The New York Times–bestselling, essential guide for chicks with sticks—because knit happens.

From the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques. Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch. Increasing and decreasing. All the bells and whistles: fringes, tassels, cables, intarsia, crab stitch, and Fair Isle. Plus the stitch doctor's own special bag of tricks and how to hook up with other knitters. After the how-tos come the why-to: forty hop, stylish patterns, as good for beginners as they are for purely pros.

Featuring:
Coney Island fireworks scarfPunk rock backpackCrickets technicolor techno-coziesPippi knee-stockingsBig bad baby blanketTo-dye-for sweaterPrincess Snowball cat bedQueen of Hearts bikini
"Will undoubtedly appeal to this new generation of knitters . . . Informative, colorful and full of attitude, this book is the perfect primer for twenty- and thirty-somethings looking to take on this hip "new" hobby." —Publishers Weekly

"This sassy-looking book offers a little bit of everything . . . it is Stoller's commentary about knitting, its history, and why young women are knitting again that gets the book off to a rip-roaring start." —Booklist