Wire Knits

by Heather Kingsley-Heath

Do you love knitting, but tired of making things out of yarn? Make some fun jewelry and other accessories with your knitting needle, using wire and beads. You don’t even need to be able to do much more than simple stitches to make necklaces, scarves, bracelets, bags, corsages and more.

This has definite appeal to anybody who thinks that knitting is a slow way to make anything (ie., a beginner like myself), and who thinks that no outfit is complete without several accessories. Let out your inner child to play with a knitting “dolly,” and make some fun tubular jewelry…you don’t even have to limit yourself to conventional knitting to do this which ensure a wider appeal. This is not the usual type of craft book with a lot to say about the materials, as most of them need little or no introduction. As long as you know how to “cast on, knit, purl and cast off,” (none of which is shown in this book) you can make anything in the book. I particularly liked the section on healthy advice at the back, telling you how to be a fitter knitter, and sort out problems such as eyestrain, backache, etc., to ensure a long knitting life. The projects themselves have clear instructions (but not the type with lots of staged illustrations) and are attractive and modern, crying out to be customized by anyone who has mastered the basics. This is a useful and user-friendly primer for anybody who wants to learn how to knit with wire.

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