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Handknit
Style II:
More
Contemporary Sweaters from Tricoter
by
Linden Ward & Beryl Hiatt
Rating:
4 sheep
Handknit
Style II, a sturdy spiral-bound volume published
in 2006, contains 16 patterns by the authors, who opened
the Tricoter Shop in Seattle in 1993. The shop seems
to be prospering. The book opens with a section on
yarn arriving at the shop, on getting started, with information
on yarns used and resource yarn companies with addresses.
Many special tips and techniques are included, along with
16 patterns.
While
I haven't yet seen Handknit Style I, I really liked this
one. My main impressions are:
- Glorious
photos and yarn colors;
- Perfection
of knitted stitches;
- Refreshing,
elegant, whimsical design features.
Some
of these design features are a rose pocket, elegant fringe
edging on a Chanel jacket, a bulky cable that encompasses
almost an entire sleeve, fine cable detailing around an
arm scye, across the yoke and up the front, and a wide ribbon
belt drawn through knitted loops. In every case the
yarn for these elegant designs is exquisite. Many
of the patterns use a solid color; about 6 display creative
use of stripes and other color combinations.
Not
every design appealed to me (one a bit quirky, one so absolutely
lain it seemed not to fit with the others), but then many
were so elegantly unusual that it was a joy to simply look
at it over and over, and how many pattern books can make
that claim?
It's
a fairly expensive book but one that will satisfy and move
the imagination.
Respectfully
submitted,
Virginia
Piacentini
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