“If you’ve ever wanted to design your own knits, or if you just want to
adjust patterns to fit you better, Knitwear Design Workshop is for
you.” – Austin American Statesman
“This book is particularly comprehensive in that it explains how to adapt
different stitches other than the reliable stockinette to make sweaters that are
unique to the knitter. This volume, spiral-bound inside sturdy covers, is not
for the faint-of-heart knitter, but those longing to take their knitting to the
next level will be enthralled.” - Booklist
“The book's layout is very clean, clear and attractive, with high quality
photos and diagrams to keep the reader inspired and motivated. Paden writes
succinctly and well, packing in a wealth of information.” –
CrochetInsider.com
“If you've ever wanted to knit yourself a perfectly tailored and fitted
sweater, this is the book for you. Shirley Paden has created a veritable
textbook of knitwear design.” – Knitting Purls Newsletter
“Shirley Paden wants to empower you as a knitter to be the best you can
be.” – The Courier-News
“Easy-to-follow... Shirley Paden offers detailed techniques for
achieving just the look and fit that are right for you.” – The Detroit
News
“Paden delivers a graduate-level course for very serious
knitters, using text, charts, annotated schematics, sketches, sidebars,
mathematical conversion formulas—every aid at her considerable disposal—to
explain the myriad ways of getting exactly the look you’re after by marrying the
right yarn and stitch pattern to the right silhouette and sleeve type.
Exhaustive, comprehensive—mere adjectives don’t begin to describe it so I’ll
stop trying. Paden is simply in a master class of her own.” – Yarn Market
News
“OMG...Just got Shirley Paden's new knitwear design book and I am totally
in LOVE with it! Seriously! IN LOVE!” – Yarn Thing via Twitter
"Knitters usually begin with simpler items like scarves and move on to more
complicated projects like sweaters. But once sweaters are mastered, many
experienced knitters want to know how to design their own knitwear—and have it
fit. There are a number of books that explain the mechanics and the math of
designing sweaters. This one, too, examines commercial patterns, the
intricacies and importance of measurement, and the result that comes with
various yarns. But this book is particularly comprehensive in that it explains
how to adapt different stitches other than the reliable stockinette to make
sweaters that are unique to the knitter. This volume, spiral-bound inside sturdy
covers, is not for the faint-of-heart knitter, but those longing to take their
knitting to the next level will be enthralled. Four attractive projects are
included as examples of the many techniques author Paden explains." - Ilene
Cooper
