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Title: Sculptured Knits: 48 Timely Designs Inspired by the Decorative Arts of the 20th Century by Jean Moss, Elaine Rowley ISBN: 0-9646391-9-X Publisher: XRX Books Pub. Date: December, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Different! Not your usual knitting book
Comment: Every knitting designer focuses on different techniques and style. Sasha Kagan and Kaffe Fassett are known for color work, Alice Starmore for Aran and Fairisle inspired design with an Scottish flair. Jean Moss' book is very interesting, in that it concentrates on texture and form, rather than color.
It is unusual to find knitting books with tailored, sculpted patterns. So this book stands out in that it has patterns that are a departure from the huge, shapeless bulkies of today's haute couture, or the classic jumpers that are featured in many other books. If you love shape and texture in knitting, you will not be disappointed.
The best thing about this book is the use of Colinette yarns in some of the designs. These designer yarns are gorgeous, handpainted, textured, and matched for working together. It isn't always easy to visualize how to use them, and it's wonderful to have some patterns to show them at their best.
Rating: 5
Summary: Challenging but beautiful
Comment: I am an experienced knitter but haven't done anything in the past years - on one hand because I am too busy - on the other hand because I was searching for something challenging that also looked nice when finished. Well, I search no more. This book gives me all that I need: challenge, beautiful designs and a pretty result that I can wear, give away or have in my home and enjoy. You will not find the usual bulky sweater in this book and the designs are thought through and very artful. I am sure, I will keep knitting things from this book for the next few months and I will keep this book as a very special knitting design book. I have not seen such designs anywhere else yet and would love to see a sequence of sculptured knits soon.
Rating: 4
Summary: Gorgeous Designs
Comment: I'm not yet a good enough knitter to make most of these, but it's waaay more inspiring than any other pattern book I've seen. Usually I'm lucky if a book has two patterns that I can imagine wearing more than once; this one I keep paging through and sticking new notes to.
I count 17 patterns for women, 8 for men/teenage boys, 1 unisex jacket, 9 for kids, and 11 for the home (including shawls). The flap says there are 48 patterns total, but I can't figure out what that last one is. Of these, there are 15 patterns that I'd very much like to try and only 4 garments that I hope never to see on anyone, anywhere. There are 17 that I'm pretty sure I _could_ make given my current skill level (I've knitted one scarf and 1-1/2 sweaters, all quite plain); almost none of these happen to be the ones I _want_ to make, so I have a strong incentive to learn to do stuff other than knitting and purling.
Most of the patterns are shown in more than one color, which is helpful if you tend to immediately dismiss a pattern that's in a color you dislike--or to get excited about one that's in your favorite color, whether it would look good on you or not. I had to stick Post-its over the heads of some of the models, but the photographs in general are lovely. XRX makes beautiful books.
I'm very glad I bought this book but have docked it a star because (a) I wish there were some kind of difficulty ratings on the patterns, and (b) the range of sizes is small and vague. I have a feeling the size L will fit snugly on me (I wear a US 14-16), and there's no XL.
Note that there are alternate photos of a few pieces (Fortuny, Lalique, Tiffany, and Klimt) on Jean Moss's web site, jeanmoss.com, where you can order a kit for any project from the book. There _are_ difficulty ratings for some of the projects there: everything I assessed as "difficult" is rated "average" or medium." The ones I considered "doable" are marked "easy."
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Title: Jean Frost Jackets: Fabric, Fit, and Finish for Today's Knits by Jean Frost, Elaine Rowley, Alexis Xenakis, FrostJean ISBN: 1893762157 Publisher: XRX Books Pub. Date: 28 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Knitting Experience: The Purl Stitch (Knitting Experience Series, Book 2) by Sally Melville, Alexis Xenakis ISBN: 1893762149 Publisher: XRX Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Knitting with Beads : 30 Beautiful Sweaters, Scarves, Hats & Gloves by Jane Davis ISBN: 1579902502 Publisher: Lark Books Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Knitting on the Edge : Ribs * Ruffles * Lace * Fringes * Floral * Points & Picots - The Essential Collection of 350 Decorative Borders by Nicky Epstein ISBN: 1931543402 Publisher: Sixth & Spring Books Pub. Date: 28 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Jean Moss Book of World Knits by Jean Moss ISBN: B00013AG0U Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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