For the very first time, the best of Vogue® Knitting is gathered in one gorgeous, must-have anthology. Practical, comprehensive and inspiring, this richly illustrated treasury presents invaluable workshops on beginner and expert techniques, as well as smart tips on the design process. Look no further for advice on proper gauging, altering patterns, sketching and scale-drawing, hemming, stitching sleeves, shaping the garment, jumper-making and more. And available again, from beloved knitwear designer Elizabeth Zimmermann and daughter Meg Swansen: their most memorable essays and seminars ever. In addition, theres a look back at Vogue® Knittings history, question and answer profiles of top designers and articles on knitting around the world. Every knitter will have to own this!
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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful
By Movie Buff
Format:Hardcover
As long as you know what this book is, you'll be very pleased with it. Note the subtitle very carefully - 25 Years of Articles, Techniques, and Expert Advice. It's a collection of articles from 25 years of Vogue Knitting magazine, written by their most impressive contributors - lots by Meg Swansen and by her mother Elizabeth Zimmermann, some by Mary Lynn Patrick, Barbara G. Walker, and single ones by Melanie Falick, Barbara Albright, Lily M. Chin and others. It contains a lot of information about techniques and unless you're actually Meg Swansen, you will learn a lot from it. There are profiles of some knitting designers too, female and male.
What it isn't is a sumptuous collection of photographs of gorgeous knitted garments that compel you to pick up the needles, or patterns for fabulous sweaters; there's little to drool over here. However, it is designed like a sumptuous picture book and not as something to be read, which is why I've taken a star off. It uses a typeface which is too small to read comfortably but which takes up a lot of space, not a good font for text, and most of the headlines are in pale colours like custard yellow or sage green. Some of the instructions which accompany the illustrations (which are very clear) are in tiny type, surrounded by lots of white space - this is the wrong way round.
All of the articles have references so that you can find the original if you have the complete run of issues of the magazine: this has been done thoroughly and makes the book a very useful partial index to the magazine itself. The book also has a good index.
I think it's going to be very useful to me and I'm looking forward to reading it more carefully, but I wish it was going to be easier to read, and to refer to when I have needles in my hands.
What it isn't is a sumptuous collection of photographs of gorgeous knitted garments that compel you to pick up the needles, or patterns for fabulous sweaters; there's little to drool over here. However, it is designed like a sumptuous picture book and not as something to be read, which is why I've taken a star off. It uses a typeface which is too small to read comfortably but which takes up a lot of space, not a good font for text, and most of the headlines are in pale colours like custard yellow or sage green. Some of the instructions which accompany the illustrations (which are very clear) are in tiny type, surrounded by lots of white space - this is the wrong way round.
All of the articles have references so that you can find the original if you have the complete run of issues of the magazine: this has been done thoroughly and makes the book a very useful partial index to the magazine itself. The book also has a good index.
I think it's going to be very useful to me and I'm looking forward to reading it more carefully, but I wish it was going to be easier to read, and to refer to when I have needles in my hands.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read the previous review, which I was accurate and excellent, and on the strength of it, bought the book.
It was an excellent choice. What I liked particularly was that each of the articles made me think about what I was doing, or proposing to do. I am an accomplished knitter but am always seeking ways to improve so that I become the wearer of a unique and beautiful knit. The articles in the book are written are by the top names in the knitting world; but even so, you can tell that they have been written by true knitters who have followed their onw knitting journeys, and lived through the ups and downs along the way. None of the articles is patronising in any way; none of them come across as boastful. I enjoyed reading about Elizabeth Zimmermann's Moebious Ring neckline, and Mari Lynn Patrick's Easy Sleeve Pickups.
The drawbacks are few: it's an American book and the terminology is all-American. The print font is very small and that, together with sub-headings printed in the palest of mustard and grey, plus the sheen on the paper, does mean that this is a book that you set time aside to read, rather than having a page open when you have your latest project in your hands. Its larger than a typical hardback book, and weighs accordingly.
I wish we had similar in the UK.
It was an excellent choice. What I liked particularly was that each of the articles made me think about what I was doing, or proposing to do. I am an accomplished knitter but am always seeking ways to improve so that I become the wearer of a unique and beautiful knit. The articles in the book are written are by the top names in the knitting world; but even so, you can tell that they have been written by true knitters who have followed their onw knitting journeys, and lived through the ups and downs along the way. None of the articles is patronising in any way; none of them come across as boastful. I enjoyed reading about Elizabeth Zimmermann's Moebious Ring neckline, and Mari Lynn Patrick's Easy Sleeve Pickups.
The drawbacks are few: it's an American book and the terminology is all-American. The print font is very small and that, together with sub-headings printed in the palest of mustard and grey, plus the sheen on the paper, does mean that this is a book that you set time aside to read, rather than having a page open when you have your latest project in your hands. Its larger than a typical hardback book, and weighs accordingly.
I wish we had similar in the UK.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the kind of book that you might pick up if you can't pick up your needles. As the previous reviewers have said, there are lots of articles about different aspects of knitting and profiles of designers. There is a page on knitting in literature, for example, with a very funny poem by Ogden Nash. It is not the sort of book you would have by your side whilst knitting - it is not a reference book - but you might learn about techniques that you haven't tried before - turkish cast on, for example. A drawback of the book is that, once you have read it for the first time, I doubt that you would go back to it again.
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