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24 exciting and contemporary design projects! Explore a variety of traditional stitches using a rainbow of colors.
What happens when beautifully crafted handknits meet a Scottish sense of color and whimsy? You get an exquisite book of Scottish-influenced designs that knitters will crave, created by renowned knitter Martin y.
Scotland has a rich tradition in handknitting thanks to the exquisite hand-dyed yarns that have been spun in the Scottish islands for centuries. Traditional techniques have been handed down through generations, resulting in a treasure trove of stitch patterns, textures, and colors.
In Scottish Knits, Martin pays homage to beautiful Celtic cables and colorwork with 24 stunning and innovative handknits accessible to knitters of all skill levels. The projects include garments, accessories, and home goods, many of which feature different color patterns or textures in a single piece.
PDF Scottish Knits Colorwork Cables with a Twist Martin y 0499991619436 Books
"I am keeping this book for 3 reasons: the Mackintosh Rose chart, the Thistle chart, and the Tay Tarten color story. The first two would serve better as needlepoint or cross-stitch patterns due to the awkward distribution of 3-color stranding and the third item is an excellent example of the poor quality of the knit examples in this book. I hate to slam on test knitters, especially in a book of harder knits like this one, because I think it is usually the result of design decisions and production problems with the publisher, but . . . the sleeve cap on Tay Tarten is a hot mess, the back of the Mackintosh cardigan looks like they put it through a wringer, and could they not clip in those mitts so they at least looked like they fit an arm instead of a leg? I feel strongly that these problems are the direct result of design decisions and not the knitters' fault.
Highlights:
Do you like making swatches? boy do I have some blankets you will like! You make 40 swatches and then sew them together! Yay, you will look like you have no imagination!
That leaf garland sweater from the cover: did you know that there are random, kind of ugly argyle stripes on it? No, because the model is cleverly hiding them with her hair and her awkwardly placed arms! Not an accident!
NOT all the color work has charts. The houndstooth accessories have no chart even though they stretched that out for three whole projects. In three separate projects they couldn't find the space for an itty chart. Not to worry, there is: a half-page of tree, a quarter-page of flower, and they have a full-page, full length back view of a hat and mittens on a person in a wood, but not a back or side view of a cabled cardigan later! None of the cabling has charts.
The fair isle cardigan on the cover is a strange beast. It almost echoes the bold harsh colors of early f.i. (which can have a charming effect) but the pattern is too broken up by odd color choices and pattern to a point that registers as ugly speckles. This was one of my big disappointments. I looked at this book on different monitors and the sweater looked subtle and nice, but when I got the book the colors were awful. At least the sleeve cap is tidy.
Scottish Knits is a classic example of "hard" hand knits that are not shown to be worth the trouble. And certainly the production of the samples and the book proves that they don't think knitters are worthy of excellent directions and well-executed charts, photos, and examples. If I'm going to knit the hard way, the backwards way, the poorly engineered way, the results better be drop-dead breath-taking. This book is far from that ideal."
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Scottish Knits Colorwork Cables with a Twist Martin y 0499991619436 Books Reviews :
Scottish Knits Colorwork Cables with a Twist Martin y 0499991619436 Books Reviews
- I am keeping this book for 3 reasons the Mackintosh Rose chart, the Thistle chart, and the Tay Tarten color story. The first two would serve better as needlepoint or cross-stitch patterns due to the awkward distribution of 3-color stranding and the third item is an excellent example of the poor quality of the knit examples in this book. I hate to slam on test knitters, especially in a book of harder knits like this one, because I think it is usually the result of design decisions and production problems with the publisher, but . . . the sleeve cap on Tay Tarten is a hot mess, the back of the Mackintosh cardigan looks like they put it through a wringer, and could they not clip in those mitts so they at least looked like they fit an arm instead of a leg? I feel strongly that these problems are the direct result of design decisions and not the knitters' fault.
Highlights
Do you like making swatches? boy do I have some blankets you will like! You make 40 swatches and then sew them together! Yay, you will look like you have no imagination!
That leaf garland sweater from the cover did you know that there are random, kind of ugly argyle stripes on it? No, because the model is cleverly hiding them with her hair and her awkwardly placed arms! Not an accident!
NOT all the color work has charts. The houndstooth accessories have no chart even though they stretched that out for three whole projects. In three separate projects they couldn't find the space for an itty chart. Not to worry, there is a half-page of tree, a quarter-page of flower, and they have a full-page, full length back view of a hat and mittens on a person in a wood, but not a back or side view of a cabled cardigan later! None of the cabling has charts.
The fair isle cardigan on the cover is a strange beast. It almost echoes the bold harsh colors of early f.i. (which can have a charming effect) but the pattern is too broken up by odd color choices and pattern to a point that registers as ugly speckles. This was one of my big disappointments. I looked at this book on different monitors and the sweater looked subtle and nice, but when I got the book the colors were awful. At least the sleeve cap is tidy.
Scottish Knits is a classic example of "hard" hand knits that are not shown to be worth the trouble. And certainly the production of the samples and the book proves that they don't think knitters are worthy of excellent directions and well-executed charts, photos, and examples. If I'm going to knit the hard way, the backwards way, the poorly engineered way, the results better be drop-dead breath-taking. This book is far from that ideal. - Martin y is one of my favorite designers, but this collection has only two patterns that I would consider knitting the Skye Poncho (with an elaborate interlocking cable in front), and the Cromarty (aka "Aviemore") coat (sideways-knit, with Fair Isle fronts and collar, and fishtail triangles in back).
Apparently the book is titled SCOTTISH KNITS because the designs are named after places in Scotland ("Aberdeen Argyll", "Caithness Socks", etc.), and are accompanied by uncaptioned stock photos that probably were taken in these locations. The knitted models are NOT photographed on location. Generally the designs include "Scottish" elements, such as tartan patterns, Aran cables, and Fair Isle colorwork motifs. I have no idea what the "Twist" mentioned in the book's subtitle might be, because none of the cabled designs seem to use any new or unusual knitting techniques. There is minimal description of each pattern, no discussion of "Scottish" knitting per se, and only a very general two pages of "knitting know-how" at the back.
The book cover shows two of the prettier sweater designs ("Portree Sweater" and "Ross Cardigan"). The colorways in these sweaters are typical--overall the colorways used in the book's designs seem rather odd to me gray and black; predominately pink and green; large areas of red, green, gold, and white. Because SCOTTISH KNITS strikes me as just another pattern collection intended to sell Rowan yarn (Fine Tweed, Felted Tweed, and Tweed), I rate it generously at 3 stars ("it's okay" on the official scale). - The item arrived in excellent condition. At the reduced price could not pass up this purchase. Only interested in a few of the patterns. Have not started on any project as yet.
- Love it! Awesome book, great price, excellent shipping!
- I really enjoy this book, I haven't had time to knit one, but really liked the had on the cover, which is easy to do. I am working on a Norwegian sweater with Moose and saw this book . hope to get the hat done...
