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Twinkle's Big City Knits: 31 Chunky-Chic Designs
 
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Twinkle's Big City Knits: 31 Chunky-Chic Designs (Hardcover)

by Wenlan Chia (Author)
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Wenlan Chia, creator of the acclaimed fashion line Twinkle by Wenlan, is famous for knitting bold, chunky yarn into delicate, feminine designs. The look is at once whimsical and hip, classic and trendy; in short, Wenlan’s knits are like nothing you’ve seen before. Now, she shares her patterns and her secrets with knitters everywhere.

Twinkle’s Big City Knits is a collection of 31 of Twinkle’s greatest hits that knitters can finally make at home. From a mohair shrug embellished with ribbon and braids to a wrap vest with a plunging V-neck, every design in Twinkle’s Big City Knits puts an innovative, spin on classic knitwear and styles. Here are patterns for all of Twinkle’s hottest pieces: the bestselling seed-stitch Twinkle Hoodie, the cropped and flirty Best Friend Cardigan, the effortlessly trendy Shopping Tunic. For warmer weather, lighter colors and lighter knits reign, so you’ll find the classic sophistication of the Chanel-inspired Coco Jacket in soft pastels, a delicate and feather-soft scarf light enough for spring, as well as the St. Bart’s Mini that could very well be the perfect Little Black Dress. Full-color photographs and clear instructions make it easy to learn new techniques. In addition, Wenlan shares her advice on techniques, choosing yarns, and choosing materials to make knitting with chunky yarn as easy as it looks.

With designs this creative, colors this beautiful, and shapes this modern, you’ll want to make every project in this book—and they all knit up so quickly that you can!


About the Author

Wenlan Chia launched Twinkle in the fall of 2000 with a collection of colorful and exuberant hand-knit sweaters and accessories. Making its runway debut in 2002, Twinkle received high praise from both the New York Times and Women’s Wear Daily. Since then, Wenlan has shown on the runway each season at Seventh on Sixth fashion week in Bryant Park. Wenlan has received well-deserved recognition from the fashion industry, winning major awards and nominations, including the Onward Kashiyama New Design Prize in Tokyo, the Competition of Young Fashion Designers in Paris, and the Vogue Fashion Fund Award in New York, among others. Most recently, she was selected as one of “Spring’s Leading Ladies”— a group of five notable designers— by Vogue magazine.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Style...but please hire an editor, April 5 2007
By Pat "@geminidream.ca" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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First off, I love the pieces in this book - there's everything from classic to very funky. Production design is gorgeous and the projects are very well laid out.
However...all of the sweaters are designed to be very small like any of Wenlan's patterns you may have seen in magazines - none of the patterns really goes past a 34"-36" bust.
Also, make sure that you download corrections from both Twinkle's website and the publisher's - they are not the same. There are a lot of mistakes in the basic information for the patterns - sizing, yarn quantities that don't agree and things like that. Most of this is common sense; just make sure to calculate all of the quantity information yourself, especially if you're substituting yarns - these guys really don't seem to know what a metre is...I guess they spent all their money on the photographer.
The pattern directions look pretty consistent but I haven't really checked in depth.
A last thing, some of the pieces are finished with fairly intricate crochet, and there's kind of an assumption that you know how to do this and/or read crochet charts (unlike me...looking for knitted alternatives).
So, buy this book from Amazon at a discount and then bombard the publisher with letters....
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