Loop-d-Loop: More Than 40 Novel Designs for Knitters - Hardcover

Teva Durham is a well-known freelance designer and writer whose work appears regularly in Vogue Knitting magazine and books as well as in Interweave Knits magazine. Since 2001 she has run her own knitwear company called Loop-d-Loop (www loop-d-loop.com) through which she sells her patterns and knitting kits on the web as well as at yarn shops. She teaches knitting classes at the Open Center and in several yarn shops in New York City. A feature about her is scheduled to appear in an upcoming issue of Interweave Knits.

In this collection of often ingenious designs, Durham, formerly an editor at Vogue Knitting International, promotes the uniquely geometrical style of garment construction featured on her Web site, Loop-d-Loop.com. The book is divided into three sections: Cycles, Planes and Waves. Each concept is explored through a series of illustrative garments. For example, the designs in Cycles focus on circular or tubular knitting, while the designs in Planes produces architectural planes and angles using textured stitches. The patterns encompass everything from charming sweaters and hats for children to high-fashion creations for the young and hip (a cashmere lace blouse, a zip-off color-block yoke sweater, etc.). The sizing of the patterns tends to run small, and the designs range in difficulty from easy to quite challenging. Fortunately, the author has included a section of technical tips and a glossary of techniques and abbreviations. In addition, helpful remarks are distributed throughout the text, which is generally easy to follow. Durham's designs offer up unexpected textures and unusual symmetries and asymmetries, all artfully captured in the photos here. The result is a gorgeous book that will tweak the imaginations of the most adventurous knitters.
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