Leigh Ann Berry

Basic Knitting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started (How To Basics)
As an advanced knitter I am always on the lookout to learn more about my craft-a different technique or just something new.
First section of this book is dedicated to the tools of the trade and a bit of information on how to knit. Many colorful photographs show examples of what is being explained in words.
Feel some of the pictures are better just using diagrams on the next pages as they appear to be dark.
Second section is about the patterns themselves. I find some of the instructions to be confusing. goes from continental to the English style-it's a bit much for a new knitter to comprehend.
There are also at the end a lot of appendixes with useful information.… (més)

This assumes you know how to knit and purl but doesn't assume much beyond that. If it's something to remind you about some skills and get you going knitting a few items to remind you how it works and trying out a few new techniques along the way then this is the book for you. It's a half step above a beginner book, for an intermediate beginner, someone comfortable with the basic concepts but wanting to stretch a little. The illustrations are clear and easy to follow.

The projects are:
Heart's Content Scarf - knitting a bias scarf. Good and basi
Sugar Run Skirt - Provisional cast-on and knitting the casting - not my sort of thing but overall a good project
Twin Lakes Cover-up and Hat- Lace and ruffles, a baby coverup and a little too twee for me
Lantz Corners Shawl - moving from double pointed to circular and twiceworked bind off. Not a bad project or skill use, A square shawl that could also be a tablecloth
Tracy Ridge Hat - Reading graphs, a hat that doubles up as a cowl though there are no shots of it as a cowl.
Beaver meadows Felted purse - mitred rectangle bottom, embelishment, handle and edging - interesting bag and different handle, this is the coverproject.
Big Rock Socks - Stranded colour knitting, longish fairly bulky socks
Tionesta Lake Throw - swatching for texture and colour, use up some of that stash stuff
Watson Crossing Sweater - flawless necklines with ANNA (Armhole Neck Neck Armhole order of decreases) ruffle edged cardigan
Saybrook Neck warmer and wrist warmer - knitting with beads a bulky set with cables (the pictures are in a variagated yarn that mostly loses the texture of the piece) the bead knitting is the crochet hook method.

overall not a bad book for someone looking to expand their horizons.… (més)