Family Album: More Glorious Knits for Children and Adults

by Kaffe Fassett, Zoe Hunt, Steve Lovi (Photographer)

Presents patterns for colorful knitwear for the whole family, featuring circles and dots, squares and plaids, flowers and bows, and more graphic delights

Genres: Knitting, Nonfiction, Reference, Crafts

200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Mckinley]

Colorwork

[notgettingenough]

It's hard to know how to review a book like this. At the time it came out it must have been a real eye-opener. That lavish use of colour which is Fassett's personal stamp. But Fassett couldn't knit and his designs from a shape/construction point of view, cannot possibly satisfy a modern knitter.

I do wonder if it is possible to adapt his pattern motifs into contemporary ways of knitting. It would encourage me to try one of these. As it is, I feel like I'd go to a vast amount of trouble to make something that's going to look pretty dreadful at the finish.

[Chris]

I picked this up at the library sale for a quarter. It was published in the 1980's, and the clothing styles reflect that. But the fun colorwork patterns are timeless and can easily be incorporated into other designs.

[Judi]

This is a beautiful book, filled with colourful knitwear and charts and instructions to make most of it. I don't like that they include photos of other knitwear but no patterns.

[Stephanie Stagner]

I love the retro vibe of everything in this book!