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	• Stitch 'n Bitch Nation Debbie Stoller Workman Publishing Company, 2004 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 63 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book for all knitters of any skill level.

This is a great book for beginner as well as skilled knitters. I bought this book originally to make the Headline News Cap but once I received this book I found many other patterns I want to make. I completed the newsboy cap with ease. The instructions were very clearly written and easy to follow. My cap came out perfectly and I have another one on the needles ready to knit. I recommend this book. There are many interesting tips and advice in the beginning of the book and I learned some neat techniques that have been useful to me in other projects. I am very happy with this purchase.

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Stitch n' Bitch Nation

Most of the instructions are good, but there are mistakes. I am not inspired by the projects, for the most part. I don't have any desire to a poncho (very '70s), fishnet stockings, a mini skirt or a tankini. I already have lots of scarf and hat patterns.

Great Second Book

I bought the originial SnB and this one I had to get shortly after. This is not beginner's book...for that go buy the first one. There are still patterns in here that a beginner could make. It had some wonderful information in how to change patterns to make them your own, such as how to turn that cute sweater with a horrible turtle neck into a V neck and so on. Wonderful stuff for someone who looks at patterns and thinks about where they would make little changes. But that is just the instruction part. The patterns are what grabs your eye. All the patterns have great pictures in color and there are little tips by knitters spread out around the book. It's a little sad to see people complain they didnt like every pattern. Any book with this many patterns is not going to be a hit for every single one in the book. New it's what $10..used I've seen as low as $2.00. If you like two patterns it was money well spent. As for mistakes...please please do not let those negative reviews discourage you. Those were only in the first editions and had been fixed since. The authors website does have the corrections should you get the old edition, but mine bought used had everything fixed. I personally loved the catwarming set they had in here, so easy and my cat goes BONKERS for his knit mouse. You can't beat the price.

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Great Seller

The book came in a timely manner and was in very good shape for the price.

Don't buy this book for the patterns, buy it for the first chapter

I've owned this book for 3 years. I agree with the other reviews that the patterns in this book leave things to be desired in many areas, aesthetically, practically and technically. However, I do not use this book for the patterns (I rarely use any pattern as printed); I purchased it specifically for the first chapter or Part I.
If you have knit for a while and have not wrapped your mind around gauge and how to manipulate it, Part I offers an straightforward and easy-to-understand explanation of this. I have gone back to it over the years and find the information very valuable. Get out your needles, your desired yarn, whatever pattern you want to make, a tape measure, a calculator and a pen/paper and make that garment into your own. It takes some time and a few tries, but the information in Part I will help you make garments that actually fit you properly.
Personal customization is the beauty of knitting. You can make what you want and this book offers guidance on how to do just that.

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Join the movement! Four million strong and counting, hip, young chicks with sticks are putting a whole new spin on knitting--while turning last fall's Stitch 'n Bitch: The Knitter's Handbook into a surprise national bestseller (from The New York Times to the L.A. Times to BookSense) with 215,000 copies in print. So influential is the book that the number of Stitch 'n Bitch knitting groups tripled in the past six months--spawning a Stitch 'n Bitch Nation.

Written by Stitch 'n Bitch author Debbie Stoller, Stitch 'n Bitch Nation features 50 hip, new, even funkier and more fabulous patterns by Stitch 'n Bitch designers, who come from San Francisco to Brooklyn, Chicago to Cambridge to St. Paul, Minnesota. The Om Yoga Mat Bag. Felted Monster Slippers. The London Calling Union Jack Sweater, because even punks get cold in winter. A Double-Duty Shrug. Polka Dot Tankini. That '70s Poncho. The Boob Tube. Spiderweb Capelet, Cabled Newsboy Cap, Chunky Baby Booties and Baby Bunny Hat. And the most ingenious project, a Knit-Your-Own Rock Star doll--with a choice of Joey Ramone or Henry Rollins. All designs are complete with full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions, and are made from sexy, contemporary yarns, including multicolored angora, alpaca, lace, and mohair. Includes the best tips, shortcuts, and techniques from Stitch 'n Bitchers, profiles of knitters and their groups, and a how-to refresher on all the stitches used in the book.

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