Knit: Dynamic Patterns and Techniques for Creative Making - Hardcover

by Alice Hoyle (Author)

A dynamic intermediate/advanced level knitting guide with creative techniques and nearly 15 gorgeous, contemporary projects - including garments, accessories and homeware.

The slow, mindful craft of hand knitting is good for the planet and good for the mind. Meditative and fulfilling, it gives crafters a sense of accomplishment as well as a unique final product.

In KNIT, knitwear designer and ROWS founder Alice Hoyle shows you how to create dynamic pieces with creative and inspiring techniques. Along with the approximately 15 patterns, this book covers:

- Yarn Choice: How yarn choice and color can transform projects.
- Stash Yarn: How to easily use leftover half balls of yarn from other projects to create amazing things.
- Scrap Yarn: Thrumming technique to use up tiny scraps leftover from other projects.
- Upcycling: Cutting up existing materials to create yarn.
- Reuse: How to unwind an existing sweater to reuse the yarn.
- Interesting and inspiring stitch techniques to use in the projects.

Alice also outlines how to take care of your knitwear, such as blocking, storing, getting rid of bobbles/pilling, fixing holes.

Knitting allows people to consciously slow down and make a connection to each piece they make, creating unique stories and imperfections that will be carried around for years to come. There is something incredibly exciting and freeing in the ability to make anything wit

Author Biography

Alice Hoyle is an English knitwear designer based in Amsterdam. She creates dynamic knitwear that celebrates the traditional craft of hand knitting. Alice looks at ways to use yarn, stitch and colour to create something that feels innovative and exciting, yet timeless, while also focusing on sustainability by using only natural materials, secondhand, or left-over yarn from other projects.

Alice studied Fashion Knitwear Design at university then moved to London to pursue a career in the knitwear industry. This turned into 4 years of designing and styling knitwear for Wool and the Gang, watching them grow from a start-up business, to the established brand they are today, after which she launched her own knitwear platform ROWS in October 2021. ROWS has partnered with US yarn company quince&co, Majo and Woolfolk and has been featured in Grazia and Refinery29.

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