 | Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.93 The premise: knitting is a mode of thinking, not a pattern that must be followed and cannot be changed. Relax!
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 | Stitch 'N Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook by Debbie Stoller
Buy new: $10.81 / Used from: $2.93 Straightforward, sassy, good patterns and an excellent plan to make a sweater fit YOU!
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 | One-Skein Wonders
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $8.49 Good book to set your mind in gear to use up leftovers and that skein you couldn't resist.
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 | Knitting for Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time by Betty Christiansen
Buy new: $13.43 / Used from: $0.86 A few patterns I really liked and great to read about all the people helping make a difference a purl at a time.
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 | Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Buy new: $28.00 / Used from: $19.99 If you're going to knit in the round, this is the book to have by your side.
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 | The Knitting Experience Book 1: The Knit Stitch, Inspiration & Instruction by Sally Melville
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.00 Really?! You can make real clothes without purling?! Heaven!
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 | Scarf Style (Style series)
Buy new: $15.21 / Used from: $3.41 A great way to move beyond the thin fuzzy scarf.
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 | Hip Knit Hats: 40 Fabulous Designs by Cathy Carron
Buy new: $16.16 / Used from: $8.22 My most very favorite book of hat patterns.
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 | Sweater Workshop: Knit Creative, Seam-Free Sweaters on Your Own with Any Yarn by Jacqueline Fee
Buy new: $17.13 / Used from: $7.44 The companion for the serious circular sweater knitter including worksheets for the percent sweater and many different necklines.
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 | Knitting for Anarchists by Anna Zilboorg
Buy used from: $24.57 A truly instructive book that allows the knitter to understand what the movement of stitches does and how to make them work for you, not against you. I'll be keeping it right beside "Knitting without Tears".
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 | The Knitter's Bible - Knitted Accessories by Claire Crompton
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $1.98 Entry and midlevel patterns worth looking at and trying. Best in that there are simple instructions for how to change yarns or colorways and create an individual garment without fear for those who hesitate.
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