. Walker

- Wearwithall: Knits for Your Life


Roth, Julie Jersild

- Knitting Nell


Rutt, Richard

- A History of Hand Knitting


Schurch, Charlene

- More Sensational Knitted Socks (and Sensational Knitted Socks)


Schreier, Iris

- One + One: Scarves, Shawls & Shrugs


Sefton, Maggie

- Knit One, Kill Two


Seiff, Joan

- Fiber Gathering


Sharp, Jo

- Knitting Emporium


Sheehan, Shelly, with Mary Lou Egan, Theresa Gaffey, Scott Rohr, and Sarah K. Walker

- Wearwithall: Knits for Your Life


Singer, Amy and Moreno, Jillian

- Big Girl Knits


Singer, Amy

- No Sheep for You


Spring, Sixth and

- 60 Quick Knits: 20 Hats, 20 Scarves, 20 Mittens in Cascade 220


Sloat, Teri

- Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool


Sowerby, Jane

- Victorian Lace Today


Square, Vicki

- The Knitter's Companion


Startzman, Katie

- The Knitted Slipper Book


Steege, Gwen

- The Knitter's Life List


Stoller, Debbie

- Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook


Strick, Candace Eisner

- Sweaters from New England Sheep Farms


Swansen, Cully (Editor) with Elizabeth Zimmermann

- Knit One Knit All


Swensen, Meg

- Meg Swansen's Knitting


Taylor, Kathleen

- Yarns to Dye For: Creating Self-Patterning Yarns for Knitting


Teague, Ysolda

- Little Red in the City

- The Rhinebeck Sweater


Temple, Mary Beth

- The Secret Language of Knitters


Threads Magazine

- Knitting Tips & Trade Secrets


Tiselius, Stina

- 25 Potholders to Knit


Turner, Sharon

- Monkeysuits


Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher

- The Age of Homespun


Vogel, Lynne

- The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook


Vogue Knitting, Editors

- Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Knitting Book

- Vogue Knitting: The Ultimate Sock Book


Walker, Sarah K., with Mary Lou Egan, Theresa Gaffey, Scott Rohr, and Shelly Sheehan

- Wearwithall: Knits for Your Life


Ware, Debby

- Too Cute! Cotton Knits for Toddlers


Watterson, Lynne

- The Very Easy Guide to Cable Knitting


Wills, Kerry

- The Close-Knit Circle: American Knitters Today


Wilson, Margaret Klein and the Green Mountain Spinnery

- The Green Mountain Spinnery Knitting Book


Wiseman, Nancie M.

- Knitting with Wire


Zachrison, Carlos and Arne Nerjordet

- 30 Slippers to Knit and Felt


Zimmermann, Elizabeth, with Cully Swansen Editor

- Knit One Knit All


Zawinski, Debbie

- In the Footsteps of Sheep

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