Cozy Knits: 50 Fast & Easy Projects from Top Designers Author: Tanis Gray | Language: English | ISBN:
B00IRKYP4M | Format: EPUB
Cozy Knits: 50 Fast & Easy Projects from Top Designers Description
Cozy Knits is a fabulous collection of 50 all-new patterns. Join editor Tanis Gray as she brings together an all-star cast of today's top knitting designers to create dozens of delightful projects.
All of the designs in Cozy Knits are knit with Cascade Pacific and Cascade Pacific Chunky yarns. These affordable yarns come in an endless array of colors and are a blend of superwash merino wool and acrylic, making them ideal for creating projects for babies and kids, gifts, home decor items, and everyday accessories and garments.
Cozy Knits has techniques for knitters of all skill levels, including cables, lace, brioche knitting, intarsia, Fair Isle, and slip stitch, as well as tried-and true stockinette stitch and garter stitch. This collection offers projects that every member of the family will love, including sweaters, shawls, shrugs, mittens, hats, afghans, and baby blankets.
- File Size: 35625 KB
- Print Length: 184 pages
- Publisher: Interweave (November 6, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00IRKYP4M
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,191 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Fashion - #57
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Arts & Photography > Fashion - #83
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Crafts & Hobbies > Knitting
Tanis Gray has edited a nice book of cozy knits that include knitting patterns by many designers. The book is divided up into sections called Heartfelt Hats, Warm and Wonderful Mittens, Cuddly Cowls and Scarves, Snuggly Sweaters, Shawls and Shrugs, and Quick and Clever Gifts.
I like the book but, overall, felt that there were not enough patterns that I wanted to knit in order to warrant giving it five stars. Additionally, all the patterns are charted and none of them are written out. I am not a chart person and that makes the book more difficult for me to use.
Some of the patterns that I liked a lot include Raindrops and Rivulets, a cabled and lace hat designed by Faina Goberstein. It has a small rib with a cabled body. The Diamond Jubilee Slip-Stitch Hat, also designed by Goberstein, is in two colors and makes a lovely geometric pattern. There is a variegated green hat called I-Cord, Can You, designed by Linda Medina, that looks very warm and cozy. The Silver Plates cloche is a lace and cable knit hat that would be nice for winter wear. The Brioche du Jour Ribbed Scarf is bright in orange and purple, a natural show piece designed by Nancy Marchant. I love to knit cowls and especially like the Tiptoe Through the Tulips Lace Cowl by Angela Hahn. The Weekend Away Lace Gaiter is actually a cowl and is knit with decreases and increases and stockinette stitch. The Art Deco Faux Cables Scarf is cute, designed by Angela Tong. It is a mixture of knits and purls but looks more adventurous than that. The Victorian Lacy Lace-Border Shawl is knit in a chunky yarn with size 11 needles. It is worked from the outside in and the designer is Hilary Smith Callis. I like the Rockabye Baby Wavy Lace Blanket designed by Tanis Gray. It is perfect for a newborn.
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