The Knitting Book - Frederica Patmore

The Knitting Book by Frederica Patmore and Vikki Haffenden is a best-selling guide to building knitting skills with clear, step-by-step instruction. This hardback edition from Dorling Kindersley is published on 5 March 2026.

Key details

• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 336
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 5 March 2026
• ISBN: 9780241764923
• Subtitle: A step-by-step guide to creating imaginative projects for the home and to wear

Synopsis

Designed to help you cast on with assurance and tackle more complex stitches, this guide brings together over 250 techniques explained in a step-by-step format. It covers core skills such as knit and purl stitches, casting on and off, and extends into colourwork, cables, brioche and lace, alongside methods for knitting in the round, turning a sock heel and blocking knitted fabric for a polished finish.

Practical guidance on choosing yarns and needles supports a library of more than 120 stitch patterns, with twenty projects spanning clothing and accessories, toys and homeware. Suitable for knitters of all abilities.

Rackhams Reference : X7BW3HIKRD