by Elizabeth Zimmermann
This is a conversational, personality-forward knitting volume by Elizabeth Zimmermann that glows with her passion for wool craft and strong opinions. What works best is the voice: candid, confident guidance that can spark experimentation and defend nonconformity at the needles. The main limitation is tone and structure — material comes in an anecdotal, sometimes repetitive flow where opinion sometimes outweighs tight, neutral instruction, so it frustrates readers seeking a tidy textbook or purely technical manual.
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"One of America's most ingenious and creative knitters." ? Barbara G. Walker, author of Treasury of Knitting Patterns.Elizabeth Zimmerman once wrote, "So please bear with me, and put up with my opinionated, nay, sometimes cantankerous attitude. I feel strongly about knitting." Perhaps her passionate opinions, as well as her love of wool craft and h...
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