Increase, Decrease: 99 Step-by-Step Methods; Find the Perfect Technique for Shaping Every Knitting Project

This book is a gold mine of information with clear concise instructions and explanations of why a particular metho works over another method depending on the project. Great photos, too.

Very helpful

This book is a valuable tool for any knitter. I am much more experienced as a crocheter than as a knitter. I got interested in knitting a few years ago while there was a boom of knitting shows on public television.I have a lot of fun with the process but really don't have anyone I can turn to to ask questions. Most of the yarn stores in my area have closed and there are only the generic large craft stores available. The employees there, while very nice, don't seem to have the advanced skills necessary to give me answers to the issues that I have encountered in knitting. I've tried taking some of the classes that they offer but they are extremely basic and still don't serve my purposes.I generally have to try to search the internet to get my answers and that takes a lot of time and the answers are always clearly set forth.One of the areas which has been most difficult for me has been in the area of increases and decreases. While the concept is similar to what I do in crochet, the application of how it is done is very different, and I now realize, can be done in different ways for different purposes. This book is such a valuable tool for me. I really needed to know how to accomplish increases and decreases so I could advance into making sweaters and other clothing and items which had more fit and form that simple scares, wraps, etc. The book has really been a godsend for me in this regard.I really like that the book is smaller as it means that it is easy to keep in my knitting bag at all times. I look at it quite often and know that I will have the answer to my questions on increase and decrease stitches in moments.For me, the pictures are perfect as they show a knitter using continental stitching. I had tried English style stitching and while I could do it, it didn't feel comfortable. Continental style is much closer to my crochet roots and makes knitting easier for me. I understand others frustration, though, as I experience it when illustrations are shown only in English style.I received a advance reader digital copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. I've since purchased the actual book to carry along with me at all times.

Great reference book in a good size for your knitting bag

The media could not be loaded.  INCREASE DECREASE is the comprehensive knitting reference on this subject that I've been waiting for! Judith Durant gets everything right: spiral binding (so that the instructions stay open and lay flat); large, clear step-by-step photos; step-by-step written instructions printed in easy-to-read type; photographs of swatches that show exactly what to expect from a particular increase or decrease; and compact size (small enough to carry in a knitting bag).The short "Special Circumstances" section, on shaping cable, lace, and color patterns to best effect, is by itself worth the price of the book. The only increase/decrease that I could think of that is NOT shown, is the "nupp" used in Estonian lace knitting (lily of the valley pattern), which requires two rows. (Every time I pick up my lily-of-the-valley shawl project, I wonder whether any motif is pretty enough to be worth all the grief of picking up multiple yarnover loops in a single decrease.)The photographs illustrate the techniques with the yarn held to the left in "continental" (pick) knitting style. This should not detract from the book's value for knitters who hold the yarn to the right in "English" (throw) knitting style. In either style, the yarn must be positioned on the needles in exactly the same way to get specific desired effects.Another book that deals with increases and decreases as they are used in shaping garments (and includes how-to instructions with small photos) is  The Shape of Knitting: A Master Class in Increases, Decreases, and Other Forms of Shaping . However, THE SHAPE OF KNITTING is project-oriented. INCREASE DECREASE is the book that belongs on the knitter's reference shelf or in his/her knitting bag.Another terrific, comprehensive spiral-bound reference book, very similar in look and feel to INCREASE DECREASE, is  Cast On, Bind Off: 54 Step-by-Step Methods , which deals with techniques for casting on and binding off.

I am always switching back and forth from knitting to crochet. Patterns are not always clear and tired of looking at very slow moving video tutorials. Great reminders and always at my side when needed.

Great book

Clear instructions and a lot of increase/decrease options. Definitely recommend as it is nice to have a book that is just about increases/decreases instead of having to go to a big book on knitting techniques.

What an excellent book to have by you while knitting shapes or designing. I wish I had bought this years ago

Perfect.

Livro excelente para quem quer opções de diminuições e aumentos no tricô. Tem diversos tipos de técnicas das mais simples, as mais elaboradas. Compacto e por ser encadernado com espiral torna muito prático de usar.

Ich habe lange hin- und herüberlegt, ob ich das Buch wirklich bestellen soll. Nachdem ich es nun durchgeblättert habe, bin ich unschlüssig, ob ich es gebraucht hätte. Angesprochen hatte mich ja vor allem auch das Muster auf dem Cover, aber es ist nicht im Buch enthalten!! Auf den letzten 50 Seiten sind dann tatsächlich ein paar Strickmuster, in denen die Zu- und Abnahmen angewendet werden, z. B. Noppen, Zöpfe, Lochmuster oder runde, bunte Varianten um einen Teller von innen aus zu stricken. So hätte ich mir den großen Hauptteil des Buches gewünscht. Und ich hatte ein paar schöne Zunahmemuster für Raglan-Schrägungen erwartet, davon gab es leider gar nichts.Das Buch bietet eine kompetente Übersicht über alle möglichen Techniken zum Zunehmen und Abnehmen von Maschen. Abheben-stricken-überziehen, zwei-Maschen-zusammenstricken, verschränkt zusammenstricken, links zusammenstricken ... Maschen aus dem Querfaden heraus stricken, verschränkt heraus stricken, mit Umschlag herausstricken usw.Ganze 200 der insgesamt 250 Seiten (die Seiten sind noch kleiner als A5 Format) sind mit diesen Strickmethoden gefüllt. Jede Variante ist gut bebildert, dass man das Gesagte auch gut nachvollziehen kann. Nur wann man welche Variante einsetzen soll, wird nicht erwähnt und bleibt dem Stricker selbst überlassen.Tatsächlich ähneln sich manche der vielen abgebildeten Testläppchen auch so stark und auch die verwendete Wollfarbe ist immer die selbe, dass es einem fast egal erscheint, auf welche Art man Zu- bzw. Abnahmen erreicht. Auch werden verschiedene Wege gezeigt, die hinterher dasselbe Ergebnis erzielen. Man müsste alles einmal testen und seine eigenen Vorlieben zu finden - wenn man die nicht schon hat.Wer Strickanfänger ist und noch nie Lacemuster und Spitzen gestrickt hat, für den ist hier sicher eine Fülle an neuen Informationen zu finden. Für mich, ich stricke seit meiner Kindheit, war eigentlich nichts Weltbewegendes enthalten.

I love this book!! It has much more information than I expected. Very detailed information about a lot of ways of increases/decreases which many of them I didn't know. I really find this book perfect for knitting shawls and lots of sleeves and armholes // Buenísimo libro de referencia sobre dos de las técnicas más básicas de punto. Realmente desconocía muchas de las formas para aumentar y disminuir. Lo encuentro ideal a la hora de tejer chales, mangas y hombros de jerseys. ¡No puede faltar en tu biblioteca!