The Best of Interweave Knits ( Our favourite designs from the first ten years ) is edited by Ann Budd : some good basic patterns interspersed with Interweave's great instructional pages called Beyond the Basics. Techniques include cast ons, working with two yarns, reading charts, short rows, seams and grafting. Their technique pages really are the best but there are corrections which can be obtained from www.interweave.com
Wrapped in Comfort - Knitted Lace Shawls by Alison Jeppson Hyde contains shawls and scarves. The scarves are pretty basic but the shawls are interesting and I'm looking forward to trying some of them; they are all similar in style and I would describe them as capelike.There are charts and written instructions.There is an inspirational story attached to each design which don't appeal to me personally but that's my personal taste.
I got a copy of the latest Knit Today magazine this morning and I offer a shameless plug for a pattern of mine which will appear in the next issue due out at the end of October.I designed it as a sampler scarf but in the promo picture it's modelled as a stole. It's amazing what professional photography can do for a product and I'm very pleased with the result.
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