This is because it is fantastic, in every respect. I dip into it every few months it's dog-eared and scribbled in, and I've lent it out to at least two other new-ish knitters (usually just after I've taught them to knit for themselves). I have read Knitting Without Tears cover-to-cover twice in the four-ish years since I got my own copy of it. For the 3 spiral see Three-Spiral hat.Īlso available in Spun Out #9, originally published 1973 as Wool Gathering #8, from School House Press.Niche review time! I wish it weren't so niche, actually - I think KWT has an awful lot to recommend it, and not just to knitters. 24” circular needles, or a 16” circular and a set of double-pointed needles (Approx #10.5 or #11, or maybe #13 for tight knitters).This pattern may be found on pages 32 & 34 of Vogue Knitting, Winter 2008/09. This pattern may be found on page 97 of Knitting Without Tears. The pattern calls for 1 skein of Sheepsdown, and a 16” circular needle and set of dpns in size 10.5. They are interesting to make and inexpensive. This is a good starting rule, to be broken in all directions.”Ībout the Snail hat: “The best part of Christmas is present-planning. ”ĮZ’s basic rule for hats is “that you start with 90-100 stitches on a 16” circular needle with knitting worsted at a gauge of 5 st to 1”. A good woolly cap can well combine these functions…. People will put anything on their heads, it seems to me for two reasons: either it keeps them warm, or it makes them feel cute. In Chapter 5, “Other Knitted Garments” of Knitting Without Tears, EZ says: “AND THIS BRINGS ME TO HATS.
Print version comes in a 3-hole, archival quality sheet protector. Something for everyone in this cornucopia! Plus an innovative I-cord Lattice Hat from Cully Swansen and a snugly warm Garter-Band hat from Eleanor Haase. Two Elizabeth Zimmermann designs: her classic Snail Hat (aka Conch or Dairy Queen), and her Kliban Hat. Meg Swansen presents: an elegant Twisted-Stitch cap, the whimsical Albrecht Durer Tower Hat and a simple to knit Circular Brioche Watch Cap.
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