Complete Knitting Skills

Debbie Tomkies has designed for many major knitting and crochet magazines including Knit Now, Simply Knitting, Knitting, Let’s Knit, Yarn Forward, and Inside Crochet. Debbie has been the agony aunt and 'How-to' technical feature writer for Knit Now magazine for over four years. She has written three books, Hand-dyed Yarn Craft Projects, Complete Knitting Skills, and 250 Knitting Stitches. Debbie is a successful tutor and teaches knitting, crochet, dyeing and textile arts to students of all ages – as such, she has a genuine understanding of the needs of knitters at all levels. She lives in Cheshire, UK. For more information, visit www.dtcrafts.co.uk.

• Prelims: 5 pp • Introduction: 6 ppEquipment: 10 pp • Yarn: 14 pp • Getting Started: 40 ppFinishing: 26 pp • Taking It to the Next Level: 50 ppKNITTING TECHNIQUES: 72 ppKnitting SOS: 12 pp• The Knitting Community: 6 ppGlossary, Abbreviations and Useful Conversion Charts: 10 ppIndex and Credits: 5 pp

June 13This knitters handbook also has a series of accompanying online tutorials so we learn techniques direct from the book or by viewing the tutorials. We can also follow the techniques on a smart phone or through the internet so it's like having an expert close by. Many of the techniques will help machine knitters, so it's a great reference for all level skills.