The Prolific Knitting Machine [Paperback]

Catherine Cartwright-Jones (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1990

Why do so many sweaters languish unfinished, unloved, and unworn? An why to so many knitting machines wit in closets, rarely used? A knitting machine is a wonderful too, although there are tricks to using it. This book will teach you how to leap over the obstacles between lovely skeins of yarn in your arms and on of a kind garments which will warm the hearts and bodies of the people you love. I let the knitting maching do what it does best, make fabric, and I do the shaping with the help of a sweing machine, in a technique called half fashioning. It is simple and it works for sweaters, coats, capes, vests, caps, mittens, and gloves. You can make practical, beautiful, garments that work for any body. Given a tape measure and a calculator, you will discover you can makde comfortable and flattering garments for everyonen, from elfin newborns to basketball players to lady wrestlers. Garments for children can all several years growth without ever looking like they do not fit; mittens can be made so hands without fingers can build snowmen; sweaters can be made so the wheelchair bound can dress themselves. About the Author (as of 1990): Catherine Cartwright-Jones is an illustrator and professional knitter who makes over 200 sweaters year for people who come in to her studio in Stow, Ohio. She illustrates everything she can catch and hold still. Born in the Ozarks, where she drew on every bit of paper her grandmother brought her and stitched on all the odd bits of cloth. Her mother taught her to sew and be interested in every warm bodied person. Roy Jones taught her to knit with two pencils and a bit of string. They married and have since overstuffed his closet with sweaters. Their children are covered in sweaters, too. Having long since filled their walls with painting and their drawers with woolies, she draws and knits for money, though with no less affection.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Interweave Pr; First Edition edition (November 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934026580
• ISBN-13: 978-0934026581
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #757,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for those that hate shaping on the machine, September 5, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: The Prolific Knitting Machine (Paperback)

The Prolific Knitting Machine is a wonderful guide for those of us that have knitting machines that are stored under beds or in basements. This guide explaines how to knit "fabric" and then using patterns, cut, serge, and sew complete garments -- while avoiding tedious shaping on the machine.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! The best help I ever had with my machine., February 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Prolific Knitting Machine (Paperback)

The author poses a new twist on the art of knitting. When searching for answers to most knitting machine questions, I found more help here than anywhere else.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not about machine knitting, July 11, 2007

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Tulugaq "Linda" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Prolific Knitting Machine (Paperback)

This book is about sewing garments from large pieces of knit fabric, but it isn't about machine knitting. You just as easily substitute hand knit fabric - or bolts of knit fabric from a fabric store - for any of the ideas in this book.

It's still a good introduction to cut-and-sew techniques if you don't know them already, but don't expect to learn anything about using the knitting machine itself.