Japanese stitch patterns are eye-catching and much sought after by devotees, but before now, they often seemed out of reach, whether locked behind Japanese-only instructions or tangled up in difficult-to-decipher illustrations. Japanese Stitches Unraveled offers 150 rare patterns inspired by these elusive and intricate Japanese stitch designs, along with fully illustrated charts, familiar symbols, and clear instructions for every single stitch. Each stitch pattern receives Bernard's unique four-direction makeover-topdown, bottom-up, back-and-forth, and in-the-round. To showcase the knitting in action, Bernard also includes instructions for six garments as well as her famous formulas for knitting without a pattern.

About the Author
Wendy Bernard is the author of The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary, Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary, and the Custom Knits series. Her popular blog, KnitandTonic.net, has a weekly readership of several thousand. Her knitwear patterns have been published online by Knitty and Stitch Diva Studios and in print in Interweave Knits and Knitscene magazines. She teaches top-down knitting in an Interweave DVD series as well as in online classes with Creativebug and Craftsy. She also teaches at local yarn shops and at Vogue Knitting Live. Her personal pattern line is distributed to yarn shops worldwide by Deep South Fibers.

Reviews
"This will be your guide to all of your long sought how-to questions pertaining to the intricate Japanese stitch patterns. Readers can look forward to learning 150 stitch patterns while reading about the culture that has inspired them." -- MarthaStewart.com



Book Information
ISBN 9781419729065
Author Wendy Bernard
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Abrams
Publisher Abrams
Weight(grams) 1060g
Dimensions(mm) 252mm * 193mm * 23mm