Style Your Own Kids' Knits: Simply Choose a Pattern and Select a Motif (Paperback)

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Author of the popular Ultimate Knitter's Guide and a knitwear designer for Rowan Yarns, Buller here outlines a six-step approach for creating a unique garment in children's sizes from three months to six years. In Step 1, you choose a pattern for either a cardigan or a pullover with either a round or a v-neck. In Step 2, you determine the size, while Step 3 allows you to explore design variations such as hoods, side vents, and pockets. Step 4 is for selecting colors and textures, Step 5 for exploring a stitch library as an alternative to knitting the garment in stockinette or moss stitch, and Step 6 for choosing optional motifs to further personalize the garment for one special child. Knitters can use the patterns provided for plain garments or jazz them up as much as they like. This enchanting book of children's knits is suitable for beginning to advanced knitters. An excellent choice for public libraries.
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Product Description

Decide if it should be a jacket or pullover, with a round or v-neck. Add a collar, hood, fastenings, pockets or alternative textures, and turn to the Stitch Library for borders and embellishments. “A delightful guide.”—Vogue Knitting International. “Enchanting...suitable for beginning to advanced knitters. An excellent choice for public libraries.”—Library Journal.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Collins & Brown (May 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1855859270
• ISBN-13: 978-1855859272
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #455,313 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate--but not for beginners, July 27, 2004

By	A. Bentley (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Wow! I'm never going to buy another knitting pattern book again. This book is exactly what I've been searching for for the past year. It includes a number of types of sweaters (v-neck/cardigan/etc.) for ages from infants on up to school-age kids. In the back is an awesome directory of stitches for borders (lace, ribbing, etc.) and patterns for any kind of motif you could think of (from skull and crossbones to trains to zoo animals). You can mix and match sweater styles with motifs or edges to get a great sweater. Also included are guides for each size showing you where to place motifs if you choose to use them.

There is so much to choose from here, including a few hat and bag patterns, that you won't get bored ever. The possibilities are endless. However, I would not recommend this book to a new knitter. Get a few projects under your belt before working from this book.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never Buy Another Knitting Pattern Again!, March 16, 2005

By	M. Sarrao (New Mexico, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This is really a terrific book. First, you pick the style of garment you'd like to make (pull-over, open front, etc.) and the kind of neck line (rounded, v-neck, hooded.) Then you can customise your sweater using a variety of intarsia patterns (even some great ones for boys, such as space and pirate themes), cast-on techniques (including a great ruffle), band/cuff techniques (more than just the basic k1p1 repetition), and even some fun cast-off techniques. The book even offers help with color choice. I have found no errors so far and have not had difficulty adapting the instructions to yarns other than worsted weight yarn (which is the weight called for by the author.) My only wish for this book would be that it include more intarsia motifs.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Basic Book of Kids' Sweaters, September 25, 2006

By	Meera N. Collier "Meera Hyphenated" (Boulder Creek, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have made a half-dozen completely original sweaters based on the patterns in this book. It's the perfect diving board from which you can get creative and make sweaters that are your own design, using the intarsia and lace patterns that Kate Buller suggests, or make your own. Bright, fresh patterns and clear instructions, and even includes instructions on knitting techniques (such as short rows, intarsia, lace, etc.). The motifs and suggestions are marvelous---quirky to gorgeous to clever to oh-my-gosh-how-did-she-DO-that!

The only downside is that there's not much instruction about how to scale the patterns using different yarns and gauges, but for the intermediate knitter, it's easy enough to figure out.

I got this book on a whim, and am so glad I did.