- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Collins & Brown; New edition edition (1 July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1855856298
- ISBN-13: 978-1855856295
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 20.6 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 746,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Harmony Guides are a series of highly pr actical, illustrated guides to hand knitting and crochet exp laining basic techniques from start to finish. This volume i s a comprehensive pattern library of hundreds of stitches fr om very simple to intricate. '
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If a stitch drops off the needle it is usually easy to pick it up immediately, even if it has slipped through to the row below. Read the first page
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Resource,
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This review is from: 450 Knitting Stitches: Vol. 1: Vol. 2 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)
At the beginning of all the Harmony Guides there is a very good and clear introductory page with all the techniques you need to know to create any of these stitch patterns. Whether or not you are a beginner or experienced.There are plenty of stitch patterns to choose from edgings, lace, lace panels, cables, rib, knit and purl. The photographs for each stitch pattern are in colour. There are no charts in this particular book, but there are written instructions, but you can easily convert them into charts if you wish using graph paper. The Harmony Guide 250 Creative Knitting Stitches does have Charts as well as written instructions. These guides are wonderful just to browse through and knit a swatch or two, which I have done and there have been no errors, to see if it is suitable for a particular garment you would like to create. As there are no garments to knit in this book I would also purchase The knitter's Handy book of sweater patterns and The Knitter's Handy Book of patterns both by Ann Budd to compliment these guides. I have collected most of the books in the series and found them good value for money and an asset to my library. Happy Knitting
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An Essential Stitch Guide for Knitters,
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This review is from: 450 Knitting Stitches: Vol. 1: Vol. 2 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)
I have an earlier edition of this volume. The advice, tips and abbreviations given are invaluable, particularly to beginners, though I believe even the expert knitter or 'would be' designer will find this book to be an excellent tool.Using many of the stitches outlined in this book, I used up a quantitiy of different coloured and textured wools to make a striped sweater. Starting with a sleeve, working sideways on, across the body and down the other sleeve. I picked up stitches around the neck and sleeve ends, working ribbed cuffs. The colourful and textured effect brought many compliments. Without this book I would have been at a loss as to know what stitch to use next. It encourages experimentation and using different stitches can transform any old pattern to produce something new and different.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (21 customer reviews) 23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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A good back up stitch guide,
By Carol Peterson Hennekens - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 450 Knitting Stitches: Vol. 1: Vol. 2 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)
As a knitter advances past the "blind following" of patterns, a good stitch directory is an invaluable item for designing patterns -- even if it's just the pattern for a scarf. This is one of several stitch directories in my library. It isn't my favorite but I still use it regularly. What I like about this book is the photography of the samples. Other books may (and often do) explain the actual working of the pattern better (Barbara Walker's Treasuries come to mind) but you have to be attracted to a pattern/stitch to even want to try it. This is a very good resource when looking for a stitch that strikes your fancy. Of the various volume in this series, this is certainly the most useful for everyday knitting. The other books have some neat fancy stuff but when it comes to relatively basic stitches, this is a handy book to have on the shelf. 22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
good resource,
By Brenda Jo Mengeling - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 450 Knitting Stitches: Vol. 1: Vol. 2 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)
450 knitting stitches provides a very good resource of different knitting stitches. Color photos of samples of each pattern clearly show what the stitch should look like. The book is divided into sections: knit and purl patterns, ribbings, cables, all-over laces and lace panels. I have found it very useful for decorative stitches for hats, scarves and washcloths (I'm not yet up to designing my own sweater, but there are several stitches here that would look great in a sweater). The number of stitches in the pattern repeat is right at the top of each pattern, which makes looking for specific repeat number very easy. There are no charts, only written directions, but they are very clear.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I can understand these patterns!,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: 450 Knitting Stitches: Vol. 1: Vol. 2 (The Harmony Guides) (Paperback)
As an "advanced beginner," I was having trouble finding a reference book that could make clear to me the how to's of different stitches. I love this book with its clear illustrations and huge variety of knit and purl patterns. I can't wait to get started on each of the 450!
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