Books & Patterns

Designed specifically for the Mode at Rowan yarn line, these patterns are luxurious and elegant. Printed on high quality card stock for sturdiness and a lifetime of use, these patterns are so classic and wearable!

We’ve fallen in love with Pacific Knit Co’s Doodle Decks!  These playing card sized knitting charts are full of inspiration for charming, customized colorwork.  Use one of our Doodle Base Patterns or the Doodle Knit Directory Book with these Doodle Decks to make your own colorwork socks, hats, cowls, headbands and more!  These make the best, most personal gifts or the perfect way to express who you really are as a knitter!  We suggest the Basic Doodle Card Deck and adding on themed expansion decks to grow your Doodle library!

IT'S THE BIG ONE, ELIZABETH!  Finally, a BIG Doodle Deck for all you Doodle addicts out there!  

A deck of cards featuring all 200 designs from The Doodle Knit Directory. Knitters will love these ‘doodle’ cards that readers can play with to create their own personalised colorwork projects.

200 fun stranded colorwork knitting charts for hours of doodle knitting fun.

Choose your adventure with this deck of knitting chart cards from The Doodle Knit Directory by author, Jamie Lomax. Mix and match the cards to make endless pattern combinations to use in all your stranded colorwork knitting projects.

Includes instructions for how to use the charts to make one easy project–a simple cowl–so you can start knitting straight away. Just choose your themes and yarn colors and start doodling!

The Sock Obsession by Summer Lee is the latest brilliant sock book from our favorite sock designer.  Full of accessible and beautiful sock patterns that will inspire you to be fearless with color and play with lots of techniques. 

From Summer Lee, sock knitting guru and author of reader favorite The Sock Project, a fun new collection of patterns for making socks in every shape and size, all in her signature palette of neon bright colors

This colorful volume presents a variety of sock styles, from boot socks and ankle socks to loafer and cuffed styles, and a universe of techniques. Try your hand at cables, colorwork, ribs, and textured knitting with 25 easy-to-follow patterns, then customize your designs to make dozens of different looks!

Chapters offer traditional Scandinavian and European sock designs, mod designs that would make MoMA proud, and socks with whimsical motifs like mushrooms, sheep, and lobsters!

Socks are perennial favorites because they’re addictively quick to make, require far less yarn than scarves or sweaters, and can be easily customized to fit. This patten collection provides a fun way to learn all sorts of techniques, and the instructions are progressive, meaning new knitters can start at the beginning and learn the basics before advancing to harder projects.

And experts can turn to the patterns they’re most excited to make and dive right in.

If you're knitting for a baby girl, you will love Kate Oate's new booklet, New Girl, designed for the newest little lady in your life. No matter whether you'll get to hold her every day or see her in pictures from afar, she's sure to feel the love in every stitch. Pamper that new girl for as long as she will allow it. You'll be knitting each piece over again as your New Girl grows. By Kate Oates. 32 pages 5.5" x 8.5" Soft cover

Kate Oate's New Guy collection might be the cutest yet! New Guy features five sweet pieces for new babies and toddlers, each with a variety of options, including pant and sleeve length, plus short rows for extra diaper room. Patterns are sized from Preemie to Toddler so you can get the fit just right. Instructions are included for a variety of techniques as well as notes on successfully completing stranded colorwork. You will want to knit every one of these adorable, teensy projects for the new guy in your life! By Kate Oates. 32 pages 5.5" x 8.5" Soft cover

If you're ready to learn crochet, Crochet How is the perfect beginning crochet book for the modern crocheter.  From the brilliant designers at Pom Pom, this fantastic book will teach you step by step with inspirational and aspirational patterns

The perfect learn-to-crochet book for beginners, from the creators of the premier knit and crochet brand Pom Pom

Crochet How takes new crocheters through the basics so they can develop their skills and increase their crochet confidence with each new project. The book’s friendly teaching style, clear instructions, and easy to make patterns are specifically designed to make starting out fun and to inspire new crocheters to stick with the craft.

Following in the footsteps of Knit How, Pom Pom’s classic beginning knitting guide, Crochet Howdemonstrates key first stitches and helps readers build their skills while progressing at their own pace. With 15 trendy and fun patterns, and endless possibilities for customizing, Crochet How keeps readers motivated and inspired as they stitch their way through the projects and master a new craft.

Pom Pom is well-known for their exciting use of color, and these new crochet designs do not disappoint. Start with an easy throw blanket, scarf, or tote, then complete your new crocheted collection by stitching up a cute hat, a sweet cowl, pullover, crop top, and granny square creations galore.

Learn how to knit with simple, easy-to-follow guides and over 20 cute and cozy project patterns!

Interested in knitting but unsure where to start? Everyday Knitting offers simple, step-by-step tutorials geared toward beginning knitters. Master the basics of knitting and improve your technique with clear, comprehensive instructions for casting on, binding off, knit and purl stitches, and more. Once you’ve mastered the basics, move on to fun and functional practice projects to hone your skills.

From selecting the right yarn to choosing the tools you need to get started, Everyday Knitting covers everything you need to know to make lace bookmarks, scarves, fingerless mitts, and even friendly knitted critters. Features include:

• Clear, step-by-step instructions to build confidence in beginning knitters
• Over 20 practice projects to help you hone your skills and create fun, usable items
• Handy instructional guides to teach you how to decipher a chart, read a pattern, increase and decrease rows, purchase yarn for your project, and more
• Stitch galleries to provide inspiration with nearly two dozen stitch patterns including a variety of cable and lace stitches

If you've hung around the shop long enough, you've heard Dana tell the story of improving her knitting skills by working through a book of knitted squares.  That book is long out of print but this new offering is a fantastic tutorial for 50 techniques, ranging from basic to advanced.  You'll build an incredible skillset while producing a gorgeous throw!

This 2-in-1 learn to knit course helps you build your knitting skills one square at a time and then join them together to create a beautiful blanket. Author Anna Pantelous is the designer behind the popular ‘Annaplexis’ website and the designer behind the #tutorialthrow.

This practical guide explains all the basic knitting stitches and techniques. Each of the 50 knitted swatches focuses on a different skill and builds on the previous squares, taking you from absolute beginner to confident knitter in no time.

•Includes everything from casting on, the knit and purl stitches, shaping, slip stitches and colorwork, through to more advanced techniques such as knitting in the round and mosaic knitting.

• All of the lessons have step-by-step instructions and photography so they’re very easy to follow.

• There are video tutorials for many of the squares for additional support.

In addition to the 50 squares there are instructions for how to join them together to make one large blanket or a smaller baby blanket. Grab your copy now and start your knitting journey.