Kaffe Fassett's Pattern Library: Over 190 Creative Knitwear Designs

by Kaffe Fassett

This treasury of knitting patterns by internationally recognized knitwear designer Kaffe Fassett is the first of its kind. Known for his brilliant color combinations and innovative designs, Fassett has selected some of his most exquisite pieces for inclusion here. Detailed charts guide readers who want to duplicate the patterns, and a chapter on designing you own patterns is included.- Best-selling author and designer Kaffe Fassett has been producing knitwear designs for more than 30 years.- 350 color photos, including close-up color swatches, illustrate the patterns.- A visual feast for Fassett's followers--and anyone who loves beautiful knitting.

Genres: Knitting, Crafts, Reference, Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2003

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful patterns, often taken from quilt patterns, china patterns, mosaic patterns, etc. Not for the faint of heart and you need either a fat wallet or some experience dyeing yarn to obtain all of the color variations necessary.

[heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

As usual, Fassett's sense of color and design are stunning. There's this depth richness and playfulness that I seldom see in other designers.

I feel like he is coming at knitting from some place not very familiar to me -- there are a lot of giant motifs and unsecured floats and things that can really only be intarsia. It's lovely! On the other hand, as pretty as it is, it looks like a righteous pain to knit. Like just... not born knit, y'know? Like a person would end up with something lovely, but only after cursing the names of their ancestors because of the four color rows of extreme misery.

I bet the patterns would make amazing cross stitch patterns, though!

Read if: You are looking for color and pattern inspiration.

Skip if: You are knitting while doing anything else at all.

Also read: any book on traditional stranded colorwork.

[Dolly Zk]

i love it

[Minnesinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous book, but readers should be aware that the word "pattern" in the title does not refer to full-instruction patterns, but to patterns in the design sense, i.e., recurring patterns.