“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
