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Harmony Guide: Cables & Arans: 250 Stitches to Knit (Harmony Guides)
by
Erika Knight
Offering clear, concise knitting instructions, this series has served as a classic reference for handcrafters for more than 30 years. Featuring 250 texture-friendly designs for knitters of all skill levels, this handbook gives techniques for cable, ripple, knot, and twist stitches. The reference provides a multitude of new knitting patterns both for the home and to wear—su
...morePaperback, 272 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Interweave Press
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The best photographs of knitting stitches I've ever seen, close up and clear. One cable stitch per page with charts as well as written directions. Key in the back to every symbol with directions, glossary, stitch index, and basic knitting instructions. Includes master sheet of graph paper. Good binding, book lies open flat. Hints about swatching, ironing, etc. scattered apparently at random as fillers throughout the book. Probably more helpful if they'd been collected in one place with the other...more
This is not the cover that I have but is most likely the same book.
This is a must have in a cable knitters library.
This is a must have in a cable knitters library.
Yeah, new cable patterns to add to mitts!
Wonderful, fantastic reference tool. I go back to this, and it's sisters, over and over for inspiration and ways to jazz up an otherwise boring pattern. I also use these books to turn a little yarn into a beautiful scarf with interest and detail.
I love, love, love this book. The patterns are beautiful and diverse, and the binding allows you to just lay the book open and work from it. There aren't any charts, so if you work from those that might be an issue.
Wonderful and inexpensive stitchionary!
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Keep it simple, chic and contemporary! So says Erika, textile designer and fashion design consultant, whose trademark has been the traditional with a twist. Coming into knitting via fine art training, she is highly regarded in her field and works for many international companies designing ready-to-wear ranges. Author of Comforts of Home (Martingale), her latest book is Simple Knits for Cherished B...more
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