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Brilliant Knits

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From the legendary Kaffe Fassett studio comes this stunning collection of unique designs for men's and women's sweaters -- and more. Sharing Fassett's passion for color, Brandon Mably's original designs are proving him one of the brightest new knitwear designers in the field. From a diamond-patterned, V-neck cardigan to a trellis-patterned, crewneck sweater, there is somet...more
Hardcover, 128 pages
Published September 1st 2001 by Taunton (first published August 31st 2001)
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Neil Mudde
Kaffe creates patterns and coffee table books, thus creating both as instructions to do some amazing althought complicated knitting, having the books out to be looked at gives on inspiration and if you are like myself never had the gift of knowing which colours work best together, this book is soooo worthwhile having.
I started a sweater about 30 years ago following Kaffe pattern, well after trial and error of 6 month I finally go the drift of how to create these little circles into the swea...more
Abbey
Abbey rated it 4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for: very experienced, or extremely patient, knitters, who want a challenge
Shelves: knit-crochet
BOTTOM LINE: Another extremely interesting group of enormously intricate colorwork knitting patterns from one of the most well-known and respected designers and friends, all with his renowned extraordinary complexity of color, if not design; a bit too much "same-old, same-old" though, if you've seen many other Fassett books.

It's an excellent knitting pattern book overall, although mainly of interest to those who really want a challenge and/or are possessed of an inordinate a...more
Jan
Jan rated it 5 of 5 stars
I love this book. It has a variety of great color knitting patterns.
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