Great book but misnamed!:
This is a great book for knitters who are trying to improve their skills. I bought it because my finishing skills need to be improved. However, the finishing techniques are not as detailed as I would have liked. But this book is much more than a finishing book. It is an excellent instruction book for at least intermediate knitters or perhaps someone who just wants to have their projects look a bit more professional. I have used it again and again. Different ways to increase and decrease are well explained. I can't give it five stars because the book doesn't really do what it says it does. But I would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to improve their knitting.
Errors in Illustrations:
I am a very experienced knitter, and for a while I gifted this book to family and friends who were learning to knit or working to improve their skills. However, as I have recently started to incorporate this volume as a resource to further my knitting studies, I have recently determined that certain illustrations for two fundamental skills profiled are not correct. The K2tog illustration is not correct. Same goes for a increase skill known as a Lifted Increase, for the mirror technique that is performed on the left public side of a garment. This is a huge disappointment, and I will no longer recommend this book to others who are at beginner to intermediate skill levels. Only those with sufficient experience can disregard these errors. Instead, check out from your library the now out-of-print edition of PRINCIPLES OF KNITTING, by June Hemmons Hiatt, or purchase the Montse Stanley KNITTER'S HANDBOOK, now published by Reader's Digest, for more accurate and clear teaching along with correct illustrations.
great info for finishing:
Very helpful book, I can almost understand it. I am a visual learner and seeing it actually happening would be better, but this is good.
I like this book:
This is a very good book to have if you are like me new to knitting.This book will help you to put the finishing techniques to your knitted garments perfectly. You should get this book,I did.
Fantastic for a new knitter:
I used this book constantly for the first few years I knit as I learned to seam and finish my garments. I still use it and it is one of the best and most loved books in my knitting library. Very handy and helpful.
| Author: | Nancie M. Wiseman | | Binding: | Spiral-bound | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 746.432 | | EAN: | 9781564774521 | | ISBN: | 156477452X | | Number Of Pages: | 128 | | Publication Date: | 2002-10 |
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