“eNOTE To allow for diagrams to be as large and legible as poss ble, only the stitches in the pattern repeat are shown in cach chart, with the exception of certain patterns where a particular number of rows are necessary to establish the pattern at the beginning and are never repeated. The edge stitches and extra stitches required for symmetry are detailed in the text accompanying each chart. First published in French by Editions MARIE CLAIRE in 2005 © 2005, Editions Marie Claire — Société d'information et de Créations — SIC Art direction: Thierry Lamarre Stitch research: Ludivine Mantel Instructions: Danielle Debarbiewx English trandation: Georgina Bitcon Photography: Studio VDM [studiovdm@voils fr) Knitting consultant, Phildar Yarns: Nadine Lefebvre Concept: Michel Stéfani Design: Rampazzo & associés Editorial assistant: Adeline Lobut This edition published in 2007 by Murdoch Books Pty Limited wwvimurdochbooks.com.att Murdoch Books Australia Pier 8/9, 23 Hickson Road, Millers Point NSW 2000 Phone: +51 (0) 2 8220 2000 Fax: +61 (0) 2 82202558 Murdoch Books UK Limited Erico House, 6th Floor North, 93-09 Upper Richmond Road. Putney, London SW15 2TG Phone: +44 (0) 20 8785 5995 Fax: +44 (0) 20 8785 5985 Chief Executive: Juliet Rogers Publishing Director: Kay Searleet Designer: Jacqueline Richards Project manager and editor: Janine Flew Production: Maiya Levitch Cover photography: Natasha Milne English text copyright © Murdoch Books 2007 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system oor transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, “without the prior written permission of the publisher National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data 400 knitting stitches, ISBN 9781921208355 [pbk) ISBN 1 921208 35 X (pbk). 1. Knitting, 746.432 Printed by Midas Printing (Asia) Ltd in 2007 PRINTED IN CHINA4 Knitting basics 12 Knit-purl stitches Crossed stitches and cables 140 Slipped stitches 224 Double stitches Twisted stitches Cast-off stitches Fancy stitches 170 Lacy stitches 250 Symbols