Book Description

Knitted Gifts offers more than 30 projects for any occasion: birthday, anniversary, thank-you, get well, bon voyage, a new baby, Christmas, and more.

Learn to create garments and accessories for the entire family as well as gifts for four-legged friends and the home, ranging from beautiful hats, bags, scarves, socks, mittens, and gloves, to unique gifts such as a felted oven mitt, napkin rings, baby blocks, a hobby horse, a catnip mouse, a car-seat friendly baby bunting, floral ballet shoes, and much, much more. Included are classic to contemporary inspired projects designed by a variety of top knitwear designers including Nancy Bush, Mags Kandis, Pam Allen, Véronik Avery, Chrissy Gardiner, Marta McCall, Kathy Merrick, Kristin Nicholas, Ann Budd, and others.

About The Author

Ann Budd is book editor for Interweave Press and former senior editor of Interweave Knits. She is the author of The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns and The Knitter's Handy Book of Sweater Patterns. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Reviews

Knit Today
Jan 2010 Most knitters use their hobby to create gifts for others, and if you're looking for some new ideas to try, this is a great collection for you. Knitted Gifts offers over 30 contemporary project ideas for different occasions, such as birthdays, anniversaries, new babies and Christmas. Gifts include bags, socks, oven mitts, napkin rings, baby blocks, a catnip mouse, ballet shoes and more. When writing this book, Ann Budd asked knitters to come up with unusual and inspired projects that they would like to give, and this is a collection of the best ideas. But that doesn't mean that you have to hand all of your knitting over once it's finished... perhaps you deserve a nice knitted gift yourself.