is published by Stackpole Books. It retails in the US for $21.95; the UK for L14.99; and Canada for $25.95. Sarah White is the author and designer, and she also writes and designs knitwear for About.com and CraftGossip.com. In additiona, she has authored two other fiber books: Quick & Easy Baby Knits: 21 Cute, Comfy Projects
and Picture Yourself Felting Your Knitting
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The back of the book includes a visual index of all 25 projects, so you can get a look at all of them in one spot, which I found helpful. I also found most of the projects cute and very wearable, staple items that are functional. They include fairly fast projects like hats and gloves all the way up to more involved projects such as sweaters. The book covers all types of color work, from simple projects that use self-striping yarn to more complex that require intarsia. Each project provides multiple color photographs of the finished knitwear so you can see exactly what it looks like from various angles.
Knitters should have some knitting experience before attempting most of these projects, and this is stated in the book. For example, you should already know basics such as knit and purl. However, there is a techniques section in the back of the book with instructions and full-color photographs for more advanced techniques like cabling and duplicate stitch.
If you break down the price per project, you get a lot for your purchase, and there is a large variety of different types of projects: sweaters, hats, socks, gloves, cowls, and scarves. For knitters who have some basics mastered already and have been eager to try to expand into colorwork, this is a good and clearly written introduction that will take you through all levels of this technique.
(Note: I was sent a review copy of this text by the publisher.)
