Knitting for Children            A second book

Bonnie Gosse and Jill Allerton

Photography by Bonnie Gosse

In this second book, the authors bring many new skills and a wider variety of patterns for both children and adults to make. Each pattern is given with clear instructions and illustrated by artistic photographs.

Recommended for all ages!
    Wynstones Press

    ISBN 0-946206-53-8

    $24.95 (U.S. Funds)

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Contents
Abbreviations 6                         Knitting in the round 28
List of colour illustrations 6 Turn 29
Introduction 7 Double casting off 30
Yarns and Needles 7 Making proper holes 31
New Skills 11 Patterns in order of difficulty 33
  Reading a Pattern 13 Pullover Sweater 34
  Increasing and decreasing 15 Gnome 36
  Increasing at the beginning of a row 15 Leaping Cat 41
  Increasing in a stitch 16 Rabbit 45
  Make 1 17 Sideways Gloves in 3 sizes 47
  Decreasing - knitwise 18 Duck 51
  Decreasing - purlwise 19 Slippers 55
  Pass slipped stitch over 20 Lily the Lamb 59
  Dividing Work 21 Horned Owl 61
  Using a stitch holder 21 Hat with rolled brim 66
  Rejoining yarn 22 Hat 68
  Picking up stitches 23 Baby 'Running Shoes' 71
  Ribbing 24 Slipper Socks 74
  Using different colours 24 Cotton Pop Top 78
  Hints 24 Froggie 81
  Creating simple stripes 26 Inuit boy 89
  Fair Isle Knitting 26 Hand Dolls 94
  Simple 2-colour pattern 27 Clothes for your doll 100
  Dancing men pattern 27 Biographies 104

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