Master Your Craft with These Books on Sewing, Knitting, and Crochet

Weaving together interviews, first-person essays, and artist profiles, This Long Thread explores the work and contributions of people of color across the fiber arts and crafts community, representing a wide spectrum of race, age, region, cultural identity, education, and economic class. These conversations explore techniques and materials, belonging, identity, pride of place, cultural misappropriation, privilege, the value (or undervaluing) of craft, community support structures, recognition or exclusion, intergenerational dialogue, and much more.

A Well-Crafted Home includes 60 simple, creative projects that will tailor a space to your taste. More than just “DIY” crafts, these carefully designed projects call for good materials like linen, leather, and wood so the finished product will last you a lifetime. Ranging from beginner to more advanced, each item elevates a room in a way you’d never expect, proving that even the smallest touch of handmade can make a house a home.

From durable market totes to cross-body boho bags, there’s a purse for every occasion. After mastering basic macramé techniques, discover how to add special details, such as wooden handles, metal buckles, and zippers, to elevate the style and function of your designs. With its assortment of small-scale projects, this book is great for beginners, but also provides fresh inspiration for veteran macramé enthusiasts looking to create wearable art.

Fiber and yarn enthusiasts nationwide will celebrate Ann Budd’s latest addition to The Knitter’s Handy Book series. Answering to a growing interest in knitting sweaters from the top down and knitting seamless sweaters that require little finishing, this handy book offers instructions for knitting five basic sweater types: circular yoke, raglan, modified-drop shoulder, set-in sleeve, and saddle shoulder. Patterns are offered in multiple sizes and yarn gauges and for a broad age group.

Great for new and experienced crocheters alike, Crochet Stitch Dictionary offers 200 stitches with detailed written, charted, step-by-step photo instructions that clearly explain where the yarn goes each step of the way.

Creative and calming, crafting is the perfect way to de-stress! In Crochet to Calm you’ll learn how the repetitive motion of this popular craft can not only clear your mind but also result in beautiful projects you’ll be proud to show off! Best yet? All you need is a hook and a bit of yarn to get started!

Break the rules. Knit outside the lines! AlterKnit Stitch Dictionary takes an unexpected look at stranded colorwork with 200 new motifs. These non-traditional colorwork charts are perfect for the creative knitter looking to break away from the ordinary. Derived from graphic design elements, these fresh motifs include everything from geometric mountains, waves, and spirals to modern bikes, skulls, and sheep.

Learn to sew beautiful, simple handmade clothes and begin a journey to loving the body you have. Draft patterns and sew clothes that fit your unique body! In this garment-making primer, sewing is an act of radical kindness and self-care. Learning to sew for yourself enables you to make exactly the kinds of clothes you want, and empowers you to solve the fit issues that come with buying commercial clothing designed to fit one “ideal” body type. Sanae Ishida, author of the award-winning Sewing Happiness, guides you through the process with her inspiring personal story and gentle instruction in the simple art of pattern-making and garment sewing.

The possibilities of crochet cables are endless! In this stunning collection, author and fiber artist Bonnie Barker debuts 18 gorgeous new designs for today’s crafter. From start to finish, this all-in-one guide will get you hooked on crocheting contemporary, Celtic-inspired stitches.

Feel the magic of Outlander at your fingertips with this officially licensed book of knitting with twenty projects for apparel, accessories, and home décor that take inspiration from memorable episodes. A love letter to the fans, Outlander Knitting will have you wishing you could time travel to the Highlands.

Master beginner and advanced colorwork knitting techniques in Interweave’s most comprehensive colorwork guide to date!  With chapters outlining more than a half dozen colorwork knitting techniques, The Colorwork Bible is your updated exploration of both beginner and advanced level skills with a vibrant, modern palette and inspired projects.

Offering charts and plans for making infant through adult-sized projects, this unique book provides knitters with a complete resource of more than 350 patterns for caps, tams, scarves, vests, sweaters, mittens, gloves, and socks that are written for multiple gauges to accommodate all weights of yarn from bulky to fingering.

The perfect resource for new and experienced crocheters alike, The Step-By-Step Guide To 200 Crochet Stitches offers 200 stitches with detailed written, charted, and photographed instructions.

In The Art of manipulating Fabric, Colette Wolff has set herself just this task, and she succeeds brilliantly. Working from the simplest possible form, a flat piece of cloth and a threaded needle, she categorizes all major dimensional techniques, shows how they are related, and gives examples of variations both traditional and modern. The result is an encyclopedia of techniques that resurface, reshape, restructure and reconstruct fabric.

The ultimate guide to creating and styling modern macramé projects in the home from top creative tastemaker and sought-after macramé artist Emily Katz.

A colorful and contemporary collection of stitches, crochet techniques, and projects for creating rich and appealing texture in your work.

An exquisite, full-color guide to sashiko, a simple Japanese stitching technique that uses stunning patterns to decorate or repair clothing, accessories, and home textiles.

Pulling inspiration from the Scandinavian, Nordic, and Celtic regions, this book contains 20 charming and modern projects, based on traditional knitting styles and techniques. Whether you’re drawn to the iconic colorwork of Fair Isle or Scandinavia, the chunky cables of Aran knitting, the intricacies of Shetland lace knitting, or the coziness of a Guernsey-style pillowcase, you’ll soon be reaching for your needles.