Elemental Knits: A Perennial Knitwear Collection

by Courtney Spainhower

Overview

Elemental Knits is for women who aspire to be ever stylish, more comfortable, and less wasteful. With knitwear designer Courtney Spainhower, you'll craft an appearance that truly reflects your spirit with a collection of 20 knitting patterns designed to enhance your wardrobe year-round.

 • Knit with intention, selecting patterns and fibers for their wearablity, versatility, and how they enhance your existing wardrobe.
 • 20 patterns explore a range of knitting techniques with features suited to each season—texture and cables for autumn, allover patterning for winter, garter and lace for spring, and colorful accents for summer.
 • Revel in gorgeous details that take these garments and accessories from functional to essential in a way that will have you wearing them year after year.
Enrich your hand-knit wardrobe with intentional projects that will act as wardrobe staples for years to come with Elemental Knits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632506535
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/14/2020
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	296,213
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Courtney Spainhower began working in fine art as a ceramicist. However, as a stay-at-home mother, she discovered knitting—the perfect blend of child-friendly and portable while fulfilling her need to keep her fidgeting hands busy and creating utilitarian pieces. She began designing as Pink Brutus Knits full-time in 2009. Since then, Courtney has contributed work to many books, yarn company collections, and magazines, including Interweave Knits, Knitscene, Berroco, Inc., Taproot, and Pom Pom Quarterly. She released her first book, Family-Friendly Knits, in 2015.

Editorial Reviews

08/05/2019

Knitwear designer Spainhower (Family-Friendly Knits) applies the concept of a timeless wardrobe to this appealing if inconsistent book of seasonally themed knitwear patterns. Displaying expertise in and knowledge about yarn, she provides plenty of helpful advice explaining where and when to use certain types of yarns and how to substitute one for another, when necessary. Praising the material for its versatility, she comments, “I find comfort in knowing I can unravel any garment or accessory... to make something more current and useful” and urges readers to invest in quality garments that can be reused or repurposed over time. Her own choices in earth tones, however, don’t always photograph well (a brown yarn named “ginger root” comes off particularly unfortunately), and the excessive use of variegated yarns can be distracting in patterns where it is important to pick up on details and elements of fit. A tendency to combine textures and techniques in one pattern also make the designs more challenging and potentially less accessible to neophytes. Nevertheless, longtime knitting enthusiasts should appreciate the useful explanations and creative patterns displayed throughout Spainhower’s well-stocked compilation of designs. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly