Glam Knits: 25 Designs For Luxe Yarns [Paperback]

Stefanie Japel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 29, 2008

Chic Knits for Day and Night

When you see glamour, you know it. Whether it's a woman's perfectly tailored clothing, her expertly chosen accessories, or just something about the way she carries herself, true glam is unmistakable. Glam Knits showcases 26 totally glam designs, all knit with decadent luxe yarns. Whether you choose to knit a sinfully soft cashmere cardigan, a sparkling silk cami or an eye-catching metallic dress, you'll be the walking definition of glamour when you wear your finished creation. And don't forget to knit that special finishing touch. The Glam Knits collection is rounded out with stylish accent pieces like a lacy scarf and a pair of handbags to complete your look.

In this follow up to her best-selling Fitted Knits, Stefanie Japel's trademark top-down construction makes the patterns easy to tailor for a perfect fit. All of the patterns are given from extra small to extra large - plus instructions in the front of the book walk you through the ins and outs of modifying a pattern for further easy customization. Go ahead, knit glam. You deserve it.

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About the Author

Stefanie Japel is the author of the very popular Fitted Knits. Her designs have been featured in all the most popular knitting Websites and magazines, such as Knitty.com, Knitscene and Interweave Knits, and in books including Stitch 'n Bitch Nation (Workman), Knit Wit (Harper Collins), Not Another Teen Knitting Book, (Sterling), KnitGrrl (Watson-Guptill) and Big Girl Knits (Clarkson Potter). Her web site, www.glampyre.com, is where Stefanie posts her blog, sells original pattern designs and offers free patterns. In her "other life", she is a geologist specializing in mineral physics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books; Original edition (October 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600610358
• ISBN-13: 978-1600610356
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, March 9, 2009

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Pamela G. Keegan (Boston, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glam Knits: 25 Designs For Luxe Yarns (Paperback)

This is a beautiful book for a collection of knit books. The first thing I knitted from this book had me running to the bathroom cabinet for my bottle of aspirin! I am a huge fan of top-down garments so when I saw this book I was thrilled. I personally believe that Ms. Japel should do a little more trouble shooting before publishing her books. She has a published errata sheet on her website for her first book, Fitted Knits, listing 20 mistakes in patterns. I can only imagine how many headaches were created before that errata showed up. I have already seen a few comments about another sweater in this book with some errors in the pattern. Also, some of the views of such patterns as the cover dress could be a little more expansive. The actual pattern in the book only shows the cover view and a detail of the side and sleeve and with all that jewelry on the model. Who would make a dress without seeing what it really looks like - front and back! I gently say go carefully into the projects in this book. If you love top-downs like I do, take a look at Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard.

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a let-down, January 19, 2009

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Cikk "cikk" (Malta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glam Knits: 25 Designs For Luxe Yarns (Paperback)

I really liked Fitted Knits, and had high hopes for this one. What a disappointment. The only halfway decent knit is the green shrug, in my opinion, of course- but then, that's what reviews are for, our opinion! This book gives me the feel it was written and printed at top speed to make the most of the continuing knit craze, and like so many other knitting books published these days, is full of errors. There are a number of strange knits here - nothing I would waste expensive luxe yarn on, and I am by no means conservative or old fashioned - my favourite knit designer is Twinkle. The strangest is a knit coat, I think in Malabrigo, with cut out U shapes over the bust - I can just see Madonna in her begining days when she wore Jean Paul Gauthier black leather pointed bras loving this one after a concert - cuddley thick and thin multi colour yarn but still showing the bra. Wierd.... Anyway, the yarn is pretty but not exactly most people's idea of glam. More than one design in this, stangely enough. There's a set in tilli tomas silk - halter and skirt - bit trashy looking. There are a couple of total afterthought bag patterns, and the only other goodish thing in the book, the lace sleeves, which my sister requested for her birthday. I wrote to Stephanie to the errata address for Fitted Knits, with two questions. After days I finally got an answer to one of them. Then I left the second question on her blog, which I am a member of. Nothing. I am totally put off and shan't buy any more of her books - ever. Designers who started thru blogs and were lucky enough to be there when publishers noticed how popluar knitting has become should not dump their readers/clients.

Furthermore, I wish this fashion of knit designers writing fawning reviews for each other would cease. Do they think we are stupid? I read their reviews with a very cynical eye. Scratch each other's backs..... It's like all those glowing reviews given to Janet boyer by all the tarot card designers who are petrified she will tear their next work to pieces. At least if they give a bit of detail about patterns they actually like we might believe they really looked properly at the book!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Sadly let down, January 20, 2010

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minneknitter (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Glam Knits: 25 Designs For Luxe Yarns (Paperback)

I was sadly disappointed when I finally went to knit the sweater I bought the book for (lace cabled tunic). It was the wrong sweater altogether. I began looking closely at a few other patterns and realized the extent of mistakes and typos in the book. I agree with another review that complained about the photos: I often look at the photos for help especially when there are errors and these were unhelpful because you never saw a complete image of the sweater. I couldn't count how many times the lace panels repeated, for example. I was mollified when I found the complete and correct version of the pattern on Ravelry, but I was still sad I bought the book.