Fitted Knits: 25 Designs for the Fashionable Knitter
by Stefanie Japel
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'Fitted Knits' features 25 projects, beginning with simple T-shirts and shrugs and moves on to more advanced jumpers, cardigans and skirts. It features a comprehensive section covering the skills necessary to create a well-fitted garment, removing the guesswork from customising patterns.Tags
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brineydeep4 Another great book for top-down sweater designs.
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Some very beautiful designs. However, Japel's over-reliance on raglans gets old after a while. Most of these are one basic underlying design with a few decorative tweaks.
Love this book. It has many great patterns. I have the yarn and the plans to complete 90% of the patterns in the book. I'm very picky about knitting books and found this to be wonderful. There are things for everyone in this book.
Some very beautiful designs. However, Japel's over-reliance on raglans gets old after a while. Most of these are one basic underlying design with a few decorative tweaks.
I received this book as a gift and loved it from the start. The patterns are modern, elegant, and casual all at the same time. I plan to make quite a few of the projects featured in it. I am more of a person who likes clothes that aren't typical, but this book has some nice, cool clothes that I can wear to events that require fashion sense :-p
Fitted Knits is an excellent source for modern, top-down sweater patterns. From cardigans to vests, pull overs to shrugs, Stefanie Japel has put together a wide collection of patterns loosely based upon raglan shaping. I have knit 3 patterns from this book and found them to be easily customizable to fit my body type, as well as enjoyable to both knit and wear. If you have never knit a sweater from the top, this book is an great place to start.
Ugh. I bought this and actually returned it. I NEVER return books. The title is incredibly misleading. I thought it would be about knits that, you know, fit. Lots of blousy, unflattering designs.
I should never have bought this. These patterns are definitely for somebody else....
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Whether you’re tall or short, curvy or slender, Fitted Knits will teach you all you need to know to customize any pattern for your perfect fit. The "How To Fit" Guide details the anatomy of a sweater teaching you how to adjust each part of a sweater to your specific measurements. Choose from lightweight summer tanks and tees to shrugs, wraps and cardigans perfect for those transitional times show more as well as warm and cozy sweaters, vests and coats for those chilly winter months, all rated with a user-friendly skill level guide.
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Stefanie Japel is an acclaimed knitter and author. Her designs and patterns have been featured on popular sites such as Knitty.com, Craftster.org, and the BUST Lounge, and in books including Stitch 'n Bitch Nation. She blogs and shares her pattern designs on her Web site StefanieJapel.com. Aime Herring's photography has been published show more internationally. She lives in New York with her husband and baby son. show less
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- Home & Garden, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 746.4320432 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Fashion Design / Weaving, Knitting, Embroidery Needlework and handwork Knitting, crocheting, tatting Knitting Standard subdivisions
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- TT825 .J385 — Technology Handicrafts. Arts and crafts Handicrafts. Arts and crafts Home arts. Homecrafts
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