Status
Available
Description
A traditional knitting technique gets a new and easier spin, so that even beginners can master the process. This comprehensive course features themed tutorials, complete with handy practice exercises, as well as simple instructions, charts and 24 fabulous projects. Start with a basic square pillow and as skills build, move onto the Starburst Shawl, Bulls-eye Hat and Pinwheel Purse.
Publication
Lark Books (2005), 128 pages
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ISBN
1579906494 / 9781579906498
User reviews
LibraryThing member BoPeep
Excellent guide to mitred squares and beyond. Using a modular technique you can create garments that look like patchwork without seaming! Always useful...
LibraryThing member OKGLibrary
This is the first of the reviews of a new batch of books acquired by our guild library. Aline has been hard at it reorganizing the library and its borrowing and returning systems. I have been blessed with the task of looking at the acquisitions and sharing my views on these with you. So. First up:
She uses mostly painted yarns and her techniques eliminate the ‘patching’ we often see in traditionally knitted items. And because the work is multidirectional, a scarf, for instance, is less likely to stretch and become long and narrow, which can happen with one made using garter stitch. There are patterns for scarves, shawls, hats, purses, vests, one airy number with holes in the centre of each square, an afghan, and a table runner.
I’ve not done a lot of modular knitting, so I’m no expert on the comparison between this and the ‘usual’ techniques. This book shows a continuous knitting technique and eliminates cutting and picking up. All stitches remain live on the needle. I gave myself a mini-course trying out all her preliminary preparatory exercises so that I could see how difficult they would be and how clearly the instructions are written. I succeeded, but not always on the first try. I needed to pay close attention. My only recommendation would be to do all the exercises in a plain yarn, as multidirectional, multicoloured is a bit confusing for the first time student of these techniques. A neat book but, not for the faint of heart.
Jacqueline Biéler, November 2008
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Modular Knits, new techniques for today’s knitters. By Iris Schreier. Lark Books. 2005.She uses mostly painted yarns and her techniques eliminate the ‘patching’ we often see in traditionally knitted items. And because the work is multidirectional, a scarf, for instance, is less likely to stretch and become long and narrow, which can happen with one made using garter stitch. There are patterns for scarves, shawls, hats, purses, vests, one airy number with holes in the centre of each square, an afghan, and a table runner.
I’ve not done a lot of modular knitting, so I’m no expert on the comparison between this and the ‘usual’ techniques. This book shows a continuous knitting technique and eliminates cutting and picking up. All stitches remain live on the needle. I gave myself a mini-course trying out all her preliminary preparatory exercises so that I could see how difficult they would be and how clearly the instructions are written. I succeeded, but not always on the first try. I needed to pay close attention. My only recommendation would be to do all the exercises in a plain yarn, as multidirectional, multicoloured is a bit confusing for the first time student of these techniques. A neat book but, not for the faint of heart.
Jacqueline Biéler, November 2008
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Original language
English
Original publication date
2005