Knockout Knit Hats and Hoods: 30 Engaging Designs for Beanies, Tams, Slouches, and More

by Diane Serviss

Gale Zucker (Photographer)

Hats! Hats! Hats! Diane Serviss, co-owner of and design force behind the Pixiebell and Elfinwear brands, never runs out of inspiration for new patterns, styles, textures, and shapes for knitted hats. In this new collection, she includes hoods, beanies, slouches, and tams incorporating a variety of colourwork, texture, pom-poms, and cables. Each of the 30 patterns in this book offers something special to the knitter, and they are all knockouts!

• ISBN10: 0811768147
• ISBN13: 9780811768146
• Publish Date: 1 October 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Stackpole Books
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Knockout Knit Hats and Hoods is a new knitting inspiration and pattern book of headwear by Diane Serviss. Released 1st October 2018 by Rowman & Littlefield, it's 144 pages and available in paperback and ebook formats.

The designs range from truly whimsical (see cover) to more standard fare (toques, caps, slouchy hats, etc). Each of the 30 included designs follows the same format. The introduction includes a general materials description of the required yarns along with specific model instructions and measurements. The directions are clear and understandable. I really liked that each of the projects is pictured several times from different angles! This is such a cool feature and one that other pattern books would do well to follow. Also (hallelujah!) the yarns for these projects runs the gamut from super chunky to worsted weight. The projects range in difficulty from beginner to moderately experienced; something for everyone. All of the hats seem to be sized for adults though there is one matching project sized for children.

There are many lovely projects included and at my quick search they didn't appear to be available elsewhere (ravelry, etsy, etc).

The photography is lovely and full color. The book is well edited and appealing. Just a good job all around.

Four solid stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes