Knit.101

by: knit.1 magazine editors

Published by: sixth&spring books

Reviewed by Janelle Martin

Subtitled: The indispensable self-help guide to knitting and crochet

Targeting 18-35 year-olds, Vogue® Knitting launched knit.1 in 2006 to appeal to the edgy, hip young things that had begun to take up knitting and crocheting. They partnered with Lion Brand Yarn to create designs which could be made inexpensively with widely available yarn.

Following up on the success of this new magazine, knit.1 has now published knit.101: the indispensable self-help guide to knitting and crochet. Collecting together techniques and patterns, knit.101 covers everything from casting on, to construction, and everything in between. Rather than having the patterns at the end, knit.101 intersperses technique with patterns, leading beginning knitters through a series of projects which will help them learn technique while, as editor Adina Klein states, making "...a one-of-a-kind creation...with your two cute little hands!"

Two-thirds of the book covers knitting, one-third is crochet. There are patterns here for bags, iPod holders, legwarmers and string bikinis. If you are a devotee of the magazine, then you probably won't need this book. Many of the projects featured have already been published in the magazine. If you're looking for a book to teach you or someone else how to knit or crochet and you fit the demographic of knit.1, then this book will suit you perfectly.

Armchair Interviews says: Book geared especially to the young who knit and crochet.