Knitting 24/7: 30 Projects to Knit, Wear, and Enjoy, On the Go and Around the Clock

125 Pages·2010·75.498 MB·English

by  Veronik Avery, Thayer Allyson Gowdy

HATS, SCARVES,
SOCKS, BAGS,
MITTS, AND MORE
FOR BUSY,
PASSIONATE
v KNITTERS y
VERONIK AVERY
PHOTOGRAPHS BY THAYER ALLYSON GOWD
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF KNITTING CLASSIC STYLE
KNITTING24/7
K N I T T I N G 2 4 / 7
HATS, SCARVES, SOCKS, BAGS, MITTS, AND MORE FOR BUSY, PASSIONATE KNITTERS
VERONIK AVERY
Photographs by Thayer Ailyson Gowdy
Styling by Karen Schaupeter
STC CRAFT I A MELANIE FALICK BOOK NEW YORK
Published in 2010 by Stewart, Tabori & Chang
An imprint of ABRAMS
Text copyright © 2010 by Veronik Avery
Photographs copyright © 2010 by Thayer Allyson Gowdy
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Avery, Veronik.
Knitting 24/7 / by Veronik Avery ; photographs by Thayer Allyson Gowdy.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-58479-844-6
I. Knitting—Patterns. 2. Dress accessories. 3. Sweaters. I. Title.
II. Title: Knitting twenty-four seven.
TT825.A845 2010
746.43'2041-dc22
2009029919
Editor: Liana Allday
Designer: Anna Christian
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The text of this book was composed in Shinn and Promemoria.
Printed and bound in China
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CONTENTS
introduction 9
a.m. 12
p.m. 50
weekend 8k
appendix 120
• special techniques 122
• abbreviations 124
¥ yarn sources 126
• acknowledgments 128

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INTRODUCTION
Monday, 3 p.m.: One woman is squeezing in an extra errand
before picking up her children at school, another sprints to a
meeting, while a third leads a yoga class. They all have different,
busy schedules, but they're all passionate knitters, determined
to find time to knit.
I relate to these women—as a knitwear designer, writer, and
mother, I'm often multitasking and, in the midst of it all, I like
to knit as much as I can. In fact, I always take a project with me
wherever I go, just in case I am able to find a few minutes to work
a few rows. The truth is I'd like to be knitting 24/7—that is, all the
time. When I have a project in my bag, I don't even mind a long
commute or having to wait in line—in fact, I even get excited
knowing that a stretch of uninterrupted knitting time awaits me.
I often have many projects going at once, but I make sure
they are diverse in size and complexity to suit a variety of
circumstances. For instance, I have the luxury of space while
I'm at home and don't mind if my project takes over the couch
and the coffee table, but a sprawling project like this won't work
on the subway. And just as I wouldn't wear mittens in July I
wouldn't knit a heavy wool shawl poolside during the summer.
Similarly, I wouldn't take a multicolored yoked sweater to one
of the very social knit nights that I enjoy with my friends.
I designed the projects in Knitting 24/7 to be portable and to
make use of our "extra" time—those nooks and crannies in
our lives when we are busy, yet our hands are free to practice
our craft. Many of us like to knit while we travel, wait, watch,
or listen, and times like these call for projects that can be easily
stowed in a bag and contained in our laps. They also call for
easily memorized stitch patterns so that charts are not needed
once the pattern has been established. For instance, the lace
pattern in the Arrowhead Kneesocks (page 47) requires only a
4-round repeat, and the complex appearance of the diagonal
mesh in the Linen Market Bag (page 71) is created by working
a very simple openwork pattern and then repositioning the
beginning-of-round stitch marker every sixth round. Projects
like the Fleur de Lys Hat (page 87) include colorwork, but with
only two different shades of yarn to avoid tangles.
Almost every project in this book is small and can be com
pleted quickly, giving even the busiest knitter a sense of
accomplishment. Plus small knitted items are perfect gifts
that are universally beloved, and at the same time require
little yarn. I also included a few larger projects that I consider
"mindless knitting" for times when there is room for a bigger
project but one's focus cannot be on a chart or stitch pattern.
Circular knitting is one of my favorite ways to knit mindlessly.
The Elemental Pullover (page 67), for example, is knitted
circularly from the bottom up in Stockinette stitch, providing
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