Handknitting With Meg Swansen [Paperback]

Meg Swansen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1995

Rear cover notes: "Here you will find complete instructions and diagrams for a variety of knitted items ... from a delicate lace shawl to a thick blanket, plus gloves, color patterned hat, no-sew garter-stitch jacket, shawl-collared vest and a seamless Spiral Yoke sweater, with plenty of techniques accompanying each pattern. The designs in this book are from the television series, Handknitting with Meg Swensen."

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Schoolhouse Pr (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942018087
• ISBN-13: 978-0942018080
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful and creative knitting techiques, January 9, 2000

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Handknitting With Meg Swansen (Paperback)

Knitting is not just a matter of color or cable texture stitches. There are many interesting architectural techniques that can make for creative and comfortable garments. If you like to knit and want to learn more about the craft of knitting, you will enjoy this book. Each pattern can be used to learn new techniques, and many can be adapted to make unique knits of your own. I use these patterns over and over for many things. Compared to the average knitting book that just displays some nice designs, this is practically a reference volume.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Meg is a great teacher., November 20, 2007

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Rose C "knitter" (Tempe, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handknitting With Meg Swansen (Paperback)

I heard that Meg Swansen had a pattern for knitting gloves using I-cords.
That is the original reason I bought the book. When I opened the book and saw the first project: "Puzzle Pillow blanket" I thought wow, that is so cool. It is a blanket throw, made of diagonals, and folds up into a convenient pocket and becomes a pillow. How charming, yet functional. The book is paperback with black and white photos, but the photos are actually so instructional, and the way Meg writes, you can tell she is a great knitting teacher. I must have been living under a rock, but I soon learned that Elizabeth Zimmerman was her mother. I don't yet own a Zimmerman book. I am anxious to try the I-cord gloves, and plan to use this book also as a knitting reference book, because of Megs excellent instruction skills.

77 of 90 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mama mia...that's a spicey meatballa...it's all in here!, December 1, 1999

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Marush (In the boonies of SE Arkansas...) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Handknitting With Meg Swansen (Paperback)

Garter stitch, but with a puzzling twist. Spiralling sweaters & shawl collared vests. Lace ponchos, manana, & gloves made of...idiot cord? Find a fascinating way to avoid that irritating jog in color patterning. Wanna go round-the-bend with a jacket? Get this book, 'cause you can't borrow mine!