The word “finishing” fills many knitters with dread. Some even abandon projects rather than complete the necessary steps to achieve beautiful, wearable garments. Now, notable knitter and designer Deborah Newton shares her expertise and love of finishing techniques in an on-the-page master class. Deborah patiently takes her student-readers step by step through the ins and outs of blocking, seaming, edging, and embellishments, giving them the confidence and skills to create professional-looking knitwear. In addition to Deborah's expert instructions, the book includes patterns for 12 sweaters, jackets, and scarves, many with variations.
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Deborah Newton has been a knitwear designer for more than 25 years, and her designs have appeared in numerous publications including Vogue Knitting, Threads, Knitter's Magazine, and McCalls. She also teaches around the country, most recently for Vogue Knitting's annual VK Live Event in New York City. Her first book, the bestselling Designing Knitwear, has been in print for more than 15 years.
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By A. Anderson
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Another 'how did I ever get along without this information for over 60 years?' (and what a shame I did!) The author is unfettered by the usual 'rules' I have knit by all my life. The samples are a great way to sort out your ideas--which I've always sorted out 'the hard way' by guess work and undoing knitting. Wonderful ideas for unusual touches, mixing and matching edgings, collars and designs. There are no limits for me now! This is an exciting book for those creative knitters looking for helpful hints, examples and incorporating original ideas into any project.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Babs
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The book is very useful in the fact that it provides alot of good information for knitters, but the fact of the matter is that it looks very dated. As if it was written in the 60's and never updated. It is nice to have a few patterns in the book but those again look as if they are from the 60's. Nothing sexy about those! I think I would suggest you borrow this one from the library first, then decide if you want to spend your money on it.
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By Heather
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Most of what's in this book is what I already know from decades of knitting and after having made about every mistake a person could when finishing a garment. I was surprised to find some of the techniques I use here as some knitting books make finishing a garment more complex than knitting one.
I think the advice to plan finishing before starting to knit is important as too many patterns I've seen written in a way that leaves you without instructions for finishing properly, or with awkward bits that you have to work around. One knitting book I have even shows finished sweaters with closings that look like afterthoughts, making all the work put into a sweater pointless. This book shows how to avoid the 'loving hands at home' look and go for the 'custom made' look instead.
The patterns in the book are beautiful and a nice bonus I wasn't expecting.
I think the advice to plan finishing before starting to knit is important as too many patterns I've seen written in a way that leaves you without instructions for finishing properly, or with awkward bits that you have to work around. One knitting book I have even shows finished sweaters with closings that look like afterthoughts, making all the work put into a sweater pointless. This book shows how to avoid the 'loving hands at home' look and go for the 'custom made' look instead.
The patterns in the book are beautiful and a nice bonus I wasn't expecting.
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Excellent book
Excellent reference book for finishing knitting projects. Lots of tips while knitting. The author is a costume designer so can become very techniqual. Read more
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Excellent reference book
This is the best book I have seen so far on finishing knitting. There are diagrams, photographs, and swatch examples given to demonstrate different problems and solutions. Read more
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