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"Knitters usually begin with simpler items like scarves and move on to more complicated projects like sweaters. But once sweaters are mastered, many experienced knitters want to know how to design their own knitwear—and have it fit. There are a number of books that explain the mechanics and the math of designing sweaters. This one, too, examines commercial patterns, the intricacies and importance of measurement, and the result that comes with various yarns. But this book is particularly comprehensive in that it explains how to adapt different stitches other than the reliable stockinette to make sweaters that are unique to the knitter. This volume—spiral-bound inside sturdy covers—is not for the faint-of-heart knitter, but those longing to take their knitting to the next level will be enthralled. Four attractive projects are included as examples of the many techniques author Paden explains." - Ilene Cooper, Booklist
"Exhaustive, comprehensive—mere adjectives don't begin to describe it so I'll stop trying...Paden is simply in a master class of her own." — Yarn Market News
"First Reaction: Blown Away. If you're interested in sweater design, and want to understand everything, you need to look at this book. It's amazing. I have other design books in my library...but this one stands on its own." — KnittingScholar.com
"This is a comprehensive guide to getting an idea out of your head and into a knitting pattern. It's also a fantastic resource to use to alter an existing pattern to your specifications." — Knitty.com
"Add this to your essentials shelf, next to Barbara Walker and Nancy Wiseman. And make something fabulous." — Twist Collective blog
"The book's layout is very clean, clear and attractive, with high quality photos and diagrams, to keep the reader inspired and motivated. Paden writes succinctly and well, packing in a wealth of information." — Crochet Insider
"Captivating designs with flattering silhouettes." — Quick & Easy Crochet
"If you have even the slightest interest in design or want your garments to fit better, Knitwear Design Workshop belongs on your knitting bookshelf." — Knitting Purls newsletter
"Easy-to-follow...Shirley Paden offers detailed techniques for achieving just the look and fit that are right for you." — Detroit News
"Exhaustive, comprehensive—mere adjectives don't begin to describe it so I'll stop trying...Paden is simply in a master class of her own." — Yarn Market News
"First Reaction: Blown Away. If you're interested in sweater design, and want to understand everything, you need to look at this book. It's amazing. I have other design books in my library...but this one stands on its own." — KnittingScholar.com
"This is a comprehensive guide to getting an idea out of your head and into a knitting pattern. It's also a fantastic resource to use to alter an existing pattern to your specifications." — Knitty.com
"Add this to your essentials shelf, next to Barbara Walker and Nancy Wiseman. And make something fabulous." — Twist Collective blog
"The book's layout is very clean, clear and attractive, with high quality photos and diagrams, to keep the reader inspired and motivated. Paden writes succinctly and well, packing in a wealth of information." — Crochet Insider
"Captivating designs with flattering silhouettes." — Quick & Easy Crochet
"If you have even the slightest interest in design or want your garments to fit better, Knitwear Design Workshop belongs on your knitting bookshelf." — Knitting Purls newsletter
"Easy-to-follow...Shirley Paden offers detailed techniques for achieving just the look and fit that are right for you." — Detroit News
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From the initial spark of inspiration to the sewing of the last seam, this advanced manual to knitwear design provides knitters with the foundation to take their projects to the next level. The four exceptional projects demonstrate the level of uniqueness and beauty that can be achieved with these expert techniques and how to achieve the elusive “perfect fit” that defines a successful end product. Knitters will gain a clearer understanding of commercial pattern instructions, improve their attention to detail with a meaningful test swatch, and acquire a stronger knowledge of proper body and garment measurements.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I Would Give This Book Ten Stars If I Could,
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This review is from: Knitwear Design Workshop: A Comprehensive Guide to Handknits (Hardcover-spiral)
Shirley Paden takes us through the step by step process of designing a knitwear item. It is not a light read, but not too technical to turn the average knitting reader off.
It is very thorough, with info on how to narrow down your design idea, select yarn, swatch properly, and best of all, how to do the MATH to get a great fit!!! She does state that she is not trying to teach the reader how to be an industry knitwear pattern designer, that this book is for the knitter who wants to do something original for their purposes. That being said MUCH of this book invaluable to the aspiring knitwear designer. The patterns she shares are very pretty and some, like the one on the cover, are show-stoppers. Her sizing charts are extensive and the beautiful fashion illustrations are inspirational. There is even a section at the end that explains HOW the math works. This book was worth every penny I spent on it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exactly what the title implies: takes a knitter by the hand and leads her to make a math-perfect pattern completely her own.,
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This review is from: Knitwear Design Workshop: A Comprehensive Guide to Handknits (Hardcover-spiral)
This is a big book both physically but also in gravitas. Paden has designed knitwear for a long time and is known for excellent design and also for original choices within those excellent designs. So she is the logical choice to introduce a design method to fledgling designers.
And does she ever. The book contains 13 sections. Sections 1-2 have to do with planning a garment and selecting yarn, stitch pattern and gauge. Sections 3-4 are about Classic and Alternate Pullovers, section 5: cardigans, section 6: skirts and dresses, section 7: alternate armhole shaping, section 8: sleeves and cuffs, section 9: necklines, section 10: neckbands, collars and lapels. And section 11 is more of a how-to section on finishing, seaming, buttonholes and the like. Section 12 (not numbered in the book) is about sample projects that do look good, with rather intricate stitch patterns most of them, and most of those patterns are for very big pieces (knit marathons awaiting). There is an appendix with CYCA measurement guides, a section with variations on the basic shaping formula, a bibliography, a list of suppliers and an index. A design section will start with an example, schematics to illustrate the example with annotations of stitch numbers so the method that is explained right after makes sense. Then the method shows which measurements to use, and how to computer the stitch numbers in simple calculations. This is done for each step that includes shaping. The book also explains how to check with simple arithmetic that your numbers make sense. A lot of illustrations help make the process easier to understand too. And the author often explains less well known design rules, such as working a hem straight even on a sweater with shaping to avoid the drooping. This makes it almost like the author is sitting with you and imparting less mathematical wisdom as you go along. Much like I suspect would happen in an actual designing discussion. This helps lighten a bit the reading of the book (which by necessity requires reading attentively,). The editing doesn't really call attention to itself in a book so dense with step by step calculation and figuring. What there is is just fine. And thankfully the numerous pictures and sketches help a lot in understanding the examples that are given to illustrate the method. I'm not sure if many would be knitwear designers would be in the position of requiring a lot of finishing information, so I'm not sure how useful the technical section really is for other readers of this book. But the information that is there is well displayed and has a lot of good illustrations. Definitely the book to pick up if you're interested in designing a piece all of your own.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good,
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This review is from: Knitwear Design Workshop: A Comprehensive Guide to Handknits (Hardcover-spiral)
This book has everything I expected and more. Shirley is very generous with her knowledge. Thank you, Shirley.
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