Knitting Without Tears
by Elizabeth Zimmermann · Elizabeth Zimmermann
Elizabeth Zimmermann's guide to knitting sweaters, hats, and mittens by proportion rather than line-by-line patterns, introducing her percentage system and seamless circular construction so knitters can design garments that fit using their own gauge and measurements.
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