Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles: An Easy, Innovative Technique for Creating Custom Designs, with 185 Stitch Patterns

by Melissa Leapman

Overview

Noted designer Melissa Leapman has developed an innovative technique that promises hundreds of beautiful shawl design options in Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles!

Beginning with a simple triangular wedge, Leapman shows how multiple knit triangles can be joined together to create square, rectangular, trapezoidal, and semicircular shapes. Her easy and customizable technique offers knitters of all levels endless flexibility in design and yarn choices. Charted patterns for 185 different stitches allow readers to select their favorite embellishment for the main fabric of their shawl. Colorful photographs of 20 of Leapman’s original designs illustrate the creative potential of this technique.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612129976
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	12/25/2018
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	39 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Melissa Leapman is the author of Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles, as well as the best-selling 6000+ Pullover Possibilities, Knitting the Perfect Fit, Mastering Color Knitting, and Cables Untangled. She is one of the most widely published American crochet and knit designers at work today, commissioned by top yarn companies and ready-to-wear manufacturers across the US. Leapman teaches Craftsy classes and offers popular workshops around the country for knitters and crocheters of all skill levels. She lives in New York City.
 

Table of Contents

Part 1: Shape Your Shawl
   Modular Shawl Construction in 7 Easy Steps
   Gather Your Tools
   Putting It All Together
 
Part 2: The Patterns
   Side Edgings
   Simple Fabrics
   Mix ‘n’ Match Wedges
       Wedges with 2-Stitch Multiples
       Wedges with 4-Stitch Multiples
       Wedges with 6-Stitch Multiples
       Wedges with 8-Stitch Multiples
       Wedges with 10-Stitch Multiples
       Wedges with 12-Stitch Multiples
       Wedges with 14-Stitch Multiples
       Wedges with 16-Stitch Multiples
   Horizontal Insertions
       Horizontal Insertions with 2-Stitch Multiples
       Horizontal Insertions with 4-Stitch Multiples
       Horizontal Insertions with 6-Stitch Multiples
       Horizontal Insertions with 8-Stitch Multiples
       Horizontal Insertions with 12-Stitch Multiples
       Horizontal Insertions with 14-Stitch Multiples
   Vertical Insertions
   Lower Borders
       Borders with 4-Stitch Multiples
       Borders with 6-Stitch Multiples
       Borders with 8-Stitch Multiples
       Borders with 10-Stitch Multiples
       Borders with 12-Stitch Multiples
       Borders with 14-Stitch Multiples
       Borders with 16-Stitch Multiples
   Perpendicular Borders
   The Gallery of Shalws in 7 Easy Steps
Resources
   Glossary of Knitting Techniques
   Finishing Your Shawl
   How to Read Knitting Charts
   List of Symbols and Abbreviations
   Stitch Multiple Cross-Reference Chart
   Metric Conversion Chart
Index
 

Editorial Reviews

10/15/2018
In this delightful book, knit and crochet designer Leapman (On the Go Baby Blankets: Crochet) offers creative suggestions possibilities for staying warm with shawls, wraps, and stoles. Her premise centers on the creative use of triangular wedges that are configured geometrically, vertically or horizontally, with any number of knitting patterns and border options. The technique is called “modular knitting” because it starts from the simple wedge and then builds from there, applying any number of trimmings and borders. The many detailed patterns denote not only the look and design of the wedge but each stitch in every row, resulting in almost endless pattern combinations. Modular knitting, Leapman shows, has qualities prized by every knitter, namely beauty, utility, and economy: beauty in the innumerable patterns that can configured wedge-by-wedge; utility in the practicality of an easy over-the-shoulder throw; and economy in that the supplies and materials required can accommodate a modest budget. The stitching patterns are precise and, in places, complex enough that those who aren’t already experienced knitters will be lost. But those who are will be invigorated. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly