 | Knitting for Dummies by Pam Allen
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $5.49 Really helpful reference book. After nearly three years, I still refer to it from time to time
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 | A Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $22.83 ESSENTIAL reference book.
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 | Knit One, Felt Too: Discover the magic of knitted felt with 25 easy patterns by Kathleen Taylor
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $2.94 Eh. So-so. Not as good as I thought at first.
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 | Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.85 Has some good ideas.
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 | 450 Knitting Stitches: Volume 2 (The Harmony Guides) by The Harmony Guides
Buy used from: $32.96 Useful reference book, especially if you don't want to shell out the money for the Barbara Walker books.
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 | Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $7.98 EZ is one of the major knitting doyennes. I wouldn't consider my knitting library complete w/o having the majority of her books.
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 | Vogue Knitting on the Go: Kids Knits
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $5.84 Not so great. If you LOOOOVE seaming, you'll like this book.
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 | A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $23.10 ESSENTIAL reference book.
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 | Knitting Rules!: The Yarn Harlot's Bag of Knitting Tricks by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $3.00 Eh. Pretty good, I guess.
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 | Yarn Harlot: The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.10 Good leisure reading. You'll need a box of tissues for one of the chapters.
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 | At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much (Unabridged) by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Buy new: $10.48 Good leisure reading.
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 | Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $17.65 Baby surprise jacket. Need I say more? Great reference book and springboard for other projects.
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 | Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac by Elizabeth Zimmermann
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $4.72 See comments from other EZ books. One day, I *will* knit through the year in this manner.
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 | Vogue Knitting on the Go: Baby Knits Two (Vogue Knitting on the Go!)
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $5.49 Eh, so-so. Again with the seaming.
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 | One-Skein Wonders
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.80 Lots of good stash-busting/quick gift ideas.
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 | Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls by Martha Waterman
Buy used from: $13.50 Great reference book for designing lace shawls.
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 | No Sheep for You: Knit Happy with Cotton, Silk, Linen, Hemp, Bamboo & Other Delights by Amy R. Singer
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $12.75 One half terrific reference book, one half gorgeous pattern book. As any Knitty reader knows, Amy's writing style is such that even the reference half had me laughing out loud, snorking even.
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 | Nicky Epstein's Knitted Embellishments: 350 Appliques, Borders, Cords, and More! by Nicky Epstein
Buy new: $21.09 / Used from: $14.90 Lots of great ideas.
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 | Knit It Now!: Turn Great Yarns into Great Sweaters by Julie Montanari
Buy used from: $7.29 Not sure if I'll ever use this. Received it as a gift; the author teaches classes at a LYS not too far from me.
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 | The craft of lace knitting (The Scribner library. Emblem editions) by Barbara G Walker
Buy used from: $47.98 Great book. It's all the lace patterns from the 1st and 2nd books in her "Treasury" series. It's much easier to tote around than the big books. I received an old hand-me-down copy, and I cherish it.
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 | 101 Designer One-Skein Wonders: A world of possibilities inspired by just one skein by Judith Durant
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $9.49 |
 | A Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $23.94 |
 | Charted Knitting Designs: A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara G. Walker
Buy new: $30.00 / Used from: $19.56 |
 | Getting Started Knitting Socks (Getting Started series) by Ann Budd
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $10.00 |
 | Knitting Circles Around Socks: Knit Two at a Time on Circular Needles by Antje Gillingham
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.83 |
 | Victorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $18.50 |
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