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Title: New Directions In Knitting by Jeanne Stauffer, House of White Birches ISBN: 1-882138-96-1 Publisher: House of White Birches Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: great new directions, lousy art direction photography
Comment: There are some really interesting techniques, and some interesting sweater construction in this book. If you are interested in expanding your horizons in sweater construction this is a good book. If you need to be inspired by great looking models standing in beautiful landscapes (such as the Rowan books and magazines) this is not the book for you. If you can look beyond the terrible color combinations the seventies style backgrounds and makeup on the models to learn some new techniques then this is the book for you.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great variety of patterns--unconventional contruction!
Comment: This book does live up to the editor's description & title: none of the sweaters are knit in the conventional waist to shoulders direction. There are 36 patterns by 15 designers, many of whom are familiar from their designs in Vogue Knitting, Knitters, and other knitting publications. The patterns are mostly for women but there are a few designs for children and men as well.
The variety of knit directions include: side-to-side, top-down, patch-work/strip knitting, knitting center panels with stitches picked up on the side to complete, knitting from the bottom up and continuing over the shoulders to the back (with no shoulder seam), knitting a separate side-to-side yoke and completing with the body knit downwards.
All of the sweaters are knitted in Plymouth yarns, since this publication is a collaboration of House of White Birches and Plymouth Yarn Company. However, they generously provide all yarn specifics (weight, fiber content, yardage) so that you may easily substitue your own yarn choice. Most of the sweaters are knitted in either worsted or DK with a couple of chunky designs included.
Out of the 36 patterns, I counted 14 (not including a couple of really cute little kids' patterns) that I personally would try myself which is pretty good considering that this is a book aiming to appeal to a general audience as opposed to a specialized one by gender, age, style, type of knitting. And even if I hadn't cared for any of the patterns, this book is worth it just for giving alternate ideas on contructing sweaters.
All in all, this book has a permanent position in my knitting library!
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Title: The Green Mountain Spinnery Knitting Book: Contemporary and Classic Patterns by Margaret Klein Wilson, Green Mountain Spinnery ISBN: 088150579X Publisher: Countryman Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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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: Folk Bags: 30 Knitting Patterns & Tales from Around the World (Folk Knitting Series) by Vicki Square ISBN: 193149925X Publisher: Interweave Press Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Weekend Knitting: 50 Unique Projects and Ideas by Melanie Falick ISBN: 1584792914 Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Pub. Date: 03 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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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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