Best Knitting Pattern Book Reviews 2018

Debbie Bliss is a prolific designer who created beautiful pieces for Baby Gap once upon a time. She has authored several bestsellers like Cotton Knits for all Seasons and Bright Knits for Kids. Bliss has also established herself as an accessible and stylish designer of children’s knitwear. Her clothing line features a fabulous collection of accessories and clothing for newborns up to 3 years old. She tours a number of countries in the world where she gives lectures and conducts workshops for knitting enthusiasts. She also has her personal branded yarn which is sold all over the globe.

In one of her recent releases – The Baby Knits Book – she assembles a wide collection of designs suitable for newborns and kids up to age 3. This collection includes easy knits for beginners and heirloom projects like smock-style dresses. Her personal brand of yarns is featured in these designs alongside recommended yarns by other brands.

So, if you have or know children aged 0 to 3, you can take advantage of the patterns offered in this book to make amazing and cozy warm wears for them. The yarns recommended in this book are baby-friendly and quite easy to wash and wear. And don’t forget that you can also get it in soft cover or right into your kindle.

Other knitting pattern books by Debbie Bliss include:

• Debbie Bliss the Knitter’s Book of Knowledge: A Complete Guide to Essential Knitting Techniques. It teaches tensioning, beading, cabling and finishing embellishments
• Debbie Bliss Essential Baby: Over 20 Handknits to Take Your Baby from First Days to First Steps: This book includes 20 must-have designs for your little ones
• Debbie Bliss Baby Knits for Beginners: It helps first-time knitters learn the basics of knitting
• Debbie Bliss Knitting Workbook: It features step-by-step tutorials on creative knitting

Andrea Rangel makes and teaches knitwear designs. She has authored 2 classic books on knitting, including the book titled Rugged Knits. Some of her beautiful and exquisite patterns have also been published in various publications like the Twist Collective, the Knitscene, and Interweave Knits. She currently lives in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where she creates her knitting world.

The second book authored by Andrea Rangel titled AlterKnit Stitch Dictionary: 200 Modern Knitting Motifs, was published on August 10, 2017, and has already earned widespread popularity in the knitting world. It’s a 164-page hardcover book featuring non-traditional colored charts that are suitable for well-established knitters who want to take a break from the norm to hone their creative skills.

The motifs described in this book include geometric mountains, skulls, modern bikes, and sheep. It also features sections on working floats, reading charts, and making color choices. You’ll also learn how to use stranded color-work to make projects like sweaters, cowls, and mitts for yourself or your loved one.

You also have the liberty to modify, combine or deconstruct the motifs in this book to make your personal designs. Andrea wrote this book to allow you to break the rules in creative and innovative ways that will produce excellent results.

These bestselling authors (Jessica Polka, Lesley Stanfield and Kristin Nicholas) and knitwear designers, who share their interesting and creative world of knitting with many enthusiasts in a comprehensible way, have made a compilation of 200 different knitting ideas that you can take advantage of in the book titled 200 Fun Things to Knit. They’ve provided you with answers to your knitting questions with pages of irresistible and fabulous collections of pretty and beautiful knitting projects for experts, intermediates, and beginners.

The colorful works of art displayed in this book are inspired by the beauty of nature we see around us, including knitted flowers, leaves, bugs, and sea creatures.

Getting this book, especially at a time when you haven’t knitted anything in a while, will encourage you to pick up your yarn and needle to create beautiful pieces that many people will love. These 200 projects are super easy to learn and master. They also allow stylish embroidery and embellishments that add a little extra to the beautiful product of your yarning.

You are also at liberty to use your preferred yarn choice to make any of the knitting patterns described in this book.

So, if you’re thinking about what to get a loved one for a special occasion, this book will give you all you need to ensure that person is happy and satisfied with your handmade gift. Get it in hardcover or paperback today.

Tanis Gray’s work history includes assuming roles at HBO, Martha Stewart, and Focus Features. She also had a 4-year career as a co-editor at Knit 1 and the Yarn Editor of Vogue Knitting and worked as a creative content producer for quite a number of years. She has over 350 knitting designs published to her name with a large number of them featured in many books and major publications in the US. She is currently editing knitting books, teaching knitting and freelancing as a designer.

In her book, Cozy Knits, she offers 50 new patterns from top designers. These designs are trendy, fashion-forward and easy to make. All 50 designs are knit with the affordable Cascade Pacific Chunky and Cascade Pacific yarns, so you have no issues figuring out the type of yarn you’ll need to get exactly what Tanis Gray describes in her book.

This book also features techniques for all skill levels including lace, brioche, cables and intarsia, Fair Isle and stockinet stitch.

The designs have a thing or two for every member of the family. From infants to adults and males and females alike. There are baby blankets, shawls, mittens, afghans, and sweaters to go round. If you’re thinking more about home decor or gifts for your loved ones, you’ll also find something in this book.

Jen Lucas started knitting in 2004 and moved on to designing later in 2008. A lot of her beautiful designs have been featured in publications like Knitscene, Knit Simple, and Love of Knitting. She also doubles as the bestselling author of Sock-Yarn Shawls alongside other patterns that can be found on the Ravelry platform. In 2014, she left her career to advance her knitwear designing business into the inspiring one that it is today. When Jen isn’t knitting a lovely piece, she can be found sharing her recipes via Pinterest.

In her book, Cozy Stash-Busting Knits, Jen Lucas offers 22 beautiful designer patterns for knitting scarves, hats, cowls and other personal clothing items that you may love to add to your wardrobe. This book promises to treat you to the trendy shawls, hats, scarves, and cowls that will make you and your loved ones stand out.

These patterns will also fan your creative flames so you can have the best fashion-forward gifts ready to present to a friend or colleague at a special occasion.

The projects feature several textured stitches and varying yarn weights like cables and laces that add extras to your pieces. The book also teaches you how to incorporate knitwear into your wardrobe in a stylish and exquisite way, and helps you realize that you can apply the same techniques you learned while making light yarns to making heavier yarns like hats and shawls.

And if you are an expert or intermediate at knitting, you will be able to find your way around the surveys easily by using new yarn stashes or leftovers depending on your choice or the availability.