Books & Patterns

The Doodle Book is HERE!!

If you've ever wanted to knit a truly personalized accessory or garment, if you love colorwork or want to learn, or if you want to knit the hottest projects out there right now, The Doodle Knit Directory is the book for you! Full of basic patterns for every person, with 200 amazing new stranded knitting motifs, and with clear and easy instructions for how to combine the two, you'll be making your own super-customized projects with ease!

WHAT'S INCLUDED

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!

We loved the Granny Squares Deck so much!  When we saw that a deck for granny squares flowers was available, we pre-ordered it SO FAST!  You'll have so much fun playing with these cards -- each card is a pattern for an adorable floral granny square!  You can build your skills, add gorgeous floral accents to your granny square projects, or make a mega-flower afghan -- whatever suits your fancy -- and you'll know exactly how it will look when you are finished.  As always, crochet designer extraordinaire Claire Montgomerie has exceeded our wildest dreams!

50 fun floral granny square designs in a stylish card deck, perfect for on-the-go crochet.

Innovative and completely visual, this card deck of 50 blooming gorgeous grannies will help you mix and match successful colour and design combinations every time you pick up your hook.

• The sturdy, stylish box contains 50 colorful cards, each with a fabulous floral granny square to make, mix and match. On the front of each 4 x 4in card is a color photograph of the finished granny square, while on the back you’ll find a crochet stitch chart that shows you how to work the square, along with joining advice and any other helpful information you need. Simply lay out the cards to easily mix, match and create your own design combinations.
• Also within is a 32-page booklet, which contains a comprehensive step-by-step guide to reading and understanding crochet charts, with four side-by-side examples of pattern and chart instructions to get you started. You’ll also find advice on working three-dimensional flowers, choosing yarns and hooks, 2 different methods for joining your squares together, and guidance on color placement and arrangement so that you can achieve color success every time.
• The perfect tool to help you mix and match granny square designs for any handmade project, select a few cards or slip the whole deck into your bag for on-the-go crochet. Each square is made using the same hook and yarn weight and is the same finished size, so that the squares can be joined together in any combination with ease.
• With 50 colorful floral designs to choose from and customize, this fun and versatile card deck is the ideal gift for any crocheter, and perfect for visual learners

We love a gnome here at Chattanooga Yarn Company, and this book is chock full of the charming little critters!  Knit yourself a whole community of Gnomes, give them as gifts to friends who need a little pick me up, and make yourself and all your friends a little happier with these sweet little friends!

Discover 8 enchanting little gnomes to knit, from popular knitting designer and gnome enthusiast, Sarah Schira.

In the depths of Grimblewood forest, tucked away under rustling pine and spruce trees, you’ll find the Grimblewood gnomes: an eclectic and kindly bunch, ready to welcome anyone who rambles their way. From Gnorri, the skilled gardener tending to the Ancient Oak, to Gnoddy, who loves a cup of acorn and chanterelle tea, here is a charming circle of gnomes to knit and befriend…


Need-to-gnome:

• Discover all the materials and notions you need, as well as all the necessary know-how, including how to block, stuff and assemble your gnomes to create their distinct personalities.
• Each gnome has their own distinguishing features: choose from hats with earflaps, cablework, tassels or whimsical curled tips; choose outfits with colorwork details, stripes or cabling; create majestic beards with corkscrew curls or delicate loops, or even add some beard pockets!
• Suitable for confident knitters, the book contains all the necessary colorwork and cable charts, along with Sarah’s ‘Chart of Everything’: the ultimate guide to calculating the yarn weights you need for each and every gnome.
• Every gnome is made in two weights of yarn – fingering (4-ply) and light worsted (DK/8-ply) – so you can knit your chosen new friend in a small or medium size. Or both!
• Advice is given on how to adapt your gnomes to make them child-friendly, if you wish to make friends for the little ones in your life.

A comprehensive collection of stitch patterns from knitwear designer Wendy Bernard

Stitch dictionaries are one of the most valuable references on a knitter's bookshelf, holding all the information needed to begin a project, hone your skills, and expand your knitting mastery. In the truest sense, a stitch dictionary is a resource and wealth of information—filled with the basics to get you started, the classics you rely on, and even some new stitches that stoke your creativity. In her newest book, The Ultimate All-Around Stitch Dictionary, Wendy Bernard packs all the stitch patterns you could ever wish for into a single, handy new volume.
  
Featuring all the great content from the Up, Down, All-Around and the Knitting All Around stitch dictionaries, Bernard presents patterns for top down, bottom up, back and forth, and in the round knitting. With all of the stitches you want in one place along with new patterns places, this book is among the must-have dictionaries out there—and a new format and lower price point make it even more irresistible.

Start crocheting your own colorful granny squares with this all-in-one kit—includes a project book, a hook, a needle, and two colors of yarn.

Granny squares are to crochet what pieced squares are to quilting. Originating with pioneer women using up precious scraps of yarn to make blankets for their families, granny square patterns have been handed down from one generation to the next—and now’s your chance to take part in a little bit of that history.

The Granny Square Kit offers crocheters of all skill levels more to love about granny squares. Author and designer Margaret Hubert shows you the amazing versatility and variety of this portable and convenient technique of crocheting square by square.

Kit includes:

• 32-page project book
• Yarn (2 colors)
• Crochet hook
• Plastic needle

With the fully illustrated project book, you’ll learn:

• Crochet basics like the single and double crochet and general techniques like slip knots, chain rings, and whipstitch seams
• Stitch instructions, with symbol diagrams or finished photos, for 12 unique squares such as the Classic Granny, the Dogwood Flower, the Butterfly Garden, and Sophia’s Star
• Guidance and ideas for designing your own granny square projects

Just as Margaret learned from her grandmother and mother and then passed the skill down to her daughter and granddaughter, you will find new uses and artistic ways to interpret granny squares. This kit has everything you need to crochet granny squares and create beautiful projects with hooks and yarns.

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