# Looking for knitting book **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854 "2009-11-08T23:37:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/1 "2009-11-08T23:37:37Z")
I am looking for a knitting book titled(I think) _Upside Down Sweaters_ for my mother. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/2 "2009-11-08T23:50:28Z")
Check that stack of books in the spare bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/3 "2009-11-09T00:10:48Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Check that stack of books in the spare bedroom. But I’ve already looked through my stacks of porno five times! But maybe you’re right-I’ll go look through them again. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/4 "2009-11-09T00:34:44Z")
Do you mean [Top-Down Sweaters](http://www.amazon.com/Top-Down-Sweaters-Knit-Bottom/dp/1564776972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257726840&sr=1-1), perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/5 "2009-11-09T00:47:58Z")
Or possibly [Knitting Sweaters From The Top Down](http://www.save-on-crafts.com/topdown.html). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/6 "2009-11-09T00:59:12Z")
Mom’s already got those two books. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/7 "2009-11-09T02:06:15Z")
[Knitting from the top](http://www.amazon.com/Knitting-Top-Barbara-G-Walker/dp/0942018095)? (it really is a different book than the other two.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/8 "2009-11-09T02:17:19Z")
It’s really more of a booklet, but [The Upside Downside Cardi Book](http://www.rareyarns.com.au/freeknittingpatterns.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/9 "2009-11-09T04:20:07Z")
Not those, but since she doesn’t have those, she says thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/10 "2009-11-09T15:24:00Z")
[I found this, which I is not a book, through GIS.](http://www.thisnext.com/item/344EAE62/DEE04A8C/Slow-and-Steady-Wins-the-Race) [And another](http://www.brookandlyn.com/blog/?p=1015) ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/11 "2009-11-09T16:19:05Z")
[Knit on Down](http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=31159)? [Custom Knits](http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=31125)? (I swear by this one, it’s awesome!) Is your mom into roller derbies? [Knockdown Knits.](http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=31128) (I don’t know if there’s any top-down patterns in that book or not, it was just too fun not to include.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/12 "2009-11-09T16:41:31Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > [Custom Knits](http://www.knitpicks.com/cfbooks/book_display.cfm?ID=31125)? (I swear by this one, it’s awesome!) It looks awesome – I’ve added it to my Amazon wish list. ---
**Author:** ![badbadrubberpiggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@badbadrubberpiggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badbadrubberpiggy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-knitting-book/516854/13 "2009-11-09T16:59:54Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > It looks awesome – I’ve added it to my Amazon wish list. It IS awesome - I just started [Ingenue](http://www.flickr.com/photos/stitchdiva/3008096259/) this weekend, I’m hoping to finish it so I can actually wear it for Thanksgiving. What about [V Neck Raglan Upside-Down Sweaters for All](http://www.oldsaratogabooks.com/si/018366.html)? Do you know if it’s an older or newer book?