One-Skein Wonders(R)

Description

If you're like most knitters, you have lonely skeins of yarn in your closet ? casualties of projects discarded mid-row or leftovers from long-completed pieces. Offering 101 charming designs that use just a single skein of yarn, Judith Durant shows you how to turn these extra bits of fibre into stylish hats, mittens, scarves, and tea cosies. Covering a wide range of tastes and styles, this collection will inspire you to dig out your orphan yarn and get stitching.

Judith Durant is the editor of the best-selling One-Skein Wonders series, which currently includes seven volumes; the author of Cable Left, Cable Right, Increase, Decrease, and Knit One, Bead Too; and the co-author of Knitting Know-How. Durant has been knitting for more than 50 years and has been writing and editing for more than 30 years. She currently lives in Lowell, Massachusetts.

"If the cold weather has you excited to stay inside, this is the book for you." -Tulsa World, Tulsa, OK "Reads like an atlas of quirky yarn shops from all across the land." -Associated Press, Syndicated Article "Start something and finish it immediately. Judith Durant put 101 quick patterns in her book [One-Skein Wonders]." -Metro West Daily News, Framingham, Mass. "Divided by fiber weight, the chapters tell you exactly what local yarn shop owners around the country think you should do when you have just one ball to knit." -- Yarn Market News