Knitting with Ribbon Yarn: 28 Beautiful Projects Using Vibrant Luxury Yarn

Several projects I'll enjoy knitting with ribbon yarn I have. Lovely book!

I love this book. I plan to make many of the patterns, either with theribbon recommended or with substitutes. Lots of advice on how touse ribbon--I have used it aready. Knitting that I felt might bedifficult or knotty was not with the tips and hints inside.

The Book is perfect, the only draw back is, that it is several years old, and most of the yarns these designs require are not available any more. It is hard to find the perfect replacement.

The book has several different styles. Some are very medeoker others are better. Have other ribbon books with more stylish items.

Great item at a great price quick and easy, A+

great ideas

Knitting with ribbon yarns provides a variety to knitting with traditional wool yarns. Ribbon yarns produce a special look that makes your knitted product look unique and different. However, working with ribbon presents its own challenges even to an experience knitter. I picked up this book after working with ribbon yarn on my own and it definitely helped me solve some of the issues I encountered (e.g. best way to finish off without adding bulk) and provided many useful ideas and inspirations.The book is useful to both experienced and inexperience knitter. Below is a summary of content with my annotations. Hope you will find it useful.The basics section: 1. How best to work with ribbon yarn to avoid tangling 2. How to clean garments with ribbon yarn 3. How to substitute one type of ribbon for another when needed 4. Samples showing correct, too loose and too tight weaveThe basics chapters below have detailed step by step instructions, with each one having an image. They are very clear! 5. Casting and knit/purl basics 6. Binding off and connecting two sections 7. Shaping: increasing and decreasing garment width 8. Adding liners and zippers 9. Crochet embellishments 10. Crochet bind off 11. Finishing off - does and don'ts 12. Sewing seams 13. Reading patterns, including common abbreviationsClothing Collection section: 1. Sleeveless top with scalloped bottom. Great project, simple yet pretty I made this one. I loved the large scalloped bottom design. My modification was to add sleeves, as I don't like sleeveless shirts. 2. Halter-neck camisole 3. Shawl, decorated with tassels 3. Raglan sleeves top 4. Halter-neck top with back-wrap 5. Designer wrap, very elegant 6. Classic round-neck cardigan 7. Sleeveless polo-neck pullover. I really like how the color rolls on this design. 8. Super casual single-button vest. Simple design and this pattern really shows off the ribbon texture 9. Long-sleeved wrap-front sweater with pretty scalloped edge 10. Camisole top. I did not particularly like the design, but has a description of an interesting technique for twisted cords. 11. Summer ponchoAccessories section: 1. Cozy socks. Very cute! I plan to make them as a gift. 2. Hop belt. 3. Peruvian Hat 4. Hat and scarf. Useful technique for the scarves to make it two sections to make sure that designs on both ends match perfectly. I also liked the edging around the scraf.Bags section: 1. Beaded tote 2. Handbag 3. Argyle bag 4. Clutch bag 5. Long handled shopping bag (waaay too pretty for a shopping bag!) 6. Duffel bag 7. Dual-identity bag 8. Flower bagHome decor section: 1. Pillow 2. Cushion 3. Floor cushion 4. Wall hangingRibbon embellishmentsI really liked this section as I can see combining these ideas with some of my other project for a unique touch 1. Variety of knit ribbon flowers. 2. Variety of tassels 3. Fringing 4. BowsI already made one project out of the book, and have plan to use several more. I learned several new techniques and got a bunch of ideas for how to use the embellishments from this book in my projects. Can't ask for more to get out of a book!Ali Julia review

This is one of the most disappointing knitting books I've ever purchased. I expected patterns that would highlight the beauty of ribbon yarns but all I got were a bunch of basic patterns for purses, halter tops, square cushions, etc.Author assumes that her reader does not know how to knit; at least a quarter of the pages in the book are how-tos that apply to any kind of yarn.

Lots of great patterns using different types of ribbon yarn, most of the patterns mix the ribbon yarn with other dk or chunky yarns so its not just exclusively ribbon yarn patterns but i was given some ribbon yarn with no clue how to use it and will deffinatly be making something from this book with it.A great book to add to your knitting library

This is a lovely inspiring book, good instructions and photos.

Contains lots patterns but not really what I was looking for. Havent knitted any of the things in this book.

Brilliant! Simply brilliant!