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The Secret Life of Yarn

From Sheep to Sweater — Everything the Label Won’t Tell You

Polish edition: Sekretne życie włóczki →

Your sweater grew a size in its first wash. The hat that felt kitten-soft in the store itches. Your socks wore through in a month.

In most of these stories, nobody made a mistake in the stitches. The needles were fine, the pattern was fine, the hands were fine. Something else let us down: we didn’t know what we were really holding.

This is a book about the material we knit with — the journey of yarn from the sheep, the field and the cocoon all the way to the sweater you wear for years. Your guide is Skein: the voice of every skein in the world, telling you what happens to it — shearing, dyeing, the store shelf, the needles, the bath and the first wash. Alongside it: solid, checked facts, clearly kept apart from experience.

• Four parts: Look, Choose, Make, Wear — from raw fiber, through shopping and knitting, to washing, storing and mending
• 25 at-home “Lab” experiments — the loop test, the wrist test, the felting test, the washed swatch. Each one honest about what it can’t tell you
• How to read a ball band — fiber content, yards per 100 g, dye lot and care symbols — and how to choose a substitute for the yarn in a pattern
• Wool, alpaca, cashmere, mohair, cotton, linen, silk, rayon, acrylic, nylon — how they differ in the strand, in the fabric and after washing
• Traps on the shelf — softeners that wash out, words with no definition, “bamboo” that is really rayon, price per skein instead of price per yard
• A beginner’s knitting school — casting on, knit and purl, picking up dropped stitches, lifelines — with clear line drawings
• Blocking, washing, moths and mending — duplicate stitch, woven darning, replacing a sock toe
• Fiber Atlas — 21 quick-reference cards to check at the yarn shop
• Appendices — swatch and project cards to copy, a formula cheat sheet, CYC yarn weight and needle size tables, a US/UK glossary and an index
• Every measurement in US units, with metric alongside

This isn’t an encyclopedia or another pattern collection. It’s the book after which a skein stops being just a color and a price, and buying yarn stops being a lottery. For knitters who are just starting out, and for those who have knit for years and are still surprised by what a wash does to their knitting.

Look. Choose. Make. Wear.

In Polish

Sekretne życie włóczki

Od owcy do swetra — wszystko, czego nie napiszą na banderoli

English edition: The Secret Life of Yarn →

The Polish edition of “The Secret Life of Yarn” — the same book in Polish, with metric units and a Polish–English glossary. 223 pages.

In English

The Knitted Home

Modern Knitting for Your Interior

Polish edition: Dom na drutach →

A handsome basket in a photograph and a basket that actually stands on a shelf are two different things.

Knitting is a mesh of loops that slide against one another — wonderful in a sweater, hopeless in a container. A basket is not supposed to stretch. A basket is supposed to stand. This book is about what photographs never show.

No patterns to fit, no body measurements. Things for the home have to fit objects you already own — your cushion pad, your shelf, the gap between bath and basin. So there are no fixed stitch counts: every project gives a formula you convert to your own yarn, needles and hands, followed by a worked example.

• 32 projects across six areas — living room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hallway and seasonal
• Six constructions: flat rectangle, seamed tube, knit-and-felt, joined modules, stuffed forms, ribbed tube
• Felting — knitting that stands on its own, needs no lining and never frays
• Yarn chosen for the load it carries, not for softness in the shop
• Standard measurement tables, yarn quantities by weight, blocking and repairs
• “Make and Sell” — pricing and photographing, with explicit permission to sell what you make
• An honest time count on every project — from a 90-minute dishcloth to a fortnight’s blanket

Understand the six constructions once, and you will also make things that are not in this book. Every measurement in both systems — 6–8 mm (US 10–11), 40 × 40 cm (16 × 16 in), 400 g (14 oz).

Measure. Calculate. Begin.

In Polish

Dom na drutach

Nowoczesne dzierganie do wnętrz

English edition: The Knitted Home →

The Polish edition of “The Knitted Home” — the same 32 projects in Polish, with metric units. 117 pages, 40 illustrations.

In English

Your Knitting Journey

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Knitting

Every knitter you admire once sat exactly where you are now — holding two needles that felt like chopsticks, wondering how anyone turns a ball of yarn into something beautiful.

Knitting looks complicated from the outside. It isn’t. Every knitted item in the world — from a simple dishcloth to an intricate sweater — is built from just two stitches: knit and purl. Learn those two, and everything else is a variation. This book assumes you know nothing. Not a single stitch.

Most people don’t abandon knitting because it’s hard — they give up because they bought the wrong yarn or chose a project far beyond a first attempt. That’s why this book begins before the first row.

• Getting started: exactly which needles, which yarn, which few tools — and what not to buy yet
• The fundamentals: casting on, Continental and English style, knit and purl, binding off
• Building fabric: garter, stockinette, ribbing, seed stitch, decreases and increases
• A whole chapter on fixing mistakes — dropped stitches, tinking, frogging, mystery holes
• Gauge and blocking explained simply, including the one fibre you must never steam
• Six complete projects — from a 1-hour dishcloth to a garter blanket
• Reference: glossary, abbreviations, needle conversions, yarn weight chart, notes pages

Every measurement in both systems — 5 mm (US 8), 22 cm (8½ in), 50 g (1¾ oz). Where UK and US terms differ, both are given.

Cast on. Everything else follows.

In Polish

Sweter z historią. Sztuka drugiego życia włóczki

Znajdź. Rozpleć. Stwórz na nowo.

That grey sweater in the charity shop costs a few coins. Inside it hide several hundred metres of pure merino — and a story that doesn’t have to end.

Fine yarn gets more expensive every season, and the piles of worn clothing grow even faster. What if we looked at old sweaters differently — not as things to throw away, but as a mine of precious yarn? Sweter z historią is a calm, elegant step-by-step guide to the art of upcycling yarn.

• Where and how to find sweaters with a brilliant fibre content — and how to read labels, including foreign ones
• How to estimate by eye how many metres of yarn a sweater will give
• Calm techniques for unravelling, straightening and caring for reclaimed yarn
• How to join yarn without knots and organise your own “yarn library”
• Projects by time — from one evening to a weekend, with an honest hour count
• The art of visible mending, which turns a flaw into decoration

Not another pattern collection. A story about how things carry histories — and we are their next chapter.

In Polish

Series • Volume 1

Para Drutów. Miejsce, w którym ludzie zostają

Powieść o pracowni włóczki, ciepłej Warszawie i ludziach, którzy wracają sercem szybciej niż nogami.

Tosia quit her corporate job and opened a small yarn studio at 27 Hoża Street. She didn’t know yet that it would become a second home for people who had lost their way in their own lives.

Mrs Teresa — seventy-three, unable to talk about her husband since he died. Marek — a retired historian who spent forty years in his older brother’s shadow. Sara — who ran from the altar and had nowhere to go back to. Adam — a single father trying to handle everything alone. And many others who didn’t even know what they were looking for.

A novel about how a small place can save a big life. About Warsaw, which at five in the afternoon looks like midnight. About small miracles and people learning to find their way back to each other. And at the end — a letter nobody expected.

In Polish

Planner Dziewiarski PDF — 76 stron do druku

Your knitting story — ready to print. Instead of loose notes and calculations on the back of receipts, you have ONE PDF file that you print exactly when you need it.

• 10 advanced techniques: Fair Isle, intarsia, brioche, lace, short rows, cables, magic loop, entrelac, steeking, blocking
• For every technique: step-by-step instructions, swatch cards, a calculation page and a project card with a progress tracker
• 76 full-colour pages — 6×9 inch format, ideal for printing at home or at a print shop
• Print as much as you like — buy once, use for years
• A “Mistakes and lessons” section to record what you learn

In Polish

16 Pięt do Skarpetek

The heel is the heart of a sock. The wrong one pinches, slips and wears through. The right one makes a sock fit perfectly.

This book gives you 16 proven ways to knit a heel — from the simplest to advanced. Each is described step by step, with a photo, a size table and fixes for the most common mistakes.

• 16 heels with step-by-step instructions
• A system for matching the heel to your foot
• Size tables for 5 sock circumferences (48–80 stitches)
• Supporting techniques: wrap & turn, German short rows, grafting
• The most common mistakes and how to avoid them
• A Polish–English glossary in every chapter

In Polish

Nowoczesna Baza

This book grew out of one wish — to knit things you actually wear. Not for special occasions, but for every day.

“Nowoczesna Baza” is a capsule collection of 12 knitting projects that make up a coherent, minimalist set of garments and accessories.

• Oversized sweater, button cardigan, vest, basic top
• Midi dress, skirt, hat, shawl and cowl
• Fingerless mitts, headband and shopper bag
• Detailed step-by-step instructions for every project
• Clear construction diagrams and stitch charts with a legend
• Size tables and practical knitting tips

In Polish

Prosto z drutów

An essential guide for everyone who loves knitting. The author shares years of experience and her love of yarn, presenting a wide range of stitch patterns — from simple to complex.

Detailed step-by-step instructions, inspiring photos of the patterns and practical tips for every skill level.

In Polish

Odkryj swoje twórcze moce

Creative knitting patterns with charts — an inspiring book for anyone who wants to grow their creativity through the art of knitting.

It contains a variety of patterns with detailed charts that let both beginners and experienced makers create unique projects that reflect their personality.

In Polish

Idealna krawędź na drutach

7 proven ways to stop stockinette from curling. Has your beautiful knitting ever started rolling up at the edges? It’s a very common problem — and it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.

• Why edges curl, explained
• 7 effective ways to stabilise them (garter stitch, i-cord, folded hem and more)
• Clear photos and step-by-step examples
• Tips on when to use each method