Vogue Knitting The Ultimate Sock Book: History*Technique*Design (Vogue Knitting) by Editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine
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Book Summary Author: Editors of Vogue Knitting Magazine Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2007-09-01 ISBN: 1933027193 Number of pages: 184 Publisher: Sixth&Spring Books |
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Book Reviews of the Vogue Knitting The Ultimate Sock Book: History*Technique*Design (Vogue Knitting)
Customer Review: Why this is a good idea -- in spite of itself
Summary: 4 Stars
I had an English professor once in college that graded papers on the "any 7 errors" rule; that is, any 7 errors earned an automatic "F" grade. It didn't matter how thoughtful or thought provoking the content of the paper was --
Which turned a lot of students into excellent proofreaders. And those dyslexic students in the mix (like me) either just bypassed this guy -- or kept roommates in beer money by paying .05/error found.
Surely an institution as venerable as Vogue can afford to pay a few anal-retentive knitters/proofreaders to check their work and avoid tripping innocent knitters over the kind of mistakes that are in this book
That said (unlike my professor -- I actually read for content) this book does one thing that I haven't seen before -- within the book of sock patterns, history, general sock instruction, and inspiration there is a stitch dictionary designed specifically for sock weight yarns -- the 5.5-8sts/in fingering and dk/sport weight yarn. Little, tiny, itty-bitty stitch patterns -- in cables, lace, color-work, slip stitch, wave patterns and basic knit/purl patterns.
I bought this book sight-unseen based on Vogue's reputation and track record for solidly written books -- and though I'm a little less convinced of their "solidity," it is definitely worth having on the shelf. Each pattern is by a different designer and all are wonderful examples of "sockness" from the simpler toe-up and cuff-down basic design, to kaleidoscopic 2, 3 or 13-color foot art & architecture.
One caviat: The pages on basic sock techniques are written and illustrated clearly, but if I didn't already understand Kitchner stitching, I don't think I'd get it from their text/drawings. Kitchnier has been one of the most difficult things to get my dyslexic head around and so stands as a test for most technique-books -- that is, if you can't explain Kitchner, then perhaps "how-to" book-writing is not your calling. (It's all the left/right, back/front of the stitch, on-the-needle/off-the-needle yarn-in-front/yarn-in-back, over/under [!!!!!!] that confuses the dyslexic directional signals.)
If you need "best text" on Kitchner, it is nicely illustrated, with steps clearly spelled out in
"Knit Socks!" by Betsy McCarthy.