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Title: The Sweater Workshop: Knit Creative, Seam-Free Sweaters on Your Own With Any Yarn by Jacqueline Fee, Jaqueline Fee ISBN: 0-89272-533-8 Publisher: Down East Books Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you knit, you need this book
Comment: I've knitted for years. But I found this book really useful for the following reasons:
1. The sweater "sampler" is a fun project to learn decreases, increases, the effect of types of ribbings on shape, how to do edgings and more--all in one handy reference project. When it's finished, it looks like a fish that mated with a windsock but that makes it fun to mystify your friends. Hang it proudly where people can see and exclaim over it.
2. You can knit any sweater you like--cardigan, pullover, raglan, using a percentage system that Jackie Fee explains (based on the original by Eliz. Zimmermann.)
3. You can knit anything in any yarn in any gauge and size you want. So this is a great thing for designers and those who spin their own yarns.
I can't think of anyone who knits who wouldn't benefit from this book. It should be a "must" in your knitting library. I hoarded my copy and was really glad to see this back in print because now I can share it with my friends who want to learn.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Rating: 5
Summary: Must-have for sweater knitters, beginner and otherwise
Comment: I'm a new knitter and had made a few sweaters in patterns from various sources - this book (almost) makes we want to throw every other book and magazine away. The sweater I made with Fee's instructions (and I admit - shamefaced - that I didn't do the sampler first) came out with a finished look and a great fit, which can't be said of my previous attempts (though they're wearable and I love them). Best of all, I acquired more skills and insight with this one sweater than I did in all my previous knitting. I will continue to peruse other books and mags, but just for ideas for variations to apply to Fee's basic instructions.
:-) But first I'm going to do the sampler!!
NOTE TO PUBLISHERS: Can you see we're all annoyed when you don't make books available in spiral-bound format?? Sure, we seem to buy them anyway ... but you're not doing yourselves any favor by forcing craftspeople to struggle with books that don't open flat. Ditto for cookbooks. (A spiral-bound format for this book was supposedly published, but just try to find one!)
Rating: 5
Summary: wish I had this from the beginning!
Comment: I have been knitting for 2 plus years now, taking lots of classes in all sorts of techniques, going to conferences , etc...
I have really become rather smitten with this whole needleart process,,,,,,,,, needless to say I now have 3 wonderful grandbabies to knit for!
That said, I have also purchased many ( far to many!) books on kntting patterns,,,many will be be sold now,
(some will be kept simply for design inspirtation,)
I wish I had this book from the beginning! It would clearly have saved me a LOT of dollars (spent needlessly ), searching out patterns that FIT everyone I knit for! ( vests for my husband, some nice pullovers for me, etc)
With this book ALONE you can knit for EVERYONE! The author respectfully gives credit where credit is due,,and that is to the late Elizabeth Zimmerman and her unique math formula for creating a sweater that FITS anyone!
Why didnt I get it when I already own most of the E. Zimmerman books? It is quite simply because this author CLEARLY explains the method, ( to the point of creating a full page for one to work out the "math") and goes much futher into sleeve type, width, and truly makes this whole process far easier for those of us that do not like or are intimidted by the "math".
I get it! I REALLY DO! This system ,once explained as simply as this author did,, is SO understandable, ( to a non "math" person like me!) that it hardly makes sense anymore to create sweaters any other way (unless you are not concerned with an accurate fit!)
Fit is not the only thing discussed in this book,,numerous options are laid out for one to create their own sweater ,,,,do you want a sweater with a V neck and picot lace edging? OR,,,,,maybe a more tailored cardigan for the sweetheart in your life?
Anything goes! I read that someone critiqued this and said these were out of date " boxy " styles,,,
if that is the opinion taken, they have missed the entire point of the book! YOU pick the style,,,YOU pick the yarn,,,YOU pick the guage ,,,,,YOU design the entire sweater!
It does not get more unique than this!
Even for a "new" knitter,,,I WISH that I had seen this book sooner! What it took for me to see this was a class in designing your own sweater for me to see this book!
FAR TOO LATE FOR ME! ( I have some very expensive mistakes in the closet!)
Any knitter, new to the process, or a well seasoned knitter will benefit greatly from this book,,,
funny thing tho,,,,I have been to several knitting conventions where many new books are sold, by many authors,,,,and I have NOT seen this book at all,,,
just wish I had this book right from the start,,
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Title: The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns: Basic Designs in Multiple Sizes & Gauges by Ann Budd ISBN: 1931499047 Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Knitting Without Tears : Basic Techniques and Easy-to-Follow Directions for Garments to Fit All Sizes by Elizabeth Zimmerman ISBN: 0684135051 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 July, 1973 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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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: The Knitters Book of Finishing Techniques by Nancie M. Wiseman ISBN: 156477452X Publisher: Martingale & Co Inc Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Knit Stitch (The Knitting Experience, Book 1) by Sally Melville, Alexis Xenakis, Xrx Press ISBN: 1893762130 Publisher: XRX Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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