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Machine Knitting: Designing with Colour
The popularity of hand frame knitting is underestimated and there are many passionate and creative knitters who have taken machine knitting into their heads, hearts and hands. Overflowing with colour and stitch ideas, inspirational photos and customizable patterns, this book will inject vitality into your knitting practice. Explore how colours can be juxtaposed for best effect or where Slip, Tuck and Fair Isle stitches will add new textures and make intricate fabrics. Seventy-five knitting patterns, ranging from coats and scarves to bags and sculptures, offer enticing new project ideas as well as suggested variations and additions you can make to expand your design skills. Topics covered a history of hand frame knitting; techniques and stitches; the design process; stripes, circles and colour; Fair Isle; lace and sculptural vessels and, finally, how to develop your hobby into a business. Written for both experienced knitters and anyone using a knitting machine, this book will act as a catalyst for hand frame knitters to add stitch and colour variety to their work.
- GenresKnitting
272 pages, Hardcover
Published February 4, 2020
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December 26, 2025
Amazing book
My first review was lost and I cannot recreate the shock after looking through the book twice at the beautiful garments that are full of amazing color and punchcard charts. It is the best machine knitting book I've ever seen. It is superb!
I did buy the kindle edition to save money. Be aware that on my older kindle paper white the pictures are black and white so this book would be useless; but on my iPad, Mac computer and iPhone the colors are there. This book will keep one busy for a long time. I particularly loved the stripes, fair isle and herringbone sections. There are coats, jackets, and scarves in almost every section. There are cardigans in some. The patterns are long and the pieces need to be altered for more sizes but the sewing pieces are there so you will need to do a gauge swatch and plan your garment.
My first review was lost and I cannot recreate the shock after looking through the book twice at the beautiful garments that are full of amazing color and punchcard charts. It is the best machine knitting book I've ever seen. It is superb!
I did buy the kindle edition to save money. Be aware that on my older kindle paper white the pictures are black and white so this book would be useless; but on my iPad, Mac computer and iPhone the colors are there. This book will keep one busy for a long time. I particularly loved the stripes, fair isle and herringbone sections. There are coats, jackets, and scarves in almost every section. There are cardigans in some. The patterns are long and the pieces need to be altered for more sizes but the sewing pieces are there so you will need to do a gauge swatch and plan your garment.
June 24, 2021
Beautiful book: lots of inspiration and nice patterns. Best new machine knitting book! I am hoping for more!
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