Fortunately for knitters, Elise Duvekot is a curious and persistent investigator. The unique "knit 1 below (K1B)" technique which emerged during her patient explorations inspired her to find ways to use the resulting cushy, non-curling fabric in a wide range of garments and accessories.
The technique is not, as one Amazon reviewer wrote on November 28, the same as slipping a stitch. A slipped stitch leaves a float and the K1B technique leaves no floats. In fact K1B fabric is reversible, with both sides resembling stockinette, although they are easy to distinguish (and both look great). I hope this reviewer will take a longer look at the book so as not to miss the surprising result of the actual method.
Elise presents her K1B technique with clear illustrations, tempting photos, and detailed instructions for using the simple method in many circumstances, including cables, intarsia, edgings, bands, borders, seams, shaping, and working flat or in the round.
But what is most inspiring of all are the hand-painted colorway combinations. K1B fabric tames hand-paint's tendency toward color chaos, leaving it harmonious and calm, as if its tangles have been combed into columns of beautiful drifting colors.
The designs include vests, jackets, sweaters, skirts, tops, a necklace, scarves and shawls, a set of pillows, baby blankets and outfits, hats, wrist-warmers, and particularly fascinating to me, socks. My one complaint about the book is that the sock information is more of a tease than a full set of instructions and designs. Once you see the delicious photos you will know what I mean. There is enough instruction for adventurous sock knitters to use happily, but I suspect that the publisher is going to begin receiving lots of emails from less adventurous sock knitters begging for a whole book on K1B socks. I think they should say yes.
I highly recommend this book.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2008
Simple terminology, abbreviations and chart symbols, even a beginning knitter can easily understand.
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2016
Simple terminology, abbreviations and chart symbols, even a beginning knitter can easily understand.
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2016
If you’ve wanted to try brioche but were intimidated by the terminology, confusing abbreviations and downright mind-boggling chart symbols, then [[ASIN:1933064137 Knit One Below: One Stitch, Many Fabrics]], is a book you must have because knitting in the stitch below will produce brioche fabric. Simple terminology, abbreviations and chart symbols, even a beginning knitter can easily understand.Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2016
The writer gives clear instructions on the technique, but some of the designs are mis-steps, like the Offset Tabard which is so wildly asymmetrical, it looks like a mistake! The oversized Top with no side seams simply LOOKS like somebody forgot to finish the side seams. The patterns in the section for baby blankets, sweaters, and booties are all appealing. If you’re not an abject beginner and you don't need step by step instructions you'll probably find the patterns pretty simple. For beginner-beginners it’s worth giving k1b a try, the technique is interesting and the results are charming. It doesn’t take much time to learn the technique, and once it is learned, it's remarkably easy to do. The fabric you end up with is lofty, expansive for the number of stitches, and exceptionally flexible. Correcting mistakes might seem intimidating, but like anything, not panicking and working carefully will carry you through. There are excellent directions on page 144 for picking up dropped stitches and ripping back that will work for this technique as well as the more common sl1yo (slip one, yarn-over) method.
I would recommend this book just for the techniques section beginning on page 138, the patterns are a bonus!
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das ist ja klassisches Patent ! - nicht ganz, ein wenig anders ...
Reviewed in Germany on April 22, 2009
