AlterKnit Stitch Dictionary: 200 Modern Knitting Motifs

I love this book. The charts are great, lots of helpful hints- like you can buy a magnetic chart keeper!!! I love the all over motifs as well. It's hard to buy knitting books without seeing inside but I was very pleasantly surprised by this book!

I love all the patterns that this book offers. It is great to assess what can be incorporated to other projects to bring fun to it. It is detailed and offers instruction to make the patterns. It offers great resources and hints to make your projects shine.

This book is fantastic! So many great designs for knitting graphic patterns. There are charts for all patterns.

Easy to use, incredibly modern designs, endlessly useful, beautiful to look at again and again.If you don’t know how to steek, this is the book that will entice you to finally learn. You can’t look into this book and walk away without being seized by an overwhelming yearning to create and wear a dozen different patterns. Not like “hm, that’s interesting” more like “Whoa! I NEED that.” As a cowl or a cardigan bottom band or a starburst sweater collar or sock cuffs, or a waistcoat peeking out under your suits.I saw the first 3 pages of stitch patterns and was already debating color combinations from my existing stash. Midway through the book I was calculating stitch count needed to match left and right sides of a cardigan from Ann Budd’s famous top-down book. By the end of the book, I had 3 sketches of garments I’m preparing to knit.This book has everything from subtle robots to hypnotic curving stripes to sophisticated geometric fabrics, to absurd pooping pigs. Every pattern is a unique, modern approach to stranded colorwork. About one-third of the designs are easy, short float patterns. One-third are extreme, huge motifs that would challenge even the most skillful knitter. And the remaining third are designs that offer modest challenges with managably-long floats.Every single design (even the pooping pigs or marching zombies) is aesthetically pleasing. There’s a real balanced eye behind these patterns. Even the easy 2MC/2CC designs are impactful statements.The most dangerous thing about this book is maintaining enough self control to NOT rush out and buy yarn for multiple projects all at once. Complete ONE project and then reward yourself for Bravery While Steeking by then buying yarn for your next project. You only have 2 hands at the most. Be reasonable. With this book comes great responsibility.The Alter-Knits Stitch Dictionary is a valuable resource that couples very well with Ann Budd’s Top Down Sweater guidebook, or TinCan Knits free seamless raglan sweater pattern called Flax Light, or a free toe up sock pattern from Ravelry.

Love some of these designs…will really help me modify some knitwear. Can wait to make some sweaters and cowls with it.

Disappointed that there is not more pictorial / tutorial representation of the techniques she discusses. The charts are nice, I was expecting something more alternative than a skull and bones pattern, but the sheep, and bees motifs are wonderfully creative. The charts are nice, instructions include substitution charts that can be plugged in if you don't like what's presented in the written pattern. Informative, her discussion of yarn weight and how to figure out stitch count although short is helpful. Nice book, definitely for Intermediate to advanced knitters.

This is a great resource. So many fun and clever patterns. I have only one complaint: some of the grids are placed near the margins, making them difficult to check easily. It would be terrific to have spiral binding so the pages are flat, but I’ve really enjoyed using this.

I love this book. I get so many compliments on the finished projects that I wear with these designs. I also love supporting this author, and the story of how she and her husband together created this book is wonderful. The layout of the book is very helpful, you can easily find stitch patterns by repeat lengths, and the patterns at the back of the book for projects are very easy to personalize. This is an exciting book for anyone looking to delve into Fair-Isle knitting in a fun and new way. The perfect gift for any knitter.

This book has an enormous variety, love it!

Tiene motivos muy bonitos y los patrones del final son fáciles de seguir. Muy recomendable.

O livro é de ótima qualidade gráfica e técnica . Recheado de ideias, fotos e gráficos. O produto chegou muito antes da data prevista. Muito satisfeito. Obrigado a Amazon.

I love colourwork and was looking for something less traditional and these patterns hit the mark. But this book offers so much more. There’s a section at the front with clearly explained tips and advice for everything from catching floats to matching colours. There’s a section at the back with some knitting patterns for projects. The swatches themselves are beautifully photographed with clear charts next to each image. Most useful of all is an index of the patterns with a stitch and row count, which is invaluable for incorporating designs into your own pattern. I love love love this book and cannot recommend it highly enough.

So many great stitch patterns. I waited quite a while before finally deciding to order. I don't know why I waited! My only disappointment is that Amazon sent be a damaged copy.