Margaret Hamilton-Hunt

James Harvey & Dorrwin Buck Jones

James Harvey & Dorrwin Buck Jones

This book is a dictionary of stitches that you are to use to make something you have designed yourself. Both knitting and crochet are covered. Many specialty topics are covered, such as decorative trims, crochet on a fork, flowers on a loom, aran knitting, and fake fur. There is a dictionary of terms in alphabetical order. Some of the photographs are in color, as are some of the patterns given in a graph for jacquard patterns. A wonderful resource for any needleworker. I highly recommend it.

This dictionary of knitting and crochet stitches has a photo of a swatch of each stitch with the instructions of how to make the pattern. Instead of being a book of instructions to make complete items, this dictionary of stitches allows the reader to create their own items, or to modify a pattern using another stitch type.