Glorious Knits

Like Fassett's other books, this is one of the most beautiful knitting books I have ever seen. It is as much an art book as it is a knitting book. The photographs of designs, places and knitting projects are all in beautiful color. It is an inspiration to look at this book over and over. Truthfully, I am afraid to try knitting the projects. I think I would go blind. I use this book as a resource for color and to remind myself of all the beauty that can be created through the art of knitting. I recommend this book for all knitters.

Although the shapes in this book are now somewhat dated (large and oversized), the ideas and patterns in this book are exceptional and very inspirational. I have had this book for years and continue to bring it out for inspirational purposes.

This book has everything and more to inspire you to knit with many, many colors. Be prepared to spend a lot of time making these glorious knits, they are beautiful. A great book.

I first saw this book in the late 80's at a friend's house. One look at the cover and I was hooked. That yellow star jacket had me so wowed I had to learn to make it. This one book was an epiphany for me. I started knitting and have never looked back. My second ever sweater was that yellow star jacket on the cover. I have also knit the Jack's Back sweater. In both cases, I did NOT use the specified yarns. Instead, I made up the colors based on the pictures and yarns I already had. The results were quite successful. For those knitters out there with huge stashes like I now have, this book is ideal for color play and stash busting of oddment yarns. All you need do is gauge match your yarn and have fun. This technique is good because most of these original vintage yarns are no longer available. Fassett's designs have remained remarkably fresh even after all these years. A lot of that has to do with the fact that his biggest design influence is color. This book has gorgeous photography, many patterns and clear enough photos to make a reasonable guess at colorways. Or you can do what I did for the Jack's Back: line your yarns up in natural light until you have a colorway that pleases you and go!

Kaffe Fassett has taken inspiration for his patterns from the world around him, walls, roofs, food, the sky, you name it he's considered it for one of his patterns.The results of some of these considerations are 35 patterns of easy wearing clothes that are easy on the eyes as well. Beautiful color combinations on charted designs make the clothes visually appealing as well as tactically from the yarn that is suggested.And that's the only drawback I see with this book, if you don't use the recommended yarn, some of which is quite expensive, you don't get the color shadings shown in the book. The garments are still attractive and comfy but just not quite what I'd hoped for. Still, due to the design and attractive charting, I'll be knitting other items from the book.