Knitty Gritty - Knitting For Absolute Beginners

Knitty Gritty
By Aneeta Patel    
Published by A&C Black
ISBN: 978 07136 8542 8
Price: £14.99
Reviewed by Katie Powell

Aneeta Patel is a young and experienced knitting teacher who guarantees to get new students knitting in no time at all. As Aneeta herself says, “As a knitting teacher I have never failed in teaching anyone to knit in five minutes and getting them started on their first project within the first hour”. A tall order, you may think, but if her book is anything to go by, you’ll soon see why she achieves such a high success rate. Knitty Gritty is like having Aneeta in your own home!

The how-to workshops, which are written in plain English and have all been tried and tested by beginners, cover basic techniques such as casting on, decreasing, increasing and stitch patterns. Handy hints and step-by-step photo illustrations are also a great feature of this book. The eye-catching projects, which are presented in such a way that are not daunting to beginners, include hats, scarves, a hot water bottle cover, baby booties and even a necktie. I tried a number of the workshops and projects and found them to be the least confusing and best-explained beginner’s projects I’ve come across. Knitty Gritty is now my knitting bible!

Aneeta completely strips away the complications of knitting and will have even the most novice of knitters creating projects they will be proud of.