Scarf Style

by Pam Allen

Book Overview

Expand your idea of what a scarf can be! This collection of 31 elegant, whimsical, and ingenious scarves taps the expertise of over twenty-five knitwear designers who offer new ways to think about... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931499543
• ISBN13: 9781931499545
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Interweave Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

This book is a jewel...

I have just been in radiation isolation in the hospital for 2 whole days. Took a paperback that turned out to be a dud, and Pam Allen's scarf book. Have had her book for a couple of months and it looked great. Having read nothing but her book for the past 2 days, I can say it's really a great book. So many tibdits. And just about every other one I want to make. 31 projects in all. So creative and fun. Not one is your typical scarf. Thank you Pam, I look forward to your new book coming out on ponchos.

What fun!

I'm with those reviewers in favor of the photographs in this knitting/crochet compilation. I've found them inspiring. After choosing a pattern to begin with, I enjoyed it and liked the results so much that I knitted 3 or 4 others in different yarns and colors. Scarf Style takes traditional patterns and tweaks them a bit into something new, and presents new scarves in unique shapes and new yarns. Some of the patterns are a bit complex, but the directions are fairly clear and I've been able to meet the challenges. That's how you learn! Very nice collection with many patterns for the money.

Scarves for EVERYONE, and I mean EVERYONE

This book has scarves for everyone. There are manly cables, colorful tapestries, dainty laces. There is a fuzzy, elegant mohair wrap that is a scarf, yeah, it's just a scarf and Itzhak Perlman is just a fiddler. There are funky scarves with fringe in the middle instead of the ends (like a serape), there are chenille scarves, intricate intarsia dragons, plain garter, you name it. If you were a knitter who wanted to start with scarves and grow into knitting techniques, this book would take you from relatively simple knitting to magnificent advanced technique. All while making your Christmas presents for friends and family. My particular favorite was a weird but wonderful shrug; it's two arms and a turtleneck and NOTHING else--like a body-less sweater. I love it--if you want your shoulders and wrists warm, but are too hot in a conventional turtleneck, this may be for you. If you don't want to face questions about where the rest of the sweater went (moths?) then you can wrap the arms around your neck as if it were a standard scarf. Is that fun or what? I'm knitting one for me, for sure. I'm going on record saying I like the photography. This is a fun, fun book and really changed my mind about scarves. Not boring anymore, no way. Highly recommended for almost any knitter, but especially those who are familiar with colorwork, texture, intarsia and cabling. And there are a few crochet patterns as well. Highly recommended if you want to knit a scarf.

Fantastic!

This is a wonderful book full of great scarf ideas. I enjoy knitting scarves as they are fairly quick projects, easy to take with me wherever I go, and don't use a lot of yarn, so when I saw this book, I knew I had to have it. My favorite pattern is the turtleneck shrug/scarf by Teva Durham, and I'm working on the feather and fan scarf for my mom. There's something for everyone in this book.