- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Taunton Press Inc (1 Jun 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1561582514
- ISBN-13: 978-1561582518
- Product Dimensions: 28.6 x 24 x 1.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,137,378 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Each chapter of this knitting book features a basic design that has been modified to fit adults and children. These designs are based upon a theme that allows the knitter to create sweaters that are individual but similar for all the family.
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These three sweaters feature twisted knit stitches that travel to create little heart motifs. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
These three sweaters feature twisted knit stitches that travel to create little heart motifs. Read the first page
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4.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
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Surprised by how much I liked it, 22 Nov 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Close-knit Family: Sweaters for Everyone You Know (Hardcover)
Often a knitting book tries to have something for everybody, but it can be disappointing when you spend $20 to $30 on a book and there might be one thing that you like enough to make. I expected that from this book, perhaps because the last few books of this kind that I purchased weren't as satisfying as expected, and so I was happily surprised. I don't have a family, so the aspects of knitting sweaters for children are lost on me, but it is actually a great idea to have coordinating sweaters that are not identical. This prevents the "clone" look to family dressing. The women's and men's sweaters are varied (some vests, some cardigans or pullovers) and most are very nice and creative. None are too difficult to make. Different types of fibers are represented. The photography is attractive and the instructions laid out clearly. The yarns used are also easy to locate for purchase. A very nice book.
40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Knitting Design Primer as well as a Pattern Book, 11 Mar 2000
By A Natural Knitter - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Close-knit Family: Sweaters for Everyone You Know (Hardcover)
This is a very nice collection of sweaters that are eminently knittable, as well as being wearable by all family members-babies, children, teenagers, and men, as well as women. Melissa Leapman has designed 14 "families" of sweaters, employing just about every knitting fabric style except pictorial Intarsia (unless you count Argyles as intarsia, which I don't, since I LIKE argyles and I HATE Intarsia!)The sweaters are aimed at both the beginning and long-time knitter. However, it wasn't until I analysed the sweaters GROUP BY GROUP that I discovered the REAL value of this book . Melissa is *very* inventive in taking a single motif or stitch pattern and using it very differently in each of 3 sweaters. She doesn't merely assign different trim, closures and necklines for each sweater. Sometimes a motif might be used as an allover pattern, then,in the next sweater used simply as a horizontal panel. Over and over, Melissa plays with the elements . The book is a nice primer of knitterly "variations on a theme", if you will. I LOVE variations in music, so I was tickled by this as well.
This book has also helped me to think outside my own box. When I get an idea for a sweater (or a cable or something) and I usually neglect to WORK THE IDEA! Then I page through this book again and am inspired by the unlimited POSSIBILITES that knitting design presents. No matter how many sweaters I end up knitting from this book (and there *are* several that I am considering), I figure the book cost me a WHOLE LOT LESS THAN A KNITTING DESIGN WORKSHOP, *and* I ended up with a hard cover, 4 color "hand-out" in the process!
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
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Great variety of designs, good for various skill levels, 14 Oct 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Close-knit Family: Sweaters for Everyone You Know (Hardcover)
I recommend this book. What I liked best was the variety: styles for children, women, and men; fine, medium, and bulky yarns; colorwork and texture; fitted and baggy. Something for everyone! Includes excellent color photographs and charts for the patterns.
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