Knit It Your Way: Change the Yarn to Suit Your Style [Paperback]

Cynthia Wise empowers knitters by revealing that substituting yarns is a very simple process...a friendly, easy-to-follow guide. -- Interweave Knits, Fall 2000 issue

Show off your individual style with these distinctive sweaters and accessories that you can personalize to fit your taste, climate, and budget! The 18 gorgeous patterns presented offer innovative, easy ways to substitute your favorite yarns in the same pattern to achieve strikingly different results.

Once you learn these simple techniques for substituting your choice of yarns, you'll see how easy it is to add maximum flexibility to your knitting. For example, you can create a warm-as-toast wool vest for winter and a cool cotton vest for summer--and use the same vest pattern to knit both! Learn how to make your own yarn and design choices with:

· 18 luxurious knitwear designs, such as an Inca Jewel pullover, cozy cable-knit cardigan, and breezy short-sleeved pullover, plus beautiful scarves, socks, and purses

· Classic knitting patterns, from cable and Cat's Eye's shapes to elaborate intertwining and eyelet designs

· Ample advice on choosing the right yarns

Whether you're looking to meet your personal warmth factor, your favorite fiber factor, or even your budget factor, you'll find ideas galore for creating unique, fashionable sweaters and accessories that showcase your individual style.

Cynthia Wise discovered her love of knitting when her mother taught her to knit at the age of ten. Her first projects--a scarf, hat, and slippers--were created from loud pink variegated yarn on size 11 needles. Cynthia's childhood hobby has since flourished into a passion that has her constantly striving to develop her art.

After a debilitating injury left her unable to work as a chiropractor for several years, Cynthia concentrated her energies on designing, custom and production knitting, and learning new techniques. Although Cynthia is once again a practicing physician, she makes time to attend knitting classes and conferences and spend time with nature, to further draw out the artist inside.

Cynthia's versatile knitwear designs have been featured in numerous national magazines, such as Knitter's, Knit 'n Style, Cast On, and Machine Knitter's Source. She has designed patterns for companies such as Aurora Yarns, Cherry Tree Hill Yarn, and Schaefer Yarns, as well as for her company, Designs by Cynthia Wise.