May 29 Book Review: The Complete Guide to One-Piece Knits

The Complete Guide to One-Piece Knits
Essential Designs in Multiple Sizes and Gauges for Sweaters Knit Top Down, Bottom Up, and Side-Over
by Margaret Hubert
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Was happy to get an early copy of this book. There is so much to it!
Lots of pictures of items that are being made. Appeal of knitting in one piece by using a choice of 4 diffeerent styles: raglan style, yoke style, side to side and from bottom up over the shoulders and down the bottom front.
Charted instructions using the tecniques in multiple sizes, yarn weights and guages. For example one sweater has sizes that range from a child size 2 through man's 2 X and using yarn weights from #3 to #5 yarns. There is also a FAQ about making sweaters in one piece.
There are charts for every size available, charts for yarn weights, gaugest and needle sizes, yarn amounts and tips on how to finish the item.
Abbrecviations used are included. Diagrams of the sweaters showing all the pieces giving you tips about certain sections.
Thing I do not like about this method is that everything is charted due to all the sizes that are available. I think I would rewrite the size I am making so I don't get lost in the charts at any point in time.
Tells you how many stsithces to cast on, how long ribbing is and how to place markers and at what point. After that set of instructions new charts using new yarns are given in their own chart formats.
Bit confusing to me, rather see it spelled out in words and separated by ,'s for each size.
What I do like is at each new section of sweater types the skill level is shown, sizes and yarn to be used and needles and gauages. If you are a new knitter and opened this book you'd probably put it down as all you'd see are the charts and not quite understand what's going on.
I think it would just take me a bit of time to get used to this new format of a pattern.
There are very easy to understand patterns and lots of color photos.
Yoke and some other type sweaters are written out row by row using old format of patterns.
Other emblishments are explained at the end. Author bio included.
Because of the different format that you are used to seeing I hope you give this book a chance-it's an excellent resource because of the yarns, needles, sizes, sweater styles available.
Other works by the author are highlighted at the end.
Received this review copy from Quarto Publishing Group - Creative Publishing International via Netgalley and this is my honest opinion.
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