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Knitovation: Creative Knitwear Made from 3 Simple Shapes [Hardcover]

Barry Klein (Author), Fayla Reiss (Author)
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Book Description

September 28, 2005
Beginning knitters: graduation day has come! Two designers from the highly regarded Trendsetter Yarn Company have created a collection of projects that will painlessly take novices to the next level.

What's a newly avid knitter to do when she's mastered the scarf and wants to go beyond? Too many books just repeat the same group of basics, while others set the goal too high for anyone who's not a whiz with the needles. Innovative Knitovation solves the problem, showing just how easy it can be to create something sensational while gaining proficiency at the same time. These are high-end, sophisticated fashions, with slightly more advanced skills--but all you need to know to begin is how to knit a simple square, rectangle, or triangle. At the start of each design, drawings show every piece that goes into the final product; then, there are unique techniques for putting them together for a finished item that fits beautifully and looks great.

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  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Sixth&Spring Books; 1st Printing edition (September 28, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1931543828
  • ISBN-13: 978-1931543828
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.8 x 10.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Concepts, Poor Yarn Choices, April 16, 2006
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This review is from: Knitovation: Creative Knitwear Made from 3 Simple Shapes (Hardcover)
I liked this book for the project ideas. Knitting basic rectangles and squares and joining them in creative ways to come up with usable wearables has a lot of appeal. The recommendation in the beginning of the book is a must: make paper models of the shapes and fold them as directed in the pattern to figure out what to do with the knit pieces. I wish there were diagrams with each pattern showing the assembly process. As others have said, the yarn choices are bizarre. In some cases, they hide what the garmet is, making it hard to decide if this is something I would want to try to make. Some projects seem a waste of paper and ink -- who would really knit six squares to sew together into a cube? I will definitely use some of the patterns, but will substitute my own yarn choices.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars trendy, March 4, 2008
This review is from: Knitovation: Creative Knitwear Made from 3 Simple Shapes (Hardcover)
Knitovation is based upon a very intriguing design idea - putting together basic squares and rectangles, in different sizes, to make various garments. This book contains more than 25 patterns, designed in just that way. With only a few exceptions, however, the garments are somewhat boxy (well, what else can be expected from squares and rectangles?), and attempts to compensate for or hide that defect are made with heavy use of glitzy, fuzzy, fancy novelty yarns. The photos are good, as are the instructions and diagrams, but there simply isn't enough here that I'd like to knit.
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A new classic, September 19, 2006
This review is from: Knitovation: Creative Knitwear Made from 3 Simple Shapes (Hardcover)
This book is exactly what it says it is. It offers fashionable and fun designs for the knitter who loves to just knit and does not want to deal with a lot of shaping, counting, and finishing.

The designs are not form-fitting, but they are quite flattering for many figures. I consider this a collection of very basic patterns that can easily be adapted to an almost endless variety of yarns. Since the pieces are all rectangular or triangular, it is very easy to substitute yarns of different gauges. I made the design on the cover out of a totally different kind of yarn and everyone loves it.

Since Barry Klein is the owner of Trendsetter and frequently collaborates with the owner of Prism, the yarns used are all from Trendsetter and Prism, which are expensive. The designs, however, stand on their own without the specific yarns used.
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