The Ultimate Knitted Tee [Paperback]

Laura Militzer Bryant (Author), Barry Klein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2004

Dress it up, dress it down—or how about a night on the town? Do it all with a knitted tee! This wardrobe staple gets a modern makeover in this fashionable collection. Start with a basic tee, then build up to designer edgings and eye-catching pattern stitches.

· Twenty easy to advanced knitted tees spotlight easy-wear styles, from classic to cool

· Five different construction techniques to try: from the bottom up, from the top down, from side to side, from the corner, and in the round

· Each technique is used in four different tee styles: Blue Jeans Basics, Workaday Wear, Café Chic, and Glamour Girl

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About the Author

Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida; Los Angeles, California

Laura Militzer Bryant is past president and owner of Prism Yarns. She has been recognized with grants from the National Endowments for the Arts. Barry Klein is also past president of The National Needlework Association and the owner of Trendsetter Yarns. He has designed patterns for Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, and Knitters.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Martingale and Company (November 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564775577
• ISBN-13: 978-1564775573
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #973,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not really the ulimate but good, January 4, 2005

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Carol Denehy (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews
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I should have noticed the publisher of this book; the format and style is very much like "Knit it your way" which showed several different sweaters knit in 2 different yarns. All the yarns were Trendsetter yarns and it's not a huge leap to see that knitting in cotton is different from knitting in wool. In this one, once again many of the designs are knit in high-end yarns, mostly Trendsetter, and sometimes combinations that would be difficult to match. However, the classic Tee is knit in many different ways, side-to side, top down, etc. and the instructions and diagrams are much better than the previous book. I'm sure I will find it useful for the non-traditional designs, but there are a lot more useful patterns for the basic Tee out there.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Yarn use, not structure options, August 5, 2006

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J. Tucker (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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Was hoping for a book that showed many shaping options---different sleeves, necklines, waistlines, edges, etc. Nope---this more concentrated on different yarns and some different stitches---decoration rather than structure. She does a nice job showing how using different yarns can change the look, and talks about making the shirt as flattering as possible, but this was not what I was looking for. If I had been able to "look", I would not have bought this---but will be an excellent book for someone interested in the effects of different yarns.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars something different, December 27, 2006

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P. Corley (Jersey!) - See all my reviews
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What I liked the most about this book was that it showed you the same pattern in three different sets of yarn.

There is the first set that they show on the model on the first page of the design, and then there are two more sets at the very end of the pattern. Just by changing an eyelash yarn to a ribbon, and the wool to a cotton blend, the whole shirt would change. I have enough patterns for knitting shirts (and if I don't, there is the web).

This book, though, showed me how changing just a bit here or there can make the pattern my own. I'm not stuck with a railroad yarn or a fluffy wool that would scratch me raw. That is something you rarely see in books these days - how to knit the same pattern with different yarns.

Yes, I know that you can change your yarn for any pattern, just gauge it. But this one actually gave examples of what a slight change here or there would actually look like - making this one of my favorite look-for-ideas book.