Knitting for Two: 20 Simple Designs for Expectant and New Mommies and Babies [Paperback]

Erika Knight (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2004

Pregnancy and the special time during the first year of a baby's life is a time for nesting and nurturing-and the perfect time for an expectant or new mother to take up knitting.

In Knitting for Two, renowned knitwear and textile designer Erika Knight presents a delightful collection of knitting patterns for soon-to-be and new moms and their babies. Knitters can choose from 20 easy-to-knit projects in a variety of color schemes. There are knitting projects using easy-care yarns in soft neutrals accented with baby blue, pink, and green; or fine yarns like cashmere in pastel shades of pink, blue, green, taupe, and cream. Other projects use vibrant colors like lime, fuchsia, and red. The patterns for mothers-to-be are stylish, feminine, and sexy and include a long-sleeved, chunky rib wrap; a cardigan with chiffon rose decoration; and a long twinset. The baby patterns are sized for premies and 0-12 months, and include a round-neck sweater with shoulder buttons and matching pull-on pants, a lacy bonnet, and a pixie-style hat with earflaps.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823026132
• ISBN-13: 978-0823026135
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 0.4 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #795,394 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book, July 25, 2005

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Katherine Maddox "katebeth" (Littleton, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Knitting for Two: 20 Simple Designs for Expectant and New Mommies and Babies (Paperback)

After seeing the lacy bonnet online, I got this book from the library, but now I'm here to buy it. This book is full of beautiful projects for both mother and child. Honestly, there are twenty patterns in here, and I'd love to make ten of them; how often does a book come along like that?

Some projects I plan on making are the lacy bonnet (actually, I've finished this one: very fast, very easy, and very impressive-looking), a simple summer tweed cardigan for babies, a beautiful kidsilk haze cardigan with embroidery for moms, a lacy ribbon-tie cardigan (also for moms), and a spectacular wrap sweater with embroidery for little girls.

The patterns are for babies up to the age of about one year old, and some of them come in very small sizes (for premies). Although a couple of the mom patterns are obviously meant for pregnant women, most of them will fit non-pregnant women too (such as a soft long jacket, a zip-up hoodie that is meant to open over the tummy, and that kidsilk haze cardigan that stays open). After all, how many sweaters am we going to knit that can only be worn for a few months?

What bugs me about the book? No schematics, so it is tricky to know the proper sizing. This is mainly why I gave the book four stars instead of five. She does provide measurements for chest, actual width, length, and sleeve length (for the mom sweaters, babies just get chest, length, and sleeve). Also, the pattern for the lacey bonnet calls for 2 balls of Rowan Wool cotton, but it took me less than one ball of that same yarn. Makes me wonder how far off the other estimates are.

One other thing I do like, although this is minor, is that, even though this is a Rowan/Jaeger book, Knight only suggests those yarns. She will say, for example, "any medium-weight or dk yarn, such as Rowan Wool Cotton..." and often suggests a sweater would also look great in a wool, or easy-care cotton, or fancier silk. It just bugs me when books say they don't recommend yarn substitutions!

I hope that helps!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where are the schematics?!, May 16, 2007

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Knitter in Texas (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Knitting for Two: 20 Simple Designs for Expectant and New Mommies and Babies (Paperback)

I think it should be a law in the world of knitting books that patterns have schematics or at least a non-artistic photo of the item. There are some beautiful and seemingly simple patterns in this book, but no schematics. Especially for something like the papoose pattern that appears to be simple, you don't even see a photo of the full finished product to get an idea of how it finishes. I'm a semi-experienced knitter, but I need a little visual help and that's what keeps me from giving this book a better rating.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Limited Sizing, March 1, 2007

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A. Van Siclen (Thornton, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Knitting for Two: 20 Simple Designs for Expectant and New Mommies and Babies (Paperback)

I can't find a maternity sweater in this book that has bigger than a 38 inch chest. According to the standard size chart, that is a MEDIUM! If you wear larger than medium, you will have to alter the pattern significantly to fit. That is truly ridiculous-- the sizing should go up at least to XL, and preferably larger. The book ought to be called "Knitting for Two (As Long You Don't Weigh Over 98 Pounds)". If I am going to alter the pattern so much to fit me-- why bother? I might as well just design my own. And less experienced knitters who don't know how to size up will just be out of luck.