The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary: 150 new stitch patterns to knit top down, bottom up, back and forth & in the round (Custom Knits)

by Wendy Bernard

Wendy Bernard’s groundbreaking reference title Up, Down, All-Around Stitch Dictionary was the first of its kind to provide stitch patterns written for top-down, bottom-up, back-and-forth, and in-the-round constructions - and readers took notice. Now Bernard is back with The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary, which picks up where the first volume left off, adding hundreds of new stitch patterns organised similarly by type- knit and purl, textured stitches, ribs, lace, and cables- plus a chapter on mosaic knitting. Each chapter of The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary includes a customisable pattern so that knitters can easily swap out stitch patterns to make their own unique knitted items.

• ISBN13: 9781617691959
• Publish Date: 26 April 2016 (first published 1 September 2008)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Inc
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• URL: http://abramsandchronicle.co.uk/books/craft/9781617691959-the-knitting-all-around-stitch-dictionary

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

An interesting book. It starts with the authors philosophy and a "how to make your own custom dress form" guide, then takes you on a journey through some patterns and then to how to adapt said patterns to suit yourself.

This is all top-down construction, which suits some people and doesn't suit some others, but it does talk about adjusting designs and working them for yourself. This is a book for someone who knows something about what they're letting themselves in for. Definitely not a beginners book, though many of the patterns are mostly stocking (or stockingette) stitch or with a little bit of fairly simple design involved. It's a book to stretch you, to make you think about your relationship with your favourite jumpers and see how you can make them yourself, in your own favourite colours and with your own detail.

Overall, I'm torn, it's a good book with interesting ideas but nothing really sings to me in it, except of course the guidelines.