Product Description: If you want to learn to knit, you only need a ball of yarn, knitting needles, some patience — and this book! It's the ideal introduction to knitting, with easy-to-follow, full-color instructions for more than fifteen projects. Clear, step-by-step explanations of basic techniques make this guide great for beginners of all ages, especially those wishing to create handmade gifts...read more

Product Description: Comprehensive in scope and elegant in presentation, this classic Victorian-era volume was the first complete how-to guide to knitting. Originally published by Butterick, the company that later produced Vogue Knitting, it constitutes a fantastic historical document as well as an easy-to-follow guide for knitters at all levels of experience...read more

Product Description: Never thought that YOU could knit? Well, with Learn How to Knit with 50 Squares, you will discover all the essential skills that you need, one stitch at a time. Learn a new stitch by knitting a square, following a clear step-by-step tutorial and chart...read more

Since the work of Butterfield and Namier in the 1930s, it has commonly been said that eighteenth-century England appears atomised, left with no overall interpretation. Subsequent work on religious differences and on party strife served to reinforce the image of a divided society, and in the last ten years historians of the poor and unprivileged have suggested that beneath the surface lurked substantial popular discontent. Professor Cannon uses his 1982 Wiles Lecture to offer a different interpretation - that the widespread acceptance of aristocratic values and aristocratic leadership gave a remarkable intellectual, political and social coherence to the century. He traces the recovery made by the aristocracy from its decade in 1649 when the House of Lords was abolished as useless and dangerous. After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the peerage re-established its hold on government and society. Professor Cannon is forced to challenge some of the most cherished beliefs of English historiography - that Hanoverian society, at its top level, was an open elite, continually replenished by vigorous recruits from other groups and classes. He suggests that, on the contrary, in some respects the English peerage was more exclusive than many of its continental counterparts and that the openness was a myth which itself served a potent political purpose. Of the prospering burgeoisie, he argues that the remarkable thing was not their assertiveness but their long acquiescence in patrician rule, and he poses the paradox of a country increasingly dominated by a landed aristocracy giving birth to the first industrial revolution. His final chapter discusses the ideological under-pinning which made aristocratic supremacy acceptable for so long, and the emergence of those forces and ideals which were ultimately to replace it.

Product Description: Whether you're a knitter or not, Knit, Purl, Pray is filled with life vignettes, knitting together the threads of daily creativity and that tie with our Lord. -- Debbie Macomber, #1 New York Times best-selling author The knitter knows that the time spent creating something beautiful and useful can also be a time to be quiet and reflect...read more

Product Description: The Mollie Makes team has brought together all their favorite designers to share their tips, stories, and beautiful projects. Learn the best ways to hold your needles, cast on, and make your first stitches. Make a baby blanket for a loved one, create a plant pot holder, or wear your creations with pride--whether you go for a classic pair of socks or a more daring pompom headband or loop poncho...read more

Product Description: Perfect for beginner knitters, Let's Knit explains how to master the basics. Clear, straightforward photographs show readers how to cast on, cast off, and how to do the two basic stitches: knit and purl. From there, readers can move on and learn to knit 10 projects mostly made from simple rectangles, including a coin purse, a cushion, a teddy bear scarf, and a knitted dog, bird, and cat — all using simple stitches...read more

Describes the new accomplishments and experiences of seven children from the time they are one-year-olds until they reach the age of seven

Product Description: Are you looking for the perfect guide to teach your child to knit? Look no further! Creative Kids Complete Photo Guide to Knitting starts with the absolute basics about knitting, beginning with a discussion about needles and yarn, how to cast stitches onto the needle, then gradually introduces skills and techniques until kids are knitting confidently...read more

A young boy meets millions of dinosaurs in his vivid dreams.

Product Description: Knit, felt, and embellish your own wonderland of woolly creatures, holiday décor, and delightful decorations. Designer Marie Mayhew shares her love of detail, as well as original tips and techniques for creating these utterly beguiling knit-and-felt designs--woodland gnomes, sweet baby chicks, bejeweled eggs, and so much more!Learn to felt and embellish your projects using embroidery, beading, appliqué, and needle felting, with step-by-step photos and tutorialsPersonalize your creations with suggested variations--seasonal and holiday themes are included with many of the project...read more

Product Description: Wear any season in style with knitwear inspired by southern climates.Knitting is not just for cold and snowy climates! For anyone who has ever stopped to wonder what knitters in the South are wearing--and knitting--for the changing seasons, Florida designer Corrina Ferguson has set out to show us in Warm Days, Cool Knits: Lighter Designs for Every Season...read more

Product Description: If you would like to start knitting but don’t have anyone to show you how, or if you know the basics of knitting but would like to improve and learn the more complex skills of shaping, lace patterns and colorwork, then 'Knitting Basics' is for you...read more