24-Hour Knitting Projects

By Rita Weiss

Even if you have only one hour a day to devote to knitting, you can make any one of these chic patterns in less than a month! Twenty-four quick and easy projects for knitters at all skill levels include shawls, hats, sweaters, afghans, and other items. The simple instructions will appeal to beginners, and advanced knitters will appreciate the chance to whip up a variety of keepsakes and gift items.
Full-color photographs of the finished products illustrate the complete, easy-to-follow instructions, and a helpful "Refresher Course" covers everything from casting on to weaving in ends. Stylish and practical projects include Snazzy Scarves, Boudoir Afghan, Yummy Throw, Pocket Shawl, Snappy Scrappy Purse, plus an exciting variety of sporty caps and cozy tops.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Release date: Mar 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9780486811062

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24-Hour

Knitting Projects

Rita Weiss

DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

Mineola, New York

Copyright

Copyright © 2004 by The Creative Partners, LLC™

All rights reserved.

Bibliographical Note

24-Hour Knitting Projects, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2016, is a reprint of the work published by Sterling Publishing Co., New York, in 2004.

International Standard Book Number

eISBN-13: 978-0-486-81106-2

Manufactured in the United States by RR Donnelley

80033401    2016

www.doverpublications.com

Introduction

What are you planning for the next 24 hours?

Actually, 24 hours don’t have to come all at once. They can be eight days of three hours, three eight-hour days, or 24 days of only one hour.

What are you going to do with that time? You could clean your closets, or visit your in-laws. Maybe you’d prefer taking a bus load of kids on a school field trip, or having some root canal work done?

If none of these possibilities appeals to you, why not try knitting?

Can’t remember how to knit? Confused as to what those abbreviations and symbols mean? Spend a little time with our Refresher Course starting on page 119. Then join me on a walk through the pages of this book and select a sweater, a purse, an afghan, a scarf, or any of the other wonderful designs. Here are a wide variety of patterns that you can create in 24 hours or less to give as gifts or for your own enjoyment. Settle down with a cup of tea, a pair of knitting needles, some wonderful yarn, and let the rhythm of the stitches smooth away all your cares. Now isn’t that a whole lot better than root canal?

Each pattern lists the amount of time it took my friends to finish a particular project. So if you have only an hour to complete your work, try making a Snazzy Scarf on page 40. If you have more time and want something a little more exciting, try the Lion’s Mane Evening Top on page 16. That will almost fill up those 24 hours with purr-feet creativity.

Just remember that knitting shouldn’t be a chore. If it takes longer than the suggested time to finish your project, that’s all right too. There’s no special award for the knitter who finishes first. So whether you finish in the allotted time or twice that time, the final result will be the same: a knitted project that you can display proudly.

Contents

GALLERY OF PROJECTS

PATTERNS

REFRESHER COURSE IN KNITTING

MAKE A SPLASH

FUN AND FURRY

GLITTER AND GLITZ

LION’S MANE EVENING TOP

BOUCLÉ TOP

FORECAST FOR FALL

RIBBON FRINGE SCARF

POCKET SHAWL

YUMMY THROW

WEARIN’ OF THE GREEN

VERY SUITABLE SWEATER

LET THE WINDS BLOW

BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

DANCING DAYS

VESTED INTEREST

SNAZZY SCARVES

BOUDOIR AFGHAN

RAFFISH RAFFIA

SCARF OF MANY STYLES

SPORTY

ELEGANT BEADED SCARF

BEAUTIFUL IN BRONZE

SNAPPY SCRAPPY PURSE

JUST ENOUGH TOP

Gallery of Projects

MAKE A SPLASH

Designed by Sandy Scoville

Fashionable faux fur yarn accents a wonderful cropped top that goes everywhere in the summer. You’re sure to make a fashion statement and