Ethinic Knitting Discovery by Donna Druchunas, softback published by Nomad Press in the USA. Price 21.95 US dollars, ISBN 978-0-9668289-3-1 available from www.nomad-press.com
This book will help you to discover ethnic patterns from around the world. Donna makes knitting your own sweaters that fit a feat of simplicity. She offers four simple sweater shapes and all the basics you need to master the technique of designing your own sweater without fear.
Donna then takes a look at knitting styles and patterns from the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and the Andes and offers motifs for you to use. Learn how to knit in the round (my least likeable method, but hey no seams). Understand charts, centre a pattern or motif, manage repeat patterns. Discover how to work with texture or colour. Find out about half gussets and how to cut and stitch armholes and necklines. You can choose from quick notes, a visual plan or detailed guidelines to work the patterns.
The guidance is clear and easy to follow. The finished sweaters are line drawings, in this two-colour, 176 page book. There is much to learn here that you might not find elsewhere.