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In Review
Knit Fix: Problem Solving for Knitters
by Lisa Kartus
Reviewed By Marie Stroughter

Reading this book is like taking a class. In fact, it was “déjà vu all over again” when I read it, because I had just taught a class on fixing mistakes a few weekends before reading the book, and she had many of my tips virtually verbatim!

This 111-page book lays flat for ease of use and covers the gamut from basic mistakes like dropped or twisted stitches, to bigger issues like uncrossed or mis-crossed cables and colorwork mistakes.

There are seven chapters:

Ø Your Knitting Philosophy

Ø Knitting Foundations

Ø Fixes You’ll Use Again and Again

Ø Troubleshooting

Ø Solving Problems Before They Grow

Ø Extreme Fixes: Altering When You’re Done Knitting

Ø Test-Driving

The book also includes a section on the basics of knitting as well as a guide to common errors.

The book offers excellent drawings and photos of actual knitted swatches. The text walks you through each fix along with what I call “roadmaps” to help you identify what you need to do and where you should do it!

A must for every knitter’s library; you’ll find that you turn to it time and time again. This book is a great help for both novices and experts alike.

Interweave Press
111 pages
Hardcover
$19.95
ISBN: 1-59668-011-3

Marie Stroughter is Black Purl Magazine’s Managing Editor and an avid knitter and crocheter.
She serves as Manager of Education and Good Works for the upscale knitting studio,
Knitting Arts, in her native California, and also teaches there. She is enrolled in the Master Hand Knitting Program
offered by The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA), and was recently elected President of her local TKGA Guild.
In her spare time, she enjoys homeschooling her son (who also knits!); assisting with the work of the church
where her husband serves as minister; and of course, knitting!