Style Your Own Kids’ Knits by Kate Buller
OK – I admit that I’ve fallen off the face of the blog world. I have lots of excuses not the least of which is that I took the photos in Florida and then couldn’t find the book when I got home – sigh! Anyway, I’m back and ready to move some of my books off the shelves.
Style Your Own Kids’ Knits – Back Cover
This book was first published in 2002 in England. It has 8 different kids/baby sizes from 3-6 months to 9-10 years old for a variety of classic unisex styles. It’s meant to allow for a mix and match aspect that gives the reader an opportunity to experiment and be creative.
Is the book for me? I’m not sure. I’m not usually this indecisive I do like the idea of the styles and variations. Let me think and I’ll let you know before I get to the end.
How to use this book
This is good. The mini-layout with call outs is very helpful. The next page in the spread shows how to incorporate style variations into the sweater or sweaters.
Needle Size Chart
My only negative comment on the chart is it seems like old UK & Canadian needles are long gone. Maybe I’m wrong. The book seems more designed for a newer knitter who only see needle sizes in Metric or US sizing.
Classic Garments
3-6 month patterns
This page shows the designs for 3-6 months and little schematics of what you will be able to make in this section.
1-2 year patterns
The photos in the whole book are quite good. No surprise as Kate Buller is definitely at the helm of the design/photography of the book.
Body Chart for 2-3 years chapter
At first I wasn’t clear about how to use these body charts, but in re-reading the how-to section I got the idea. All the little boxes are places to insert various charts shown in the Creative Library.
Charts from Creative Library
Mastering Techniques
Usually I’m not a fan of photos showing techniques, but these are close up and rather good.
Stitch Library
Edgings
Embellishments
I’ve come to the end and I’m giving this one a Thumbs Up! There are many good things about the book and for the moment, I’m keeping it. My thought is once I’ve gotten through all that I own, I’ll go back and make a second pass. This may take the rest of my life!
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