Circular Knitting Workshop: Essential Techniques to Master Knitting in the Round

This book was very helpful with teaching me circular knitting techniques, of which I knew NOTHING. I've made a few project from this book now, and the graphics and instructions have been clear, easy to understand, and follow along with to wrap up each knitted item. Overall, a wonderful introductory book that I'd heartily recommend to anyone.

I've learned a great deal about knitting with circular needles from this book. As a result, i knit only with circular needles now and love it. The author gives wonderful tips, is easy to follow, and has excellent photos in her book. She reminds us that in patterned knitting, such as Fair Isle, if the pattern stitches are too tight and draw in the design, start over and simply change to a larger size needle when knitting the patterns. Now, I always begin with and stay with the smaller size when knitting the plain stitches and generally go up one full size for the pattern; that is, if I begin with a size two, which is great for my fine Shetland yarns, I simply change to a size three when knitting the patterns and return to the size two for the plain knit stitches. In other words, the smaller size makes a tighter fabric, and the larger size makes a looser fabric which accommodates the strands across the inside back of the item. I hope I am not confusing anyone who reads this. So far, my favorite pattern in this book is the "reversible seamless scarf," knit on circular needles, with an added fringe at each end to join the tube layers together. By "reversible," the author means that no matter which of the two sides of the "tube" you have facing outward, either side is the right side. Though I live in very warm south Georgia, I have family living up north and out west, and I knit them warm scarves as holiday gifts.

I like this book because I prefer knitting in the round and this book allows me to create my own patterns and offers a multitude of techniques. The section on binding off is particularly good because it is easy to bind off off to tightly when working in the round and this can ruin your project (or at least make you miserable while you pick out your bind off to redo). I liked the section on how to solve the problem with "jogs", a typical knitting in the round issue when you end one round and begin the next. There are a wide variety of projects including hats and gloves. Also, she covers both bottom up and top down techniques. My only complaint is that the samples used to demonstrate the techniques are very small, doll sized sweaters. I understand that these are designed to be samplers for the techniques but I am very unmotivated in using my expensive, beautiful yarn to create a sampler. I would rather take on a regular sized sweater and have something to wear when I finish.

Circular Knitting Workshop: Essential Techniques to Master Knitting in the Round by Margaret Radcliffe is a book for all knitting levels and for all knitters who wish to knit in the round. The patterns include sweaters, vests, hats, socks, mittens, gloves and shawls. There is a nice review of the types of needles required for knitting in the round. Types of casting on and joining are covered, along with ways to avoid tight cast ons and loose cast ons. Five basic cast ons are covered: the half-hitch cast-on, the knitted cast-on, the cable cast-on, the ribbed cable cast-on and the long-tail cast-on, all of which are useful for knitting. There is a nice section on finishing techniques and a nice section on ways to convert flat to circular. The projects are versatile and useful but the main strength of this book is the encyclopedic information it provides for knitting in the round. Whether you're new to knitting in the round or you are an old-timer, there will likely be information in this book that will be helpful to you. I recommend the book based on this information rather than on the patterns which are basic and can be found most anywhere.

I bought this book specially because I wanted to try knitting in the round and knitting with a "magic" loop on circular needs. 1. This book has excellent sized pictures are well as well written instructions. A few pictures are not a clear as I would like, but otherwise 90%+ are good. 2. It describes in detail various methods of cast-on and cast-off and which ones are appropriate for a specific project. 3. It is a tutorial on various techniques. The techniques featured go from simple to more difficult - something for everyone. It builds skills. 4. Contains excellent notes on correcting mistakes and common problems with knitting in the round. 5. It has some nice patterns for scarves, hats, shawls, mittens and a bag. Not a large selection, but has enough tips and advice to give me confidence. Each project has complete informaton about the yarn, yarn amount, gauge, needle size, etc. It also has featured techniques. 6. Gives advice on types of needles but not which brands to buy. 7. Layout is excellent and has plenty of pages to justify buying the book. 8. Type style is large enough for those of us who need it. Most of the print is on white background and the type set on the colored pages is in white, so that it can be seen.

Lavoro da anni con i ferri e da qualche tempo mi sono appassionata alla maglia circolare. Ho letto con piacere la prima parte del volume, che spiega passo passo le tecniche base, perché vi ho trovato osservazioni e suggerimenti utili (e per nulla banali) anche per chi come me padroneggia agilmente questo tipo di maglia. La seconda parte applica le tecniche a progetti di lavori progressivamente sempre più complessi, che possono essere facilmente adattati in taglie e misure. Non esiste niente di simile in lingua italiana. L'ostacolo linguistico è facilmente superabile se avete anche solo un poco di familiarità con lingua inglese: il libro è scritto in maniera davvero semplice e arricchito da illustrazioni chiare.

Este libro es un tesoro. La autora es muy didáctica y explica perfectamente los conceptos. El libro no ofrece patrones en sí, si no ejercicios - pequeños proyectos - para aprender distintas técnicas. Este libro es perfecto para la gente que quiere crear sus propios patrones o modificar patrones existentes porque la autora comenta siempre la lógica de cada paso y entender el paso - por ejemplo porque disminuir de una manera en lugar de otra - significa poder aplicar lo tú mismo en el momento adecuado.

Les explications sont claires et bien illustrées. J'ai particulièrement apprécié les section chaussettes (explications des différentes pointes et talons) et mitaines.

Love this book. Refer back to it often. Easy instructions. When I first bought it I read it from cover to cover. Making note of the different areas I needed to learn. Now, it is one book I refer to again and again.

Again an excellent book.