Dressed in Knits: 19 Designs for Creating a Custom Knitwear Collection

by Alex Capshaw-Taylor

Knit your own couture wardrobe! As a knitter, you know the appeal of creating a piece that can go from home to office, from weekday to weekend--and, most importantly, that looks flattering on your figure. But that can be easier said than done! Until now. Knitwear designer Alex Capshaw-Taylor has created a collection of 19 knitted garments and accessories featuring timeless, high-fashion designs that are refreshingly easy to wear. In Dressed in Knits , you'll experiment with a variety of techniques including multidirectional knitting, colorwork (intarsia and stranded), cabling, and more. Unique to this guide is helpful information devoted to educating knitters on couture details that produce designer quality finished pieces. Alex will demonstrate proper seeming, picking up stitches, applying beads, turning a hem, creating pockets, steeking, adding zippers to knitwear, and more. Helpful tips on styling finished garments will also be sprinkled throughout the book, like how adding a belt to a piece can change the silhouette giving it a totally different look. Dressed in Knits isn't just another knitting book. It's your fashion-forward guide to a whole new wardrobe.

Genres: Knitting, Nonfiction

168 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2015

Reviews

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful designs! Easy to understand patterns. A great book.

[Ligaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good knitting book with an interesting premise, to create a knitted wardrobe from camisole to outerwear "inspired by an element in the ritual of dressing". Doesn't quite get there but there are several very interesting designs within. The first chapter lays down the basics of knitting, creating garments that fit, and embellishing your garments. My favorite garments in this book combine two different yarns in one design: the Eveleigh pullover uses a worsted weight bodice with a lace weight cowl/illusion neckline and the Xian pullover combines a lace yoke with a stockinette bodice. Very sophisticated. This book also includes designs that are felted, bobbled all-over!, use intarsia, have lace appliqué sewn on, cabled, beaded! Lots to learn.

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A couple okay patterns, some were a bit strange, but not great sizing.