Knit Simple 2007 Spring/Summer

FASHION

COVER STORY
A bevy of beachy coverups shore up your bikini confidence.

TANKS A LOT!
Play our shell game—it’s easy to win.

BOYS OF SUMMER
Surfer-dude cottony goodness. Jeff Spicoli, eat your heart out.

OLD MACDONALD HAD SOME YARN
Our menagerie of adorable amigurumi critters spring from the tip of your hook.

PINK PERSUASION
A flirty looped dress will get you everywhere. Plus: A how-to workshop.

STRIPE DREAMS
Bands of color just ripe for summer pickin’.

TINY TREASURES
Seems it is a small world after all. Plus: A baby bootie primer.

FEATURES

KNITS + THAT
Inch by inch, row by row, gotta let your knitting grow. We’ve got the goods to help make things happen.

BOOKS
The latest knit lit includes a novel, a finishing school and a field guide to surviving knitting disasters. Plus, canine craftiness and toys for kids.

ASK JIL
Renowned knitwear designer Jil Eaton provides the A’s to your Q’s.

THE GOOD STUFF
Spend some time with the proprietor of the Manhattan yarn shop Purl and author of Last-Minute Knitted Gifts. By Leigh Witchel

CHART SMART
Code-breaker Edie Eckman reveals the secrets to deciphering crochet charts. (P.S.: It’s not as daunting as it looks.)

ON-THE-ROAD RAGE
Knitting commuters are taking over mass transit, one bus and train car at a time. By Cheryl Krementz

IN EVERY ISSUE

ABBREVIATIONS AND YARN RESOURCES
LEARN TO KNIT
LEARN TO CROCHET
HERE’S HOW