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Title: Inspired to Knit: Creating Exquisite Handknits
ISBN: 1596680415
Author:
Michele Rose Orne
Publicate Date: 2008-06-01
Publish: 2008-06-01
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 5.0
Format: Paperback
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1: inspired is right!
I have lately found myself disappointed with designer knitting books. There just seems to be a single statement in each book, and there hasn't been a real effort to involve the knitter in adding their own style. This book overcomes those concerns, and I find myself building on the design ideas already. Some really wonderful new techniques, like dropping stitches in cabling that are really gutsy (I bet I'll feel as good about doing that the first time I try it, as I did about cutting my first steeks! Yeeks!)
I am not usually a fan of large gauge knitting and especially large gauge color work, but here that opinion has had to be revised. i see it working perfectly in the intarsia jackets, and am eager to get going. There is something in here for everyone, and I like the teaching without lecturing. that is true inspiration, and this book is one of the golden ones on my shelf
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2: Beautiful Patterns
This is such a wonderful book.
I bought it to knit myself a little sweater to keep me warm in the air conditioning.
This book has several patterns that are beautiful and perfect for just that need!
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3: Design Inspirations for Knitters
This is a wonder book for knitters of all levels: thinking about moods you want to create for various seasons and then giving actual patterns that illustrate those moods. First you create a mood board. This is brilliant! For years I have kept notebooks of ideas but those have covers; this is making panels of various colors and shapes and then putting them up on a wall and LIVING with them. Over and over again you look at the board and new ideas emerge.(I do this with quilt design.) Your mind expands and you see new possibilties for the cardigan or the jacket. Orne's ideas are invigorating. Knitting has gone beyond technique to art.
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4: Magic book, magic designs
I was looking for a such a book for a long time but than I gave up and the book "found "me by itself, when I did not expected it. I read the reviews of this book and they were not convincing me very much but I saw somewhere the picture of the wonderland long jacket from this book and I decided to buy it just for this project. What a surprise! The book is wonderful, the projects are so nice and exclusive I have marked three of them already to prepare the yarn and begin to knit... I love the design workshop, it is so inspiring and helpful. I can just sit with this book and enjoy every page of it without the knitting part, and it also is a pleasure. Should be in every knitter's library, no doubt.
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5: Truly Inspirational!!!
When I first saw the "Lily of the Valley Shrug" I knew I had to have this book and I was not let down. After viewing all her lovely knits, it was hard to decide what to knit first... from the snowdrift cardigan and the winter wonderland coat to the victorian lace blouse and the pieces de resistance "Wedding Ensemble" which deserves a glowing review in itself.
The yarn choices are endless and run the gamut from #10 crochet cotton sleeve trims to super bulky wool! From gorgeous silks to luscious alpacas, cotton blends, yes, she has it all. Some of the designs use two or more different wt yarns in the same design, adding just that extra touch.
Challenging??? Yes, but who doesn't like a little challenge? I am going for it and will enjoy the whole trip and what a trip it is!!!!
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