Ethnic Knitting Exploration

This is an unusual knitting book, because you’re an unusual knitter. These pages don’t contain lots of inspiring color photos because there’s heaps of inspiration at your favorite yarn shop or spinning wheel. What you’ll find here is solid information on how to build three classic sweater shapes-raglan, circular yoke, and saddle-shoulder-in the yarn that’s caught your fancy. You’ll also discover ways to use color patterning, build an Aran-style design, and turn a pullover into a cardigan. This book’s goal isn’t to give you one sweater idea and then sit on the shelf. It’s to help you discover the joy and satisfaction of knitting without patterns when you want to. And to increase your understanding and sense of control and pleasure when you do use patterns.

Pages: 176 | Paperback
Publisher: Nomad Press
Type: Paperback | Black & White
ISBN: 978-0-9668289-9-3

Donna Druchunas presents traditional knitting designs and techniques from across the globe in step-by-step fashion. She begins with what ethnic knitting is, what you don’t need to know, and color tips. For each location, she offers brief knitting-specific history, key techniques, and a handful of versatile patterns (texture or color). An introductory project lets the reader practice new skills, which are then applied to the knitting of individually designed pullover sweaters.

Beginning with four simple, skill-building projects and eight master patterns for drop-shoulder pullover sweaters, learn how to:

• knit in the round
• understand charts
• center patterns
• manage repeats
• use texture patterns
• start with welts
• shape half-gussetsdesign with color patterns
• handle multiple colors
• stitch-and-cut armholes & necklines
• knit in the Andean style
• have fun with puntas
• tackle steeks

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Page 105, Ethnic Kitting Discover – correction to upper illustration.

Page 120, Ethnic Kitting Discover – correction to second full paragraph.