KAFFE FASSETTS PATTERN LIBRARY

by Kaffe Fassett

Brought together here for the first time ever, a collection of over 190 of Kaffe Fassett's most accomplished and successful knitting designs. With close up photographic swatches and detailed colour charts, you'll be recreating these iconic designs in no time! 'He's a genius' -- Sonia Rykiel'Stunning. Wonderful. If you want your socks blown off, buy this book' -- ***** Reader review'Amazing, inspirational book' -- ***** Reader review'A mouth-watering feast of colour and ideas' -- ***** Reader review 'An inspirational book and one to treasure for many years!' -- ***** Reader review'A beautiful book with beautiful pictures and patterns - I just drooled by looking at it all' -- ***** Reader review***************************************************************************Kaffe Fassett has been producing some of the world's most exquisite knitting designs for over 30 years. He has worked with everyone from Missoni to Bill Gibb, designing diverse and beautiful knitwear that is worn all over the world.Now Kaffe Fassett's Pattern Library provides in one volume a collection of over 190 of his most inspiring pieces. Each design is illustrated with a close-up photographic swatch, accompanied by a detailed colour chart so you can copy the pattern.A general chapter on creating your own designs, covering issues such as scale, repeats and borders, enables you to share in Kaffe's creative process and benefit from his unique tips in designing your own pieces.For Kaffe Fassett fans and anyone who loves the art of knitting, this book is an absolute must-have.

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.