The Jean Moss Book of World Knits

by Jean Moss

Internationally known knitwear designer Jean Moss offers 36 beautiful designs for sweaters, hats, socks, and soft furnishings. Includes detailed instructions and charts. Each design is based on a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561581984
• ISBN13: 9781561581986
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

The Jean Moss Book of World Knits

This book has many lovely patterns in it. I think it is inspirational. The knitting is difficult. I met with Jean Moss one day and she agreed that the knitting is for those at a fairly high experience level.

Patterns with a 'new' look will keep me going for months.

I bought this book after spending an hour 'skimming ' it and Starmore's Celtic Collection. For me, it was the unique touches...creative details and colors that made the difference and made me select the Moss book. I am in a stage of my knitting where I want it to be fun and interesting. I decided that the patterns Moss put together here were not only going to be superb when done, but would keep me interested while knitting. No boring knitting here...but repeats are easily learned...I have not found myself chained to the book while knitting. I find the color combinations refreshing and interesting...NOT AT ALL garish like some can be. For the combinations that I love but cannot give a lot of time to...there are small items (socks/pillows) that I can make to satisfy my craving. Moss offers a wide variety of skill levels so that there is something for almost everyone in this book. In short, I find this book delightful and full of projects that will keep me knitting happily for months. The recipients of my work (if I can bear to part with them when I am finished) will be thrilled. I am very happy with my book and have put three of the projects on my "must do as soon as possible" list. My teenage daughters, my sister and I have ALL found items in here we are obsessed with creating. I am working on my first project from this book now. The directions are clear and the charts are easy to follow...complete yarn information allowed easy yarn substitutions. This book won't be spending much time on the shelf. Knitting with Moss in this book is FUN. Happy knitting.

pretty nice attempt at unusual designs

Moss has some nice sweaters here, although I can't help thinking that the inspiration for the designs should have produced more thought over the designs themselves. Something about them shouted that they could have been improved. They don't look like "world" knits either but only a select portion of the world. The colors are often too bright for my taste, although two of the sweaters are fairly nice. Somehow it all seems awkward, but it is a nice attempt at doing something different. However, none of the sweaters is so appealing that I'm willing to put in the time to handle their intricacies. I'm looking forward to her new book, Sculptured Knits, which I've seen previewed -- and one of the sweaters in the collection can be found in the Fall 1999 Knitter's.