Review on 🧶 Optimizing Knitting Patterns: Adapting and Drafting for Exceptional Knitwear by Jennifer Roberts

Renowned knit designer Sally Melville has a knack for explaining knitting techniques in simple, easy-to-understand language. Her previous books (e.g. Front Loop, Purl Loop) are deservedly popular. With KNITTING PATTERN ESSENTIALS, Melville has done it again. She created the easiest knitting pattern book I have ever seen. This book is NOT intended for beginner knitters. But knitting isn't exactly rocket science. Any advanced knitter interested in creating custom patterns - patterns that actually fit - should be able to use this book effectively. Besides basic knitting skills, all a knitter needs is the ability to read and understand knitting patterns; Take accurate measurements of the body. and to perform basic math calculations (e.g. multiplying the width measurement in inches by the number of stitches per inch of the pattern to determine how many stitches are needed at a particular location on the product). What KNIT Sets Aside from other pattern books, Melville explains WHY you need simplicity, HOW ease you need in a certain dress style, and WHY you need (or don't need) certain shapes (e.g. shoulder shapes) in one. certain style of clothing. Melville teaches you to understand the patterns you insert, which naturally leads to better custom patterns. The main forms of clothing covered in the book are dropped shoulder, modified dropped shoulder, set-in sleeve and raglan. However, the book contains a lot of additional discussions about the formation of necklines (funnel, V-neck, etc.), edges (diagonals, cuts), sides of clothes (trapeze, hourglass, etc.), sleeves (puffs, saddle shoulders). etc.), cardigans (no overlaps, piping etc.) and embellishments (armholes, collars and hoods etc.). In addition, Melville explains how to successfully combine different pieces of clothing. I personally like using computer apps for knitting patterns because the apps do all the math for me. But any knitting pattern created from a pattern is only as good as the information put into it and the assumptions that are met by the base pattern. With this book, you'll be able to refine any pattern created from a template to get the custom fit you want. KNITTING PATTERN ESSENTIALS also includes eight Sally Melville knitting patterns suitable for the intermediate or intermediate level and adventurous. These are the Three Bows Sweater, Marsha's Top, Uptown Jacket, Lace Panel Top, Escher Style Waistcoat, Lace Trim Sweater, Carrie's Cape, and Cee Cee's Cape. My favorite is the oh-so-stylish lace-trimmed bodice (pictured on the cover of the book), which alone justifies the price of the book. Some other good, relatively new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop, and The NEW Knitter's Template. Uptown jacket, lace-trimmed top, Escher waistcoat, lace-trimmed sweater, Carrie's cape, and a Cee-Cee cape. My favorite is the oh-so-stylish lace-trimmed bodice (pictured on the cover of the book), which alone justifies the price of the book. Some other good, relatively new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop, and The NEW Knitter's Template. Uptown jacket, lace panel top, Escher style waistcoat, lace trim sweater, Carrie's cape and Cee Cee cape. My favorite is the oh-so-stylish lace-trimmed bodice (pictured on the cover of the book), which alone justifies the price of the book. Some other good, relatively new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop and The NEW Knitter' s template. which largely justifies the price of the book. Some other good, relatively new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop, and The NEW Knitter's Template. Uptown jacket, lace panel top, Escher style waistcoat, lace trim sweater, Carrie's cape and Cee Cee cape. My favorite is the oh-so-stylish lace-trimmed bodice (pictured on the cover of the book), which alone justifies the price of the book. Some other good, relatively new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop, and The NEW Knitter's Template. which largely justifies the price of the book. Some other good, fairly new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop, and The NEW Knitter's Template. uptown jacket, Lace-trimmed top, Escher-style waistcoat, lace-trimmed sweater, Carrie's cape, and Cee-Cee cape. My favorite is the oh-so-stylish lace-trimmed bodice (pictured on the cover of the book), which alone justifies the price of the book. Some other good, fairly new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop, and The NEW Knitter's Template. s template. Uptown jacket, lace panel top, Escher style waistcoat, lace trim sweater, Carrie's cape and Cee Cee cape. My favorite is the oh-so-stylish lace-trimmed bodice (pictured on the cover of the book), which alone justifies the price of the book. Some other good fairly new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop and The NEW Knitter' s Template. s template. Uptown jacket, lace panel top, Escher style waistcoat, lace trim sweater, Carrie's cape and Cee Cee cape. My favorite is the oh-so-stylish lace-trimmed bodice (pictured on the cover of the book), which alone justifies the price of the book. Some other good, fairly new books on knitting patterns are Custom Knit Jackets, Vintage Design Workshop, and The NEW Knitter's Template.