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

Your knitting lifeline for every dropped stitch, twisted cable, and tangled skein.

No matter how experienced you are, mistakes happen—and this witty, wise, and wonderfully practical guide is here to help you fix them. From miscounted rows to colorwork chaos, When Bad Things Happen to Good Knitters offers calm, clear solutions to the most common (and uncommon) knitting disasters.

In this newly revised and expanded edition, beloved knitting mentors Marion Edmonds and Ahza Moore share their decades of experience with humor and heart. You’ll find step-by-step fixes, smart prevention tips, and even a few patterns to help you practice your skills.

Whether you’re tackling lace, cables, or your first sweater, this book will help you get back on track—and remind you that every knitter makes mistakes, but great knitters know how to recover from them.

Learn how to make:

• Mosaic mitts
• Streamer scarf
• Lace sampler wrap
• Fair Isle pillow of many colors
• Updated cable beanie
• Deliberate drop-stitch scarf

Between them, Marion Edmonds and Ahza Moore have 119 years of knitting experience. As partners in KnittingTogetherNYC, they have made knitting their livelihood, giving private knitting lessons and teaching at SoHo's Purl yarn store. They contributed patterns to Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson and develop patterns for magazines. This is their first book.