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Guide

AMY HERZOG

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ULTIMATE SWEATER BOOK

AMY HERZOG

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ULTIMATE SWEATER BOOK

ABRAMS

NEW YORK

AMY HERZOG

PHOTOGRAPHY BY BURCU AVSAR

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR ADVENTUROUS KNITTERS

CONTEN

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AMY HERZOGS ULTIMATE SWEATER BOOK

As a teenager, I spent hours in secondhand stores

looking for unusual pieces I could afford on my mea-

ger budget. When I got my first real job, I used the

bounty of regular paychecks to invest in pieces I still

love more than twenty years later. And when I picked

up knitting again in my mid-twenties, my heart went

immediately to sweaters.

Since then, Ive knit hundreds of garments and

helped thousands of knitters make clothes they love

to wear. My previous books (

Knit to Flatter

,

Knit Wear

Love

, and

You Can Knit That

) have all touched on

different aspects of helping you move your sweater

knitting beyond what a great project territory, and

into the promised land of this is my favorite top! Its

my passion, and the reason I do what I do.

But those books, as much as knitters have loved

them, left a gap. They were each focused on specific

aspects of sweater knitting: Here are the lines cloth-

ing can paint on your body; heres how to use yarn

you love to make something that will fit into your

closet, style-wise; heres how to make sweaters a lit-

tle easier than you thought. And once youve gotten

over the hurdle of your first fantastic sweater, your

mind explodes with the possibilities! You dont need

a single step-by-step walkthrough for your garments

anymore. Youve mostly got a handle on what you like

and how to get itwith the exception of whatever

burning design question you have at the moment.

I love that cardigan I made last month, but I

think now I want one with pockets. How do I

make pockets, again?

My latest fuzzy pullover has a great fit, but

now I want one thats A-line and longer, and

made out of a lighter-weight yarn. How do I

make an A-line, again?

Ive just seen the most amazing sweater in a

store, except I want to make it out of something

with silk in it and add this great lace I used to

make a scarf last year. How do I do that?

In other words, once youve fully embraced the

sweater, you need a reference guide . One thats

INTRODUCTION

Clothes have been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. As a child,

I sketched endlessly, and then spent hours spelunking in my grandmothers sewing

room for fabric scraps to turn those sketches into clothes for my dolls.

(There were a lot of rues involved.)

INTRODUCTION

written in clear terms, with an index, so you can

quickly look up this months burning sweater ques-

tion and get knitting.

My

Ultimate Sweater Book

is that reference guide.

My goal is the same as everto help you create gar-

ments that are the best clothes youve ever worn.

But in these pages, I start with the premise that you

already

know

what you

want

to wear and just need

a little help making it a reality. Ill give you the same

clear, gentle, and straight-up-honest advice of my

previous books, never fear! But instead of weaving it

all through a single theme or narrative, Ive broken it

up by sweater topic so you can easily dive in, get the

information you need, and get out again. I want you

to spend more time knitting.

I start out in 107) with all the basic

information youll need to draft your own sweater pat-

tern from scratch. From measurement, to swatching

to sweater construction basics () to detailed

guidance on the four major sweater constructions

(), youll be ready to make a great,

basic garment with any yarn you might have. (And

if drafting your own pattern doesnt sound awesome

to you, no worries! Ive included basic cardigan and

pullover patterns in each of these chaptersin twelve

sizes, and three gauges.)

Once youve got a starting point, changing up the

fit or shape of a garment is a great way to make it your

own. In 121), I offer guidance on fit

and silhouette adjustmentseither for a pattern youre

writing or one youve purchased. I go through the basic

shapes of sweater bodies, sleeves, and necklinesand

how to draft or modify them. Along the way, I guide

you through the

whys

as well as the hows. Want to

change up (or draft from scratch) the body of your

sweater, or the sleeves, or the neckline? Learn what

adjustments you might need to make for a larger bust,

or how to lengthen something? Ive got you covered.

In 147), I get to the fun part

of design: embellishments. Learn how your yarns

construction and fiber mix affect your hand-knit

fabric () and how to incorporate stitch

patterns into your sweaters. Ill give you options for

every sweater you knit, from edge shaping (chap-

ter 11) to buttonholes (), and everything in

between. Whenever youre ready to move beyond a

basic, youll turn to this section.

And, of course, Ive included garments to help

guide your path. Twenty in all, they cover all the

constructions, adjustments, and embellishments I

describe in the rest of the book. But theyre more

than just technical exercises: From stylishly boxy

() to

elegantly shaped (), the sweaters in these

pages are truly ones you (or your loved ones) will

love wearing every day.

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