Knit Kimono Too by Vicki Square ($26.95, shown left, soft cover)
  features simple designs to mix, match and layer.   From the best-selling
  author of Knit Kimono comes a brand-new book of kimono and Asian-
  inspired tops with simple yet innovative shapes and unique details.  In
  20 new designs, Vicki Square has created a pattern collection that
focuses on lightweight knits for layering, blending traditional Japanese style with unique stitch patterns, colorwork, and openwork designs that knitters can't resist.
     On the included bonus instructional DVD, you can learn all the tips and techniques needed to make these beautiful garments.  Vicki demonstrates the special technqiues that make each piece so elegantly wearable, including surface embroidery, stranded colorwork, short-rows, attached knitting cord, and more.
    With Knit Kimono Too you will discover how to transform simple knitted fabric with minimal shaping into stylish, polished apparel...
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     Back-to-basics books are back in stock!  Looking for straightforward, expert instruction on the fundamentals of knitting?  Basic Knitting ($19.95, spiral bound) is a complete guide to equipment and materials with each step fully illustrated with color photos.  This book provides all the skill and tools you need to get started, and contains patterns for ten different projects, too. 
     If you are looking for creative techniques to take your skills to the next level,  master more advanced kntiting techniques with Beyond Basic Knitting ($19.95, spiral bound).
Learn how to knit on the bias, create flawless necklines, incorporate beads and more.
These techniques and contemporary projects will help you to expand your horizons.
     Our favorite finishing techniques book is The 'I Hate to Finish Sweaters' Guide to Finsihing Sweaters by Janet Szabo (2nd edition, $13.95, spiral bound).  Most knitters don't like finishing because they don't know how to do it properly.  There is so much more than sewing pieces together to finishing and this book will help you create garments that look "handmade, not homemade"...

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     What's new from LISA KNITS?  Three new patterns for your knitting pleasure ($4.00 each)!  HT-026 "Ribbons" (shown left is a lovely hat adorned with a picot trim and features a ribbon motif.  It is worked in DK weight yarn and sized to fit an adult.  A portion of the proifts from the sale of this pattern will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 

     SW-044 "Sea Cove" (shown left) Seagull cables adorn this textured crewneck pullover sweater worked in heavy worsted weight yarn.  Six sizes for women in finished chest range from 35" to 56" & eight sizes for men in finished chest range from 38" to 59". 




     SW-046 "A Basic Top-Down Raglan" (shown left) is a basic crewneck raglan pullover worked from the neck down.  Worked in worsted weight yarn with your choice of a ribbed or lace edging, in ten sizes for children and adults ranging from 26"
(size 4) to 54" finished chest...

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