I was motivated to write this book, in particular, by a desire to use modern technology to keep alive ancient crafts. A lot of valuable things from the past cannot be put in a museum under a glass hood; some are living skills that have to be passed from person to person. A book together with an instructional video is a close replacement of a person-to-person conversation. This was made possible by the modern technology.
It was started as a place for my first knitting book - 'Start to Finish Before You Start'. That is about how to plan finishing your sweater before you start knitting it, so that finishing is not a pain in the ... But it didn't take off due to my laziness. It looks now like I'm working on my second knitting book. I decided to start blogging before I started with a book for real. Enjoy!
Monday, September 17, 2012
The book
The book "Start to Finish Before You Start" by Faina Letoutchaia together with two DVD's (which are an integral part of the book) is published by 2PlyProductions and available in 2PlyProductions online store.
I was motivated to write this book, in particular, by a desire to use modern technology to keep alive ancient crafts. A lot of valuable things from the past cannot be put in a museum under a glass hood; some are living skills that have to be passed from person to person. A book together with an instructional video is a close replacement of a person-to-person conversation. This was made possible by the modern technology.
In this book and the accompaining video I will teach you skills to make your hand knitting look professionally hand-made, and not home-made. The book starts with the very first finished edge you make – cast on and go through all steps of shaping, construction and what is usually called ‘finishing’. Along the way you will see you how to plan your sweater so that finishing is easy and comes naturally and painless. We will go from very basic techniques to advanced ones that can take your knitting a notch up.
I was motivated to write this book, in particular, by a desire to use modern technology to keep alive ancient crafts. A lot of valuable things from the past cannot be put in a museum under a glass hood; some are living skills that have to be passed from person to person. A book together with an instructional video is a close replacement of a person-to-person conversation. This was made possible by the modern technology.
Look inside
From Chapter 6. Sleeve cap alterations. There are two ways to make the curve of the sleeve cap longer – either you have to make your sleeve cap wider; or you have to make it longer. Which way to choose? If your upper arms are big, it’s better to keep the hight of your sleeve cap and make it wider. That means you do fewer decreases in the lower, underarm slanting part of the sleeve cap and more decreases near the top of the sleeve cap. If your upper arms are slim, you should make your sleeve cap more narrow and make it a little taller. It means you need to knit more rows on the even, vertical part of the sleeve. And, don’t forget— keep your selvage stitches on a loose side. Tight selvage stitches may result in a shortened sleeve cup curve.
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