Status
Available
Description
Can't find the right knitting pattern? Want to produce your own designs but aren't sure how? Now it's not just possible to make original patterns, it's actually easy! All it takes are five simple steps, each laid out in this colorful resource-along with 48 pages of special knitter's graph paper to work on. First, see how to find inspiration for your work, decide on the stitches, and select the yarn. Second, learn how to put those ideas onto paper like a pro. Step three involves knitting a swatch to get a quick sense of how it will look and if your gauge is right. Then you're ready to map out the entire design. And finally-start knitting! The results are sure to be fabulous.
Publication
Hamlyn (2003), 144 pages
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ISBN
060061638X / 9780600616382
User reviews
LibraryThing member mailleanglaise
I went to a course taught by Debbie Abrahams and this book really does tell you everything you need to know about all aspects of designing and adapting knitting patterns. You would not need any other book than this for basic information and, if you are creative enough, the amount of information
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provided would be able to take you to the most advanced level. It is not as colourful as some books but the diagrams are very clear and comrehensive. Show Less
LibraryThing member Suncat
I found it very odd that the author 1) hammers repeatedly on the utility of using proportional graph paper in order to exactly work out the shapes to be knitted and 2) emphasizes (correctly) the importance of finding the exact gauge one gets with the chosen yarn and needles and stitch pattern
... and seems to completely ignore the fact that the combination of knitter, yarn, needles and stitch pattern will be unique to each project while providing multiple copies of only *one* gauge of graph paper.
I was also disappointed by the lack of the author's own designs, or much insight to her own use of her own design process. I'm glad that I only borrowed this from the library first rather than buying it outright.
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...... and seems to completely ignore the fact that the combination of knitter, yarn, needles and stitch pattern will be unique to each project while providing multiple copies of only *one* gauge of graph paper.
I was also disappointed by the lack of the author's own designs, or much insight to her own use of her own design process. I'm glad that I only borrowed this from the library first rather than buying it outright.
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Original language
English