1000 Great Knitting Motifs

by Luise Roberts

An essential illustrated survey of charted design motifs, both traditional and modern, for all knitters.

Genres: Knitting, Crafts, Reference

288 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Leyla Johnson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cannot print pattern and no link to be able to.

Not able to use book as no print or link to do so. How is a person able to knit and keep looking on a screen to use. Give the kindle version a miss

[Elizabeth Cárdenas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not so much a book to read but to use as reference and guide. It's organized by countries. All motifs have easy to follow numbered grids. I use it for designing knitted hats and sweaters.

[Avid Reader · Rating 4 out of 5]

Motifs are great and I liked how the book is organised. Being able to see stitch repeats easily is very helpful, as is showing different colourways.

Spiral binding has fallen apart.

[Abbey · Rating 5 out of 5]

BOTTOM LINE: Wow! Stupendous compendium of charted patterns for knitters, spiral bound.

This amazing little spiral-bound book is a true treasure. Filled with gazillions (or so it seems!) of beautiful designs shown only in charted form, the charts are fairly large and easy to read. Pretty much has every sort of charted design you might want to include in a sweater or knitted block, including Fair Isle, Scandanavian, Celtic, South American, American Indian, Asian, Tibetan, etc. Also has a lovely batch of initials and some wonderful pictorial designs as well, and a few just for babies/kids. Wonderful! Hope there are others in a series, for although I couldn't find publication info, the format is so good I suspect the publishers have produced others that are similar. Gawd... there goes the budget...!

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A unique skill for a specialized knitter.

On the surface, this looks like a great book that helps with designs that you may want to put on knitting projects.

But it is not designed for people that want the type of stitch to show different patterns.

The motifs are more of the type you would want while weaving.

[hidwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great patterns! I used this when making stocking caps. It has all the traditional designs as well as modern ones like rabbits, ladybugs, holidays designs and more! I'll be checking this out again from the library.