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| Knit to Be Square: Domino Designs to Knit and Felt | 
 enlarge | Author: Vivian Hoxbro
Publisher: Interweave Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 94620
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 8.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 159668089X
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432041
EAN: 9781596680890
ASIN: 159668089X
Publication Date: August 19, 2008
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Product Description
Featuringsmall projects that are perfect for the beginning knitter, this book covershow to makemodular squares that can be connected to create avariety of eye-catching designs. Including wearable designs and accessories?from capelets, hats, and scarves to bags, pillows, and quilts?these projects involve relatively few stitches, can be completed in a short amount of time, and are perfect for using up small amounts of leftover yarn. The modular domino squares can be combinedin an infinite number of ways to create a wide variety of patterns, and mitered squares can be connectedto achieve a patchwork effect similar to traditional quilts. Most of the projects are made with wool yarn knitted at a slightly looser gauge than recommended by the manufacturer so that the finished piece can be felted in the washing machine, creating unique and contemporary looks.
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 squared October 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book for the last chapter in it on the abstract stole. I'm having a go at making a cardigan with this technique. I was pleasantly surprised that there were several patterns I would like to make, the felted slippers I have just finished. I found it easy to understand. I would have liked to see more wearable garments in it, unfortunately like many other modular knitting books it lacked in this department. Overall, pretty good.
Knit to Be Square October 7, 2008
Frankly, I was a bit disappointed in the book. Hoxbro is the queen of mitered knitting, and the information in the book was stellar. But I wasn't impressed with the patterns.
Lyn in NC
 nice projects but only 1 yarn September 21, 2008
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I am new to modular knitting and liked what I saw of this book, so I bought it. The projects are nice, but my biggest disappointment is that all of the projects are done with 'fine fingering weight' yarn. I have a lot of worsted weight wool yarn left over from various projects and would have liked to use it up, but I am not interested in converting the patterns (if that would even be successful). I wish at least some of the projects would have been done in different weights of yarn. I would expect a book from a yarn company to be all about 1 kind of yarn, but I didn't expect that in a book from an individual.
 A great sequel... September 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a seguel to her original book on Domino Knitting. This technique involves knitting individual squares and assembling them together in novel ways. The first part of the book shows how to make and assemble the squares. The squares are knitting together as you make them, a method that avoids lengthy construction at the end of the project.
The book covers much of the same material in the same book but it also includes new techniques like knitting partial modular squares in an L shape to make an open square and assembling squares to leave open areas.
Projects include slippers, hats, a trapezoidal pillow, bags, an open shawl with L-shaped squares, a colorful shawl, a tea cozy with marimekko styling, (similar to a design from her first book), a caplet or poncho, a rainbow afghan, a pillow made open squares, a backpack and a scarf, also with an open square design.
The designs have a modern feel and are attractive and well-designed. If you are a fan of modular knitting or want to learn more this is a great book to purchase.
 Cute stuff September 5, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you have Hoxbro's book on Domino Knitting, this won't be an irresistible purchase, but if you missed that book, this fills a void. The items in the book are all based off of modular knit squares and include pillows, wraps, slippers, bags and hats. Lots of hats.
The allure of the book is how to assemble these squares. If you look at the top left hand picture on the cover, you see a little triangular looking shape--that's actually a trapezoidal shaped pillow. That sort of ingenuity is what fuels this book.
Something new to her repertoire is open meshes, which are basically the same as her usual squares, but cast off after only a few rows, creating L shaped pieces which can be combined into really neat grid like combinations. They look impressive but are so easy to actually *do*!
She offers a goodly number of patterns, well broken down by category, and the instructions are clear. The reason this isn't a 5 star in my book is that it really doesn't bring much NEW to the table beyond her previous book or other modular knitting books that were all the rage, what? five years ago? Still, it's a great way to get into modular knitting, and her patterns look impressive and are easy to execute.
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