From UK knitting magazines to big international yarn brands, you
can find Jo Allport s knitwear designs in many places. She also
teaches knitting face to face, online and via tutorials. A lover of
all crafts and a prolific writer on the subject, she is a regular
contributor to Knitting magazine and Let s Knit. This is her first
book.
Jo has been designing knitwear for over 12 years, but this has not
been her only career. Starting in the oil industry and then moving
into IT after that, she brings many other disciplines to her work.
Her love of working with people, attention to detail and, most of
all, her creativity, have all led her to her current passion,
knitting. Follow her on Instagram and find her designs on Ravelry.
Jo lives in Stirling, U.K.
Create the hat of your dreams – or your wildest imagination – with
this fun flipbook that allows you to mix and match hat brims,
bodies and crowns to build a hat completely unique to you. In
10,000 Knitted Hats, regular Knitting designer and techniques guru
Jo Allport celebrates choice and allows knitters to create
something truly special. Anyone who thought the body of the hat was
the only interesting bit, and that crowns were standard decreases
and brims were standard ribs, is in for a big surprise. … This
really is the only hat knitting book you will ever need – now the
only challenge is choosing which combination you will knit
first!
*Knitting magazine*
Celebrating the special ability we knitters have of creating
something totally unique, this clever book allows you to mix and
match the brim, body and crown of a hat to create your own
combination – of which there are 10,000! Simply flip the pages to
line up the three parts you want to join using the images,
and the pattern is opposite. Discover a world of stitches and
textures, and the limitlessness of your own creativity!
*Let's Knit magazine*
Jo Allport is a Simply Knitting favourite, and ‘10,000 Knitted
Hats’ is her publishing début. If you’re wondering how Jo can make
such a bold claim in a single volume, here’s how it works: she
invites you to build bespoke hat patterns by mixing and matching
brims, bodies and crowns in a clever flip-page format, with
techniques for all levels including colourwork, cables, lace and
more.
*Simply Knitting magazine*
My "hat" goes off to you Jo Allport for this brilliant idea of
creating your own design combos. 10,000 Knitted hats is a book that
gives one an opportunity to design their own hat. Simply flip
over the pages to choose your favorite and start to knit. I love
this concept! As a knitting designer, I love having options and
this book definitely gave a variety of unique and clever ideas. ...
I've never seen a knitting book published this way. Also, the
illustrations were well done. I highly recommend this book.
*Sweetly Made Just for You blog*
The book is aimed at complete beginners or slightly more advanced
knitters and all of the patterns are worked in double knitting
wool. … a good starting off point for those who want to create
their own designs.
*SlipKnot magazine*
10,000 Knitted Hats is a fun and clever flip-page instruction and
'how to' book that is specifically for designing and building your
own unique headwear creations. Unique and thoroughly 'user
friendly' in organization and presentation, 10,000 Knitted Hats is
a knitter's delight and unreservedly recommended...
*Mid-West Book Review*
What a perfect book for hat lovers. It is really easy to use and
the knitter can have great fun choosing their mix and match
patterns... I like the fact that you can use any DK yarn that
matches the tension - a great opportunity to use stash for some of
the projects. The patterns give you the opportunity to try out
different stitches, lace, cable, textured to name a few. The
photographs really help to make your decision. The hats are all for
adults and the cast on sts are the same except for the cable
sideways brim. Have fun flicking through photos until you find your
favourite.
*Monica Russel, knitwear designer and teacher*
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