Knitting Today's Classics: 65 Beautiful Sweaters from the Studios of Classic Elite

by Kristin Nicholas

The makers of Classic Elite high-quality yarn unveil a year-round collection of traditional yet stylish sweater patterns, sixty-five in all, accompanied by large, full-color photographs, schematic drawings, and stitching charts. 40,000 first printing. BOMC Crafter's Choice Main.

Genres: Knitting, Nonfiction, Crafts, Reference

144 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1999

About the author

KRISTIN NICHOLAS is a knitwear and stitchery designer who lives in western Massachusetts on a working sheep farm with her husband and daughter and 400 sheep, three border collies, two great pyrenees guard dogs, ten cats, thirty chickens, one guard donkey, and one guard llama.

Kristin learned to knit and sew when she was nine years old. Following her passion for creating, she received a BS from University of Delaware and MS from Colorado State University in Textiles and Clothing. She has worked in the American needlework industry for over 25 years as a creative director and a stitchery and knitwear designer. She is the author of 8 books including Color By Kristin, Kristin Knits, Colorful Stitchery, Kids Embroidery, Knitting for Baby, and more. Her specialty is working with color and she is known as a color expert within the needlework industry. She has her own line of yarn named “Julia”, after her daughter, which is distributed throughout North America by Nashua Handknits (a Division of Westminster Fibers). She has been also been featured as a knitting expert on PBS's Knit and Crochet Now for the three seasons.

Kristin's home and work have been featured in Country Home, Country Living, Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, Knitters Magazine, and many other national publications.

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Reviews

[Abbey · Rating 4 out of 5]

BOTTOM LINE: Excellent pattern book, filled with mostly good designs able to be adapted to each knitter's style, has clear write-ups and nice photography. Large paperback format is awkward to handle, and a few of the designs were peculiar and kept this from being a "5" but would gladly purchase for own library.

Well-arranged book, with 7 sections filled with mainly interesting patterns, 65 in total:
Knits for the Family
Soft Mohair
Textural Stitchery
Knitting with Color
A Journey to Great Britain
Summer Knits
International Inspiration
and a Knitting Basics/How-to section as well.

Some really strong Guernsey-like designs and a couple of nice Aran-style sweaters make this irresistable to me, plus (actually, MAJOR plus!) the pattern stitches are all written out in detail within the patterns. Even though its size makes it difficult to handle (and not spiral bound either, alas) I'd like to purchase my own copy someday. A good pattern book to keep for reference and regular use.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bulky, not very fitted.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing for me.