Sixth & Spring is a publisher of needlecraft books including knitting books, crochet books, sewing books, craft books and beauty books. Sixth & Spring’s parent company is SoHo Publishing, which also publishes Vogue Knitting magazine, KnitSimple magazine and other similar publications of interest to yarn-loving, fiber-loving people.

I’m a huge fan of Sixth & Spring books — in particular, of Sixth & Spring knitting books. I’ve reviewed many of this publisher’s books, and I highly recommend all of them. I invite you to check out the Sixth & Spring knitting books I’ve reviewed, which are listed below:

1. Seed Stitch: Beyond Knit 1, Purl 2

Do you think of the seed stitch as being one of knitting’s most boring stitches? If you’re a longtime knitter, you probably learned this stitch when you were a beginner, and perhaps you used it to knit beginner’s projects when you were new to the craft. If that’s your mindset, you might just be astonished when you see all the creative, innovative things you can actually do with the humble seed stitch. Let Seed Stitch: Beyond Knit 1, Purl 1 be your guide to finding bunches of different colorwork and texture stitch patterns you can knit, simply by varying the seed stitch in interesting ways. This book is part stitch dictionary and part pattern book; included in the book are some amazing projects you can make with the seed stitch knitting variations you’ll learn.

Learn More About This Book:

• Click here to find my detailed book review of Seed Stitch: Beyond Knit 1, Purl 2
• Click here to shop for Seed Stitch: Beyond Knit 1, Purl 2 at Amazon.

2. Dimensional Tuck Knitting

Can you wrap your head around what might happen if you could pin-tuck a piece of knitting in much the same way that you’re able to create pintucks and pleats on fabric? Just try to imagine it for a moment. This isn’t just a wild fantasy, because you can actually do that!

Get ready to have your mind blown when you see how this works!

If you’re looking for a truly innovative, creative, ground-breaking knitting book, this is it; you’ve found one.

If you enjoy working on richly-textured knitting projects, you are going to LOVE this. The texture can sometimes resemble cables in a way, but it also looks like its own unique thing.

Dimensional Tuck Knitting is a knitting technique book, project book and stitch dictionary, all combined into one volume. The projects are all chic, sophisticated, and appealing. The short version of my book review of this title: Buy the book. It is more than worth its asking price.

Learn More About This Book:

• Click here to check out my detailed book review of Dimensional Tuck Knitting
• Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.com.

3. Vogue Knitting Shawls and Wraps 2 by the Editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine

Do you enjoy knitting intriguing, lovely shawls that you could wear out with eveningwear, career attire, and casual wear? Would you like to easily acquire a fabulous new and varied collection of shawl knitting patterns? Would you be interested in trying bunches of interesting knitting techniques like double knitting, lace knitting, cable knitting, drop stitch knitting, chevrons, waves and bargello knitting? Yes? If so, this book is one you’ll likely be interested in checking out.

The patterns in this book were all vetted by the editors at Vogue Knitting magazine. The patterns are diverse, offering you bunches of different style aesthetics and multiple ways to advance your knitting skills. Whether it’s a stylish new wrap you want or a mesmerizing new knitting challenge to captivate you, this book delivers appropriate inspiration in a thoroughly enjoyable format.

Learn More About This Book:

• Click here to check our our book review of Vogue Knitting Shawls & Wraps 2.
• Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.com.

4. 60 Quick Knits for Little Kids

If you have a frequent need for baby shower gifts, or someone in your family is expecting a new arrival, this is a knitting pattern book I’d highly recommend to you. The book includes knitting patterns for creating just about any of the knittable items a toddler might need, with the exception of socks and footwear. You’ll find an outstanding selection of patterns for knitting young children’s clothing including hats, scarves, sweaters, dresses, mittens, ponchos and more. There are appealing designs for both boys and girls, some of which are unisex and some of which are not.

In a world where baby knitting patterns are broadly available but adorable, usable toddler and children’s clothing patterns are slightly more challenging to come by, this book stands out as being a really fantastic find.

Learn More About This Book:

• Click or tap here for my full-length book review of this title.
• Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.

5. 60 More Quick Baby Blankets: Cozy Knits in Cascade Superwash Yarns

If you’d be interested in knitting one or more baby blanket patterns, this book is exactly what you need. You’d want to pick this book over other competing titles for a few different reasons:

• Many competing pattern books would only give you in the neighborhood of 20-25 patterns for this price –but this book gives you a whopping 60 patterns! Folks, that’s a spectacular value for the money you’re spending here.
• This book gives you such a delightful variety of patterns that you’ll be spoiled for choice. Whether you want to explore colorwork techniques, or make a solid-colored afghan — whether you want to try new textured stitch patterns, or stick to ultra-easy stockinette stitch, this book will offer you suitable choices.
• The projects featured in this book are all truly appealing. They look like they’d be worth the investment of time and yarn.

Learn More About This Book:

• Check out our detailed book review of 60 More Quick Baby Blankets.
• Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.com.

6. 6,000+ Pullover Possibilities

Designing a wearable knitted sweater doesn’t have to be an overwhelming process. In 6,000 Pullover Possibilities, noteworthy knitwear designer Melissa Leapman reveals an easy step-by-step formula for designing and knitting your own pullover sweaters. Melissa has already performed the math calculations for you, so you can fast-forward through the parts where many aspiring sweater designers get bogged down. So if you’d be interested in designing your own knitted pullovers, without having to plow through any of the math it takes to do that, this is the book for you.

Learn More About 6,000 Pullover Possibilities, published by Sixth & Spring Books:

• Click here for my in-depth book review of 6,000+ Pullover Possibilities by Melissa Leapman.
• Click here to shop for this book at Amazon.com.

These are just a few of the Sixth & Spring books I’ve reviewed here at Knittingcrochetcrafts.com. I’m always in search of fantastic new knitting books and craft books, and I update this page frequently with new reviews. Please be sure to subscribe to my knitting and crochet newsletter if you want to be alerted about even more fantastic knitting books as they become available.

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Posted By: Amy Solovay

About Your Book Reviewer — Amy Solovay is a freelance writer with a background in textile manufacturing. She learned to crochet as a small child and learned how to knit as a teenager. After earning two degrees, one of which is in textile design, she launched a career in the textile industry. She has worked as a textile print colorist, knit designer and director of design for various Los Angeles based fabric manufacturers. Later she transitioned to writing about crochet, knitting, crafts and other topics for major media outlets. She enjoys designing crochet and other craft patterns, and she invites you to make use of them.

This page was last updated on 8-4-2023.

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