When Bad Things Happen to Good Knitters: Revised, Expanded, and Updated Survival Guide for Every Knitting Emergency

This is a humorous and entertaining book about knitting and it is jam-packed with good information, advice, and knitting trivia. I can see a knitter taking this on a plane trip to read during a long flight. It is pleasant chit-chat and has the feel of a long conversation with a very nice friend with whom you share an interest or a passion.Nested therein (in no particular order) are many valuable insights and tips and common sense advice gained through years of knitting experience. I suggest you highlight any bit of wisdom you want to remember, otherwise you will never find it again. The authors just jot down everything that occurs to them in what ever order it pops into their heads. Your heads may not work the same way.What it is NOT is "an emergency survival guide." When "bad things happen" the last thing you want is paragraph after paragraph of badly indexed wit. The authors have not ever heard the phrase "cut to the chase." You do, eventually, find the part that tells you how to pick up a dropped stitch or whatever other emergency you've managed to get yourself into but, in the process, your level of stress has risen rather than diminished.For my particular (low) level of expertise, I didn't find the text as clear and illuminating as I would have needed. The illustrations, too, are rather unhelpful. They are drawn black-and-white closeups of loops and needles but no sequence is presented. Most are a single closeup of the here-and-now that give you no sense of what happens next or what went wrong.If the book was called "Helpful Hints from One Knitter to Another" I would have given it 5 stars and an exclamation point. The fact that the title implies that it's a 911 for inexperienced knitters and then turns out not to be particularly helpful for that subgroup of knitters is the reason I took off two stars.

This is a wonderful book. It has some great hints and tips on how to correct mistakes, but also how to avoid them in the first place. The writing style is very readable. It is laugh out loud funny in many spots. I like that the authors share their own mistakes as well. The reason I can't give it 5 stars is the lack of an index! It is so frustrating that I won't be able to actually *find* the fix when I need it. Why would a company release a reference book without an index? I understand the book is worth reading from cover to cover. However, when I make a mistake, I want to correct it quickly. I don't want to have to browse the entire book to find the correct passage with the helpful information. Please, when there is a reprint, put in an index! I would probably buy a new edition for that alone. As it stands, I will reach for Knit Fix first because it has an index. I don't think the information is as comprehensive overall, but I can find the info I am looking for quickly.

A great reference book

Ahza Moore is a seriously gifted knitter. I was lucky to take a knitting class with her eons ago and Moore's deep knowledge clarified every step. I got the feeling that she truly, madly loved to knit and enjoyed inspiring others to learn. Writing instructions is an art in itself, and the book is an enjoyable read and easy to understand. Love Moore's story about her young student who kept making mistakes while learning to knit a hat, and helping turn those missed stitches into a "success". The book has an index (one of the first places I look) and bibliography to help answer areas the authors didn't cover. I like this book so much I'm giving it (or the updated one) to friends for the holidays.

I purchased two copies of this book. I am a knitter and have knitted for years but there are some great ideas I did not know about and the one I gave as a gift was greatly appreciated for the same reason. There are ideas that probably should be in Learn How books but I have never seen them. Dropped stitches: I always seem to drop another stitch as I try to fix it but now I know how to stop it from going down further in the piece thanks to this book. It really is a great book for new knitters and experienced knitters. There is so much useful information I highly recommend it for all knitters. Glad I bought it!

This is a great book for beginner and intermediate knitters. It is amusing and reassurring to those agonizing over a dropped stitch or some other flaw. I borrowed it from my local library and found it so informative and entertaining that I read it in bed just as I would a novel. I bought it for christmas gifts for 2 members of my knitting group and now I must have one for myself. It is a good reference book, a go-to book for help when you discover an error in your knitting, and helpful techniques I've not found in other knitting books. The authors have included amusing ancedotes from their own knitting mishaps.

I have recommended this book to several beginning knitters. They usually use me as a resource but I told them that this book would help them when I am not around. It explains the "why" as well as the "how" in many cases. And I love the give and take between the two authors, very much like the interaction between me and one of my more perfectionist friends. In other words, this book is fun to read and allows your some freedom to do things less than perfectly if you want. "there are no knitting police."

I purchased the book because I met the author (Azha Moore) on the Amtrak. I really bought because of our meeting but I was really pleased and surprised. I am an experienced knitter but found the hints and the stories very relevant. There are some very great hints and ideas shared in this little book. I think given the price, the size and the information shared this is a steal and a necessary item in a knitters library. Love it.

I cannot recommend this little gem highly enough. It's been able to answer every single query that's come up (and there's been a lot since I started knitting!).It's like having your mum with you whole time you knit! Very clear, good illustrations. I feel sure I would have given up on on my projects several times over if it hadn't been for this book so THANK YOU to the authors who have saved me a fourtune in wasted wool and my saved my sanity!

help my grandaughter a lot

Useful book, bought for my wife.

It was a hit with the knitter in my house

Funny!