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One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit or Crochet

One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit or Crochet
By Leigh Radford

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These knitted and crocheted fashion accessories and decorative accents for the home vary in their required levels of skill, but all can be completed quickly and require only one skein of yarn. The stitch patterns and clear instructions make it easy for even procrastinators and the less-than-diligent to create a ruffled cravat, a drawstring bag, a tank top, cozy scarves, arm and leg warmers, lace wristlets, fingerless gloves, a mohair pillow, and even a sweater for a baby. Several projects do not require any new yarn at all—instead projects such as the Felted Striped Tote or the Labyrinth Circle Rug are designed using up a skein's worth of leftovers from other projects. A guide to terms and techniques, a resource directory, and a bibliography are also included.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #27404 in Books
  • Published on: 2006-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 128 pages

Editorial Reviews

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"Great way to sample new techniques and fibers without wasting time and cash."  —KnitSimple
   

"Needlework heaven, indeed...Those who seek instant gratification will love this book and want to take it everywhere."  —Bangor Daily News 

"The cute designs are interesting, stylish, and very portable."  —Anchorage Daily News
 

"The answer to your stash-busting prayers.... You'll want—no, NEED—to add [this book] to your collection."  —Knight Ridder/Tribune News
 

"A must for every knitter who's ever stared at her stash wondering what to do with her singles."  —Yarn Market News

"Cover to cover, One Skein is love at first sight."  —Spun Magazine 

"I really like the innovative ideas in this book."  —Knitting News

"You will be inspired by what you could do with small amounts of yarn."  —Knitty.com
 

About the Author
Leigh Radford is the art director and knitwear designer for Interweave Knits, and the author of Alterknits: Imaginative Projects and Creativity Exercises. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Customer Reviews

One Skein, 30 projects to knit or crochet5
One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit or Crochet

This book has a wonderful look with many full color pictures. As I am a crochet person, rather than a knit person, I was a bit disappointed with the book as out of the 30 projects only 8 or 9 are crochet projects, the rest are all knitting.
It should, in the description show that it is predominately a knitters book. That way crochetters will not purchase it. For the price, I would not have bought this book if I had but known that the patterns weren't even crochet to knitting.
Over all a good resourse, but I will probably give it to a friend that knits.

Not really a one-skein project book1
I bought this book whithout carefully looking inside and of course hoping to find some patterns for a single skein (everyone probably has a few single skeins of different pricey yarns they bought to try but couldn't afford more than that). I was so dissapointed! It seems that author doesn't really know what is average single skein is. One of the projects calls for 1250 yards skein of wool! That is very average skein size! Except for using single pattern for my own project I haven't knitted a single project out of that book. A lot of useless items and not enough of variety. Very dissapointed.

i've made so many of these patterns...5
this book is great to have lying around for if you can't think of what to make a loved one (or yourself!) for birthdays, christmas or "just because". it is full of great, quick patterns and i have used it many a time over the last two years.