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Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review

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Title: Slip-Stitch Knits, Simple Colorwork Cowls, Scarves, and Shawls
Author: Sheryl Thies
Publisher: Martingale
Photographer: Brent Kane
ISBN: 978-1-60468-540-4

Slip-Stitch Knits, Simple Colorwork Cowls, Scarves, and Shawls is 64 pages in length. Pages 59-60 provides instructions to help you “Start and Finish Like a Pro” and outlines Cable Cast Ons, Joining a New Ball of Yarn, Seams (Seaming Vertical Stitches to Vertical Stitches, Whipstitch), Applying Fringe and Blocking (Mist Method, Pin-and-Mist Method, Wet Method). Page 61 includes “Useful Information” and page 62 includes”Abbreviations and Glossary” and “Resources” for yarn and supplies used in the book.

Sheryl Thies goes into more detail about “Creating Color Patterns”, the process of “Slipping a Stitch” and “Reading a Slip-Stitch Pattern Chart” and “Making a Swatch” on pages 11-15.

I had never heard of Slip-Stitch Knitting before looking at this book. I am very intrigued by the concept and the gorgeous designs you can make with the technique. The instructions included explain how simple it really is to create these beautiful colour-filled designs – in fact you actually only ever use 1 colour of yarn across each row – and stitches are knit, purled or slipped. It is the slip stitches that pull the colour from a previous row up to the row you are currently working.

In the 1970s this technique was called Mosaic Knitting by Barbara Walker and it allows you to create beautiful colourwork without making a bulky fabric.

Creating Color Patterns | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign

 

The patterns included in Slip-Stitch Knits, by Sheryl Thies require very little shaping and only basic knitting skills.

So get out your knitting needles and make one of these gorgeous designs!

Included designs are:

Contents | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign

Scarves

Scarves | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign

  • Glacial Ridge (9″ x 52″)
  • Hawk’s Landing (10″ x 70″)
  • Thunder Hollow Run (9″ x 60″)
  • Breeze Point (5″ x 50″)
  • Moonlight Terrace (11″ x 54″)
  • Token Creek (5″ x 37″)

Cowls

Cowls | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign

  • Quarry Hill Circle (5″ x 94″)
  • Meadowbrook Loop (6″ x 32″)
  • Cannonball Trail (10.5″ x 31″)

Shawls 

Shawls | | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign

  • Mallow Flower Lane (26.5″ x 53″)
  • Moraine View (18″ x 70″)
  • Yahara Bay (14″ x 62″)

Each design includes instructions written in Standard U.S. Terms, Slip-Stitch Pattern Charts are included for some of the designs and schematic drawings are included for 2 of the shawls. Each design includes the Finished Measurements, Materials, Gauge and Stitch Pattern Multiples before beginning the Written Pattern instructions.

Yahara Bay | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Yahara Bay Shawl
Moraine View | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Moraine View Shawl
Mallow Flower Lane | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Mallow Flower Lane Shawl

Cannoball Trail | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Cannonball Trail Cowl
Meadowbrook Loop | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Meadowbrook Loop Cowl
Quarry Hill Circle | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Quarry Hill Circle Cowl

Token Creek | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Token Creek Scarf
Moonlight Terrace | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Moonlight Terrace Scarf
Breeze Point | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Breeze Point Scarf

Thunder Hollow Run | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Thunder Hollow Run Scarf
Hawks Landing | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Hawks Landing Scarf
Glacial Ridge | Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review | @OombawkaDesign
Glacial Ridge Scarf

Purchase your own copy of Slip-Stitch Knits directly from Martingale:

Slip-Stitch Knits | Book Review| @OombawkaDesign

Or if you prefer you can get your copy online at Amazon.

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A special thanks to Martingale for providing me with a review copy of this book!  All images used with permission from Martingale and their Photographer Brent Kane.

For more information about Martingale – visit their Website, Facebook, Pinterest or Twitter !

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Leave a Comment | Date: 19/07/2015  | By: Rhondda

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