Hand-Manipulated Stitches for Machine Knitters [Hardcover]

Susan Guagliumi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1990

"Back in Print! This edition is identical to the original, with corrections and a new cover."

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Susan Guagliumi’s career as an education specialist in the machine knitting industry has spanned more than 25 years and included positions with three knitting machine companies, culminating with the position of Education Director for Studio by White Knitting Machines. During those years she oversaw all dealer education, consumer publications, videos and workshops. Susan’s garment designs and technical articles have appeared in machine knitting magazines and hand knit publications like Fashion Knitting, Knitters Magazine, Vogue Knitting and Family Circle Easy Knitting. She has published two hand knit collections for Creative Publishing Int.: Twelve Sweaters One Way: Knitting Cuff to Cuff (2007) and Twelve Sweaters One Way: Knitting Saddle Style (2008). Susan Guagliumi lives in Connecticut with her artist/professor husband, Arthur. She is currently working on The Artful Gardener, a collection of craft projects for gardeners. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press; First edition (April 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942391039
• ISBN-13: 978-0942391039
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knitter's Bonanza!, September 26, 2000

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Tricot Manie (San Diego, CAL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hand-Manipulated Stitches for Machine Knitters (Hardcover)

I obtained this book after I had been machine-knitting for about 2-3 years, and have found it an inexhaustible treasure-trove of techniques, tips and patterns. I refer to it over and over. It's worth 10x its price. Whether you are a brand-new machine-knitter, or a seasoned one, this book will never collect dust on your shelf----you might even find yourself needing to buy a new one!

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best MK book in my library, January 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hand-Manipulated Stitches for Machine Knitters (Hardcover)

This book is absolutely great! It explaines different techniques with easy to follow instructions accompanied by photographs. This book is "hands on" and has helped me many a times to conquer some of the techniques that I would have otherwise never had the courage to use. Even on techniques I already (thought I) knew it gave me useful hints and tips and an insight into how to do it easier and better. Do you know the feeling when "the penny drops"? This is what is was like following the instructions of this book. It is the most used MK book in my library.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing techniques, June 11, 2009

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Dana Murphy (Guerneville, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hand-Manipulated Stitches for Machine Knitters (Paperback)

Susan Guagliumi came to our machine knitting guild to demonstrate and teach and was amazing. What was most useful about her talk was the techniques, her "bridging" ideas and new ways of looking at and treating stitches that you already knew about but might not have used often because they were difficult to manipulate. Even something as simple as cabling was treated in new and exciting ways with Susan's techniques. I had always considered hand manipulation a chore and something to be avoided until after her class, demonstration and the usefulness of her book. With that help, I was able to convert several complicated hand-knitted patterns with popcorn and open-work to an easy and wonderful machine knit pattern. My sincere thanks to Susan Guagliumi for thinking of machine knitting in a completely different way.