Product Description

The companion volume to Knitting Stitches, introducing hundreds of additional stitches and patterns, including lace panels and patterns for texture and color.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #506874 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

From Library Journal
Originally published as "The Harmony Guide to Knitting Stiches" (Volumes 1-4) and the "Harmony Guide to Aran Knitting" (Volume 5), this series is notable for its clear color illustrations and photos of each stitch pattern included. In addition, Volumes 4 and 5 offer both written instructions and charts for stitch patterns.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Another good back-up stitch treasury
Stitch directories are wonderful tools for the knitter who wants to venture away from strict pattern following. Even advanced beginners can fall in love with a yarn and want to make a scarf or another non-fitted garment with a stitch (or several) that make the work the knitter's own design.

So where does this book fit in? If you're just starting a knitting library, you're probably better off buying one of the "big" knitting how to books (such as Vogue Knitting) which has a section on stitches. The next step, IMHO, is one (or all three) of Barbara Walker's wonderful stitch treasuries. The photos are black and white but the instructions are clear. (And, we just heard on the knit list that a fourth treasury is in the works!). This book (and it's companion volumes) are a logical next step. I enjoy them primarily for the excellent color photography. There are some patterns that are simply much more appealing in color.

As for comparing this book with volumes 2 and 4.... This book is strong on unusual cables and lace patterns. It also has many pages of slip-stitch and color work. For shawl and afgan fans, there's a solid section of edgings.

Bottom line: A good reference for knitters looking for the second dozen books in their libraries, but not a must.

Useful reference book.....
440 More KNITTING STITCHES, Volume 3 of the Harmony knitting guides contains intermediate material about making knitting stitches. I found this volume useful for further explaining the `feather and fan' pattern I am using to make a scarf from another book. The illustrations are beautiful, and the directions for making them take the knitter beyond the Dummies book. Although this guide includes some limited information about first steps it is not designed to get the beginning knitter off the ground. Volume 3 includes a good deal of material on ribs, cables, and lace patterns. You might say Vol. 3 is more about texture and color than the previous volumes, but Vol. 2 also includes many colorful swatches.

Vol. 3 includes much useful information about making edging patterns, which provide beautiful finishing touches to some garments and household items. Heretofore I have made edging using a crochet needle (some very similar patterns are shown). Knitting an edging makes a smoother bit of lace.

I find the Harmony Guides useful reference tools, and I have used the patterns in this book to make test swatches that help me decide whether or not a yarn is suitable for the project at hand, as well as practice making various patterns. I am collecting the series.

Harmony Stitch Guide Vol. 3
I purchased Vols. 2, 3, & 4 at the same time through Amazon, and had purchased Vol. 5 (Aran Stitches and Patterns) at my local yarn store. While these books are not meant to give you complete patterns, like for an entire sweater, they provide seemingly endless ideas for patterned stitches, including cables, knit/purl combos, slip stitch mosaics, texture & color stitch techniques, and even lace patterns. I'm so thrilled with these books that I hardly know where to start with the experimentation, but I would definitely recommend the entire collection to anyone serious about knitting or designing their own knitted items.