The secret to knitting great-fitting hats and shaping elegant sleeves lies in using the right increase or decrease techniques. Approachable and insightful, Judith Durant provides clear instructions and step-by-step photographs that showcase swatches for each technique. From working shaped lace to adjusting necklines, you’ll soon have a go-to strategy for successfully tackling knitting challenges of all shapes and sizes.

Book details

  • Price: $16.95
  • Other formats: Ebook
  • Size: 5.5 x 7
  • Pages: 256
  • Format: Spiral bound
  • ISBN: 9781612123318
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Judith Durant

Editor

Judith Durant is the editor of the best-selling One-Skein Wonders series, which currently includes seven volumes; the author of Cable Left, Cable Right, Increase, Decrease, and Knit One, Bead… See Bio

Take A Look

  • Sample pages.

  • Sample pages.

  • Some techniques make your shaping invisible, as in this lifted stitch increase. Image © John Polack

  • Other techniques have decorative effects, as in the open bar double increase, which adds ornament at the center of a triangle and would be good for a lace-knit shawl. Image © John Polack

  • Beyond shaping fabric, increases and decreases can be used to form lace and other textured patterns. Image © John Polack

Featured Reviews

  • Increase Decrease is the ultimate reference on shaping for every level of knitter.

    Margaret Radcliffeauthor of The Knowledgeable Knitter

  • In this great resource Judith delves deeply into the intricacies of increases and decreases, demystifying them and helping make us better, more educated knitters.

    Laura Nelkinknitting designer and author of Knockout Knits

  • The guidebook for the 21st-century knitter.

    WEBS Yarn Store Blog

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