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 enlarge | Author: Nancie M. Wiseman
Publisher: Martingale and Company
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 12696
Media: Spiral-bound
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 156477452X
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432
EAN: 9781564774521
ASIN: 156477452X
Publication Date: October 2002
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 This one goes in the knitting bag, not on the shelf February 25, 2003
180 out of 182 found this review helpful
First, my copy doesn't look anything like the photo here. It has a wonderful covered spiral that is very appropriate for use while you're actually knitting. I've been carying this one around with me ever since I got it. Since I've forgotten what my GM and Aunties tried to teach me when I was little, and I just recently picked up this obsession again, I consider myself to be self-taught, or book-taught. I just never learned advanced techniques, and I really need the pictures to show me what to do. There are no classes available in my little out of the way town. The lovely little church-lady expert that helps me out, well, I just don't want to bug her at 1 AM! In no time, I was doing more professional looking garments, and making items that my family will actually wear in public. They're "custom made and designed" now, not just home-made.
The book includes Cast-ons and Bind offs as well as all kinds of increases, decreases, seams, picking up stitches, borders and bands. It even has about 8 different kinds of buttonholes. Then there's the techniques that I had never heard of before: I-cord, and knitted shoulder pads, and a very unbiased discussion on the different uses of flat knitting versus circular knitting. And finally, the worksheets help get you on the right path to keeping track of what you plan on doing. An index is the only thing missing from this book.
Great Book Even for Beginners February 25, 2003
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I hesitated buying this book because I'm a novice knitter and didn't think I would need it yet. I am very happy to have it. The author gives clear instructions about the various shaping methods including pros and cons of each. She also has excellent instructions on other finishing techiques such as buttonholes and seaming. It's like having a knitting teacher at hand.
For those of us who can't make it to the finishing classes. February 11, 2003
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
...there's this wonderful little guide with easy-to-follow instructions in a convienent lay-flat sprial bound book. Looking up finishing techniques in patternbooks can be laborious, and although I can't knit withouth my Elizabeth Zimmermans or Montose Staneley's Reader's Digest Guide, I really want a quick reference for those bind-offs and cast-ons that I can page through quickly to find just the right one. A must have or great gift for knitters of ALL ages.
I would rate this a "must have". December 13, 2002
25 out of 32 found this review helpful
This is a really great book. Compact to keep in knitting bag at all times. Spiral bound so lays flat. Easy to follow concise instructions and wonderful color photographs.
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