--- product_id: 3141131 title: "Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)" price: "€ 20.48" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/3141131-elizabeth-zimmermanns-knitters-almanac-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace store_origin: HR region: Croatia --- # Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) **Price:** € 20.48 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) - **How much does it cost?** € 20.48 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/3141131-elizabeth-zimmermanns-knitters-almanac-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description "One of America's most ingenious and creative knitters." — Barbara G. Walker, author of Treasury of Knitting Patterns. Elizabeth Zimmerman once wrote, "So please bear with me, and put up with my opinionated, nay, sometimes cantankerous attitude. I feel strongly about knitting." Perhaps her passionate opinions, as well as her love of wool craft and her delightful style, hark back to her English upbringing or long residence in the Wisconsin woods; in any case, the "Busy Knitter," as she calls herself, is one of the most charming and informative, as well as "un"ventive (her word) knitter-authors anywhere. This book gives full scope to her tireless imagination through a year's worth of projects, fitted to the seasons, moods, and needs of knitters who would like to design their own work. The year begins with an Aran sweater and proceeds to February baby things, a March Shetland, April blanket, May mittens, and so on through the months, completing the zodiac with November moccasin socks and a December last-minute wishbone sweater. Projects are completed in the midst of canoe trips, fishing expeditions, travel, and snowstorms. The author continuously comments on the project, its history, other ancient and modern customs, and personal beliefs. Mrs. Zimmerman works step by step with the reader, suggesting alternative methods and ideas as she goes. Her patterns are "classic," historically suited to wool, thus remaining ever-fashionable as well as tasteful and attractive. The knitter may easily adapt the designs at will, creating new, individual projects. Mrs. Zimmerman's hints (such as how to measure gauge when working a pattern and tips for baby's items) help ease the way and will instruct even the most experienced knitter. This corrected edition of the Knitter's Almanac will provide at the very least a year's worth of knitting pleasure to intermediate and advanced knitters and may even help stimulate a knitting passion. Review: Knitter’s Almanac: The Third Leg of Her Famous Book Triad - Calling all HKers! This book, Knitter’s Almanac (KA), is a 150-page paper-back-sized book, first written in 1974 (and with necessary corrections made in stitches and patterns in later editions like this 1981 edition), by Elizabeth Zimmermann (EZ). KA is actually a calendar filled in with 12 HK projects – 1 per month. KA, along with The Opinionated Knitter (TOK [Please read my review: https://www.desertcart.com/Opinionated-Knitter-Elizabeth-Zimmermann/dp/0942018265/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 The Opinionated Knitter ])and the Knitting Workshop (KW [Please read my review: https://www.desertcart.com/Elizabeth-Zimmermanns-Knitting-Zimmermann-1981-12-01/dp/B017MYPOCA/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmermann (1981-12-01) ]) make up a mighty triad of great knitting books by the late maven, master knitter EZ. This book, like her others, sprinkles in parts of her own life with her husband (whom she affectionately calls ‘Old Man’) and her 3 children in a 1-room schoolhouse in Wisconsin (after the couple immigrated to the US from Europe right before WWII). TOK and KW give a lot more details about their lives. KA lays out a great 1-year curriculum for creating 12 knitted projects. This book contains some black and white photo and pattern-stitch graphics, but much less so than those in TOK and KW. At the end of KA, is a 6-page Appendix, with black and white stitch – needle graphics. There is also a 2-page Index following this section. As with the patterns/ lessons learned in KW, EZ set up her patterns and curricula and also arranged them in KA, from simple to complex. The 12 patterns/ chapters of this book are: 1. A Aran Sweater; 2. Some Babies’ Things; 3. Difficult Sweater (Not Really); 4. Mystery Blanket – Weaving; 5. Mittens for Next Winter; 6. Borders, Small Stuff for Summer Knitting – 3 Hats; 7. A Shawl: Good Travel Knitting, One-Row Buttonhole; 8 Christmas Fiddle-Faddle in the Wilds; 9. Nether Garments; 10. Open-Collared Pullover; 11. Moccasin Socks; and 12. Hurry-Up Last Minute Sweater (my favorite pattern in this book). This book, plus TOK and KW, should be on the bookshelves of all HK and EZ enthusiasts – as an integrated book about HK, but also a highly interesting book by a knitting genius who wants every HKer to ‘play’/ experiment, themselves, to develop their own new stitches and patterns. Review: Best knitting bang for the buck! - This little book of a pattern for each month is the best money any knitter can invest in a knitting book. Good gift item for a new knitter or a secret sister in your knitting club, that is if your knitting pal does not already own it! (check her Ravelry page!) Some of these patterns have been adapted into other patterns by other designers for their techniques. The Pi Shawl (July) is an innovative way for designing a circular or half circular shawl based on the mathematical pi. It is one of those "Ah ha" moments when you read the instructions. And then you realize that knitting a round circular shawl does not have to be that difficult. Another favorite is the February Baby Sweater. As a baby sweater, it is a cute quick knit. This has been adapted for an adult pattern, and is a favorite on the knitting website Ravelry. For a long time, I discounted the EZ philosophy, but once I started reading her down to earth writing and instructions, I realized that this is what knitting was about. It is a practical art. Knitting should not be made so hard as to cause anyone heartburn. EZ was all about taking a lot of the mystery and complications out of knitting with her frankness and honesty. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #336,834 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #250 in Textile & Costume (Books) #550 in Knitting (Books) #574 in Fashion Craft | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 612 Reviews | ## Images ![Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81zsJASRtGL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Knitter’s Almanac: The Third Leg of Her Famous Book Triad *by S***I on February 1, 2018* Calling all HKers! This book, Knitter’s Almanac (KA), is a 150-page paper-back-sized book, first written in 1974 (and with necessary corrections made in stitches and patterns in later editions like this 1981 edition), by Elizabeth Zimmermann (EZ). KA is actually a calendar filled in with 12 HK projects – 1 per month. KA, along with The Opinionated Knitter (TOK [Please read my review: https://www.amazon.com/Opinionated-Knitter-Elizabeth-Zimmermann/dp/0942018265/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 The Opinionated Knitter ])and the Knitting Workshop (KW [Please read my review: https://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Zimmermanns-Knitting-Zimmermann-1981-12-01/dp/B017MYPOCA/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Workshop by Elizabeth Zimmermann (1981-12-01) ]) make up a mighty triad of great knitting books by the late maven, master knitter EZ. This book, like her others, sprinkles in parts of her own life with her husband (whom she affectionately calls ‘Old Man’) and her 3 children in a 1-room schoolhouse in Wisconsin (after the couple immigrated to the US from Europe right before WWII). TOK and KW give a lot more details about their lives. KA lays out a great 1-year curriculum for creating 12 knitted projects. This book contains some black and white photo and pattern-stitch graphics, but much less so than those in TOK and KW. At the end of KA, is a 6-page Appendix, with black and white stitch – needle graphics. There is also a 2-page Index following this section. As with the patterns/ lessons learned in KW, EZ set up her patterns and curricula and also arranged them in KA, from simple to complex. The 12 patterns/ chapters of this book are: 1. A Aran Sweater; 2. Some Babies’ Things; 3. Difficult Sweater (Not Really); 4. Mystery Blanket – Weaving; 5. Mittens for Next Winter; 6. Borders, Small Stuff for Summer Knitting – 3 Hats; 7. A Shawl: Good Travel Knitting, One-Row Buttonhole; 8 Christmas Fiddle-Faddle in the Wilds; 9. Nether Garments; 10. Open-Collared Pullover; 11. Moccasin Socks; and 12. Hurry-Up Last Minute Sweater (my favorite pattern in this book). This book, plus TOK and KW, should be on the bookshelves of all HK and EZ enthusiasts – as an integrated book about HK, but also a highly interesting book by a knitting genius who wants every HKer to ‘play’/ experiment, themselves, to develop their own new stitches and patterns. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Best knitting bang for the buck! *by D***O on September 23, 2009* This little book of a pattern for each month is the best money any knitter can invest in a knitting book. Good gift item for a new knitter or a secret sister in your knitting club, that is if your knitting pal does not already own it! (check her Ravelry page!) Some of these patterns have been adapted into other patterns by other designers for their techniques. The Pi Shawl (July) is an innovative way for designing a circular or half circular shawl based on the mathematical pi. It is one of those "Ah ha" moments when you read the instructions. And then you realize that knitting a round circular shawl does not have to be that difficult. Another favorite is the February Baby Sweater. As a baby sweater, it is a cute quick knit. This has been adapted for an adult pattern, and is a favorite on the knitting website Ravelry. For a long time, I discounted the EZ philosophy, but once I started reading her down to earth writing and instructions, I realized that this is what knitting was about. It is a practical art. Knitting should not be made so hard as to cause anyone heartburn. EZ was all about taking a lot of the mystery and complications out of knitting with her frankness and honesty. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Make knitting your own *by R***I on August 9, 2012* This book does contain patterns. The writer "talks through" her inspiration, each pattern's significant design features and how to knit to fit a body. At the end of the chapter, she briefly summarizes it in a more traditional pattern form. But only in one size, be warned. If you are a step-by-step, highlighter-in-hand pattern slave, impatient for the next stitch count to be given to you, this is not the book for you. This is the book about knitting that I really wanted. This is the book that shows you how knit fearlessly and pattern-free, improvising, ripping and re-knitting to suit your own wishes and designs. The writer is self-deprecating, ironic and wry. She has a truly developed writing style; that is, only she could have written this book this way. I love this book. But that's because I never can and never feel the need or desire to follow a commercial knitting pattern word-by-word. If you like knitting that way, you probably would enjoy this book (but you don't need it). ## Frequently Bought Together - Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) - Knitting Without Tears: Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes - Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitting Workshop (Updated and Expanded Edition) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.hr/products/3141131-elizabeth-zimmermanns-knitters-almanac-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/3141131-elizabeth-zimmermanns-knitters-almanac-dover-knitting-crochet-tatting-lace) --- *Product available on Desertcart Croatia* *Store origin: HR* *Last updated: 2026-07-18*