Wedding Knits: Handmade Gifts for Every Member of the Wedding Party

by Suss Cousins

Ask a bride for five words she hopes will describe her wedding day and you’re likely to hear words like beautiful, personal, romantic, unique, and elegant. Now famed knitwear designer Suss Cousins makes brides’ dreams come true with Wedding Knits, a gorgeous collection of thirty patterns for hand-knitted wedding essentials—like a dainty ring pillow, the must-have something-blue garter, and sexy lingerie for the wedding night—that are timeless and totally original, just like you.

From easy projects that knit up in no time to an inspiring design for a hand-knitted wedding gown, Wedding Knits offers patterns for every member of the wedding and every step of your walk down the

For the Bridal Party
Luxe Bridesmaid Purse, Belted Tunic Dress, Bridesmaid Wrap, Mother-of-the-Bride Handkerchief, Ring Cushion

For the Bride
Ultimate Wedding Dress, Two Veil Styles, Bride's Stole, Something-Blue Garter, Long Fingerless Gloves, Tasseled Silk Bridal Purse

For the Honeymoon
Wedding Night Robe, Sexy Nightie, Angora Camisole and Shorts Set

Suss uses rich and luxurious yarns to highlight each dreamy wedding creation. Perfect for a bride-to-be and a must-have for friends who want to create memorable gifts, Wedding Knits covers all of the essentials for items from engagement to honeymoon.

Genres: Knitting, Crafts, Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 2, 2007

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was a bit disappointed as I was hoping there would be lots of lace and, certainly, more than one wedding dress. Instead there were two dresses (if you include the nightie, three): one wrap dress and one wedding dress and all of them are rows and rows of stockinette. There were numerous smaller projects to fill the pages (purses, headband, hair clip, totebag, photo album, bracelet, pillow, throws, wraps, scarves, handkerchief) that are basically knitted rectangles. The bikini is very cute but you are warned that it is not for swimming. The photos are beautiful and there are schematics for many projects. Design-wise, white type over a light green background does not make for easy legibility.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of these shouldn't be knit - a handkerchief?!

[Rebekah · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some beautiful ideas in here, though of course there are some of the usual "what?" kind of moments that come with a Suss Cousins book. She just likes to push her yarn, I think. But if I hadn't found it post-wedding, I can see myself using a few things from it.

[Kelly (Maybedog) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some nice knits but quite plain for wedding knits. I expected more lace and daintiness. However, there is a wide range of knits for the wedding party, for the bride and for the honeymoon. Fairly nice stuff.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really lovely ideas in here- too bad many of them are sized TINY.

Still a cute resource.

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting patterns, some a little boring- LOVE the knitted wedding dress