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Knitting in Circles: 100 Circular Patterns for Sweaters, Bags, Hats, Afghans, and More [Hardcover]

Nicky Epstein
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Book Description

August 21, 2012
You won’t believe what you can make with knitted circles!
 
One circle can become a stylish hat or an adorable shrug. Two, and you have a unique handbag or cover-up. Knit more circles, and you can make show-stopping scarves, capes, sweaters, afghans—even a stunning lace dress.

Only Nicky Epstein, always on the cutting edge of knitwear design, could dream up these innovative garments and accessories that all start with a simple shape. In her bestselling book Knitting Block by Block, Nicky elevated the humble block to outstanding fashion, but that was just the beginning. Now she takes on a new challenge and shows you how to make a statement with circles.

Mix and match to your heart’s content with 100 circles and 20 inspiring projects that feature everything from cables to rich colorwork, delicate lace, and over-the-top embellishments in Nicky’s signature style. You’ll find step-by-step techniques on how to knit circles, both in the round and flat, plus expert guidance on customizing the projects, with unique cut-and-paste circle templates to design your own styles.

With this groundbreaking book, you’ll never look at circles the same way. Once again, Nicky Epstein has outdone herself, opening up a world of creative possibilities with a gorgeous knitting reference that will have you knitting in the best of circles over and over.

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Knitting in Circles: 100 Circular Patterns for Sweaters, Bags, Hats, Afghans, and More + Knitting Block by Block: 150 Blocks for Sweaters, Scarves, Bags, Toys, Afghans, and More + Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods; Find the perfect start and finish for every knitting project
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"Leave it to la Epstein to run rings around the rest of us. In Knitting in Circles, the companion to Knitting Block by Block, Epstein not only knits them (100 different disks), she also transforms them into a riot of finished objects, including the gorgeous Eternity Dress fashioned from thirty-three circles and a flounce. From the showpiece Kaleidoscope afghan and the completely wearable Rotunda cape to the unconventional but interesting Circulate cape, Epstein takes knitters on a fearless playdate with pi." --Vogue Knitting

About the Author

Nicky Epstein is the beloved knitwear designer and bestselling author of numerous books, including Knitting Block by Block, the Edge series, Knitting on Top of the World, and Knitted Flowers. She currently resides in New York City and travels extensively, teaching and lecturing.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Potter Craft (August 21, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0307587061
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307587060
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.8 x 10 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #98,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Nicky Epstein is one of today's most prolific and versatile knitwear designers, authors and teachers. She has gained worldwide recognition for her artistic, distinctive and innovative work, whimsical sense of style and informative workshops. Her designs continue to be featured in many knitting magazines and publications, on television, and in museums.

Customer Reviews

This is another fabulous book by Nicky Epstein. Plain Lady  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
The pictures will make you drool, and then scamper for yarn basket and knitting needles! KD Quinn  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
Book is very good quality, by an accomplished knitter. Sue Kercher  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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62 of 64 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty but of Limited Utility September 11, 2012
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Nicky Epstein and own several of her books, including all of the Knitting on the Edge books, the book of blocks and the book of flowers for knitting and crochet, so writing this tepid review of her latest work that I pre-ordered is not a task undertaken lightly or without thought.

First for the good, as always, the instructions to make the circles and the patterns included are comprehensive and clear and cover everything from lace to eyelets to colorwork both stranded and intarsia. I decided to keep this book just for the circular patterns which might come in handy at some point. The instructions to put the garments together are a lot less clear and this is the first of my problems with the work. Putting together a garment after knitting and blocking and ending with a garment that is attractive and wearable is no small task. Gauge is more important than beginning knitters know and blocking and seaming have entire books devoted to getting it right and here I am referring to putting together a four piece sweater or a five piece cardigan with regular shapes that go together without any spaces between the seam lines.

The projects in this book have a far larger number of components and the knitter will have to put together as many as ~twenty pieces (the dress) in different sizes and gauges and cope with the holes left by the very nature of seaming circles. Indeed, many of the "circles" are blocked into ovals to cope with this difficulty. I honestly believe that any knitter not of the caliber of Nicky Epstein would have trouble ending with anything that anybody wanted to wear. Furthermore, many knitters chronically avoid the finishing work, having more pieces and those pieces irregular is going to make that problem worse.

Finally, beyond the technical problems that I honestly believe will daunt even the advanced and accomplished knitter is the projects themselves: in my opinion very few of them are that attractive. The capelets and pullovers in bulky yarns end up looking bulky and dumpy and even with a knitter of Nicky's talent and experience the technical challenges of working with circles are apparent in design and finished product. The scarves require the seaming of several pieces and are not inspiring enough to justify the additional work - especially when there are literally countless numbers of scarf patterns that are beautiful and require little to no seaming - knitting on a lace edge (itself not an easy task) is usually the most difficult technical issue with scarves or shawls - here difficulty is added to no benefit. Nor was the obvious use of circles for scarves (e.g. seaming the lovely lace or colorwork circles end to end to form a scarf) weren't explored. The adventurous knitter and the first time knitter in circles might actually try this as a skill builder, but no skill builders are included. Even using the admittedly attractive circle patterns as an edge treatment for a sweater, dress or skirt requires a lot of advanced construction and finishing techniques that most knitters will find overwhelming.

All in all, I found Knitting in Circles to be a rare miss from a genius knitter and only a knitter of Nicky Epstein's accomplishment and experience could have made the challenge of working entirely in circles result in any viable and viewable projects. The rest of us may be up a creek or spend years with a bag of knitted circles that are never put together. For those intrigued by Nicky Epstein I recommend Epstein's Knitting on the Edge series, books that I have used in several successful designs and that include lovely, wearable designs that are within the skills of the average to advanced knitter.
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23 of 30 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars good & bad September 13, 2012
By vigb
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The bad: Circles are a big thing in knitting at the moment, & a designers are creating interesting circular patterns. One can also find interesting circular-based vintage patterns. This book does not contain any patterns that are interesting or even attractive. The knitted up styles are...downright grotesque. . The worst things about the garment designs is that, not only are they incredibly tacky, ugly, ridiculous, they don't incorporate any interesting, new (or even old) techniques of shaping or construction. But then, I'm not a big fan of Nicky Epstein's finished designs in any case

The good: On the other hand, I find her books on knitted details very useful, indeed --for creating my own designs. Knitting in Circles is similarly useful. The circles are not strikingly original, but there are a lot of circular designs, & when I want one, it saves me puzzling out my own stitch patterns. And so, it assumes an honorable place on my knitting bookshelf.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful book March 30, 2013
Format:Kindle Edition
The pictures of the samples in this book are inspirational and make me want to knit. The directions are clear and well written. I love this book!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars You will love it !
Great book with SO much information...she is such a great wealth of information...like all of her books. A must have for every knitter
Published 16 days ago by S. Weichman
5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful book
loved the pictures and descriptions...maybe too advanced for me...but inspiring....something to aspire to....or dream and plan for...???epstein is almost always informative !
Published 28 days ago by blondione
1.0 out of 5 stars Ugly patterns
I was really disappointed in the patterns in the book. For me, most were very hoaky and I would never wear them. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Karen Lindsley
5.0 out of 5 stars Very unique knitting book
Many unusual patterns. Cannot decide which to try first! Book is very good quality, by an accomplished knitter. Thank you.
Published 1 month ago by Sue Kercher
4.0 out of 5 stars Knitting in Circles
I borrowed this. Book from my local library. Liked it so much I came to Amazon to get my own copy. Plan on making the learning of the techniques my summer knitting on the beach... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sac
5.0 out of 5 stars 4 Needle, circular and straight needle, circle knitting choices
Directions in both chart and written form. Good color photos of each pattern and interesting patterns to provide food for thought. Read more
Published 2 months ago by kathryn woodcock-lynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Book was in 'as promised' condition!
This was a brand new book and came in that condition. Delivery was prompt and the price was much less than offerings on other sites. Read more
Published 2 months ago by V. Lester
5.0 out of 5 stars great book!
The book arrived in great shape and very quickly. Sorry I am so late in submitting feedback. Thanks very much!
Published 2 months ago by K8
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
Nicky Epstein wrote the book...of course it is perfect!
The pictures will make you drool, and then scamper for yarn basket and knitting needles!
Published 4 months ago by KD Quinn
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
I got this for a gift for an ambitious new knitter. She will get so much out of it because there is nothing but beauty in it to try.
Published 4 months ago by Fara
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