Customer Reviews

Textured Knits: Quick and Easy Step-By-Step Projects

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A good selection of lovely patterns, contemporary-feeling but classic enough to last, mainly (but not entirely) in the fitted cardigan category. I like the use of beads in some patterns, and the different stitch patterns used to achieve stitch texture. The book is high in production values, with good photography and a very Rowan- or Bliss- like feel. My biggest quibble is that the sizing is limited, only 3 sizes and they range from 34 to 38. Uses all Rowan and Jaeger yarns but most of the patterns are DK weight so it would be easy to substitute. Definitely worth a look if you fit in the size range.

I, too, bought this book for the cover sweater. I am knitting it now and discovered that altho the photo shows the chevrons coming together at the side seams, they will not do so. The charts themselves do not provide for that happening. In addition, there is an error in the left front chart. This is disappointing, to say the least. I logged on to the publisher's web site and could find no errata.

I've found Textured Knits to be a lovely addition to my knitting library. The sweaters are pretty, and while the printed instructions may appear to limit sizing, an experienced knitter can readily enlarge a garment by increasing needle size and yarn gauge. Most of these styles can be knitted in easily obtainable, inexpensive yarns, or if preferred, in higher end designer yarns. Either way, the end product should be stylish and attractive. If you're the type of knitter who likes to follow a pattern to the letter, I suppose you might not like this collection. But if you're comfortable trying out your own little modifications, as I am, you'll find many of these patterns enticing.

I bought this book because I liked the texture of the sweater on the front. I was very disappointed to find that the book is full of straight-sided sweaters. There is not a fitted sweater to be found in the entire book! Regardless of how the type of sweater portrayed is meant to fit, every sweater knits straight up the side. Any clean-cut edginess that may be added to the sweaters by the texure is ultimately ruined by the shapelessness of the sweaters themselves. I vaguely considered altering some of the sweaters to have a more modern look, but I finally decided it's not worth it so I'm returning this book.

Any knitting book that can't be bothered to alter patterns for a reasonable range of sizes isn't worth the paper it is printed on.