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Summary: Everything you need in one place
Review: I've been knitting for more than thirty years, and I still found plenty new to learn from this book. Anyone who's knit for a while knows that you'll often find a cast-on technique you like or a trick for making buttonholes or a timesaving tip in a magazine or book. Unfortunately, when you want to use the trick, you have no idea where it was. FINALLY, all of those tips and tricks are in one place! You'll definitely want to keep this in the bag with your current knitting project.
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Summary: must own IF you can get it!
Review: This book is incredible.
The subject matter covered is simply is clearly the widest range I have seen in any book.
Clearly it IS the best groupings of articles written thru the years for THREADS magazine
I hope to learn a lot from any and all of the articles represented in this book.
I struggle with knitting in cottons, yet have people to knit for that live in warm climates
there is even an article written on knitting with cottons that presents stitch maneauvers to help sweaters stay in shape,
little things like the twist of a certain stitch will help keep cotton from growing,,,and growing,,,and growing ( if you ever knit with cotton yarn you know what I speak of!)
that is only a small and simple sample of what is offered in this amazing book,,,
I have never seen such a grouping of talented , well respected knitting authors that have SO much to teach in one book, well,,suffice it to say,,its simply outstanding!
On the other hand,,,,,
why the outlandish pricing on this book?
I received an old used library book,( checked out numerous times,,,,),,and paid a decent and fair price for it.
I know all about supply and demand,,( we have a business,,)
but there is something to be said about taking advantage ,,,
YES,,,,
this is a book that is a treasure to own.
but,,
I would NOT pay the price that they are asking for a used book at this point
Do yourself a favor,,,,look around!
go out and look at some resale book shops before you decide on the purchase
bet you can get a book in better shape( than a used library book) and at a better price than (??) over 100$!!!! this book is not that old ( 1991 first edition) and most probably QUITE a few were printed,,,,,,and are out there,,,,,check around,,,
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Summary: A wonderful treasure trove of knitting knowlege!
Review: This book is the first in a series of reprints from Threads magazine of their knitting articles, and to my mind the best and most useful for one's knitting library. If you are beginning to explore the world of seamless sweaters, this is an especially good book, as they have articles on bottom up seamless (by Elizabeth Zimmerman, no less) and top down raglans, as well as an article on converting flat patterns to circular knitting. Even if one is not particularly interested in the subject of an article, I find that the excellent text, color photograhs and diagrams serve to draw me into it. For example an article on gloves by Deborah Newton is so attractively and accessibly done, that I'm tempted to try it someday! Also "The Oddball Sweater" a seamless sweater worked from the top down with yarn leftovers is another project I'd like to try.
There are also articles on finishing, ribbing and fitting, of interest to all knitters, and a subject index to help one access all this useful information!
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Summary: Reprinted from Threads, a good idea
Review: Threads Magazine, a premier sewing magazine, used to print fine articles about knitting. Then in the early 90's they decided to go "all-sewing, all the time" and not publish articles on knitting. Meanwhile, they had a large collection of very excellent articles written with their signature hand drawn illustrations. Fortunately, Taunton Press, publisher of Threads has seen fit to reprint these articles in several books.This book has the article on bead knitting, which has been responsible for getting MANY people addicted to this unusual form of knitting (and a vintage art, at that.) The article on fitting larger people is a classic, and relies on the Threads know-how on fitting. Some of the fashions now look a bit 80's, but even so, this is an excellent reference and well worth adding to the knitting library.
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Summary: A wonderful treasure trove of knitting knowlege!
Review: Threads Magazine, a premier sewing magazine, used to print fine articles about knitting. Then in the early 90's they decided to go "all-sewing, all the time" and not publish articles on knitting. Meanwhile, they had a large collection of very excellent articles written with their signature hand drawn illustrations. Fortunately, Taunton Press, publisher of Threads has seen fit to reprint these articles in several books. This book has the article on bead knitting, which has been responsible for getting MANY people addicted to this unusual form of knitting (and a vintage art, at that.) The article on fitting larger people is a classic, and relies on the Threads know-how on fitting. Some of the fashions now look a bit 80's, but even so, this is an excellent reference and well worth adding to the knitting library.
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