As a knitter, I often ogle at gorgeous and stunning works of knitwear while browsing various knitting websites. I can’t explain the frustration that I feel when a pattern is unclear and confusing to follow.

This book is essential for anyone that was a successful career as a knitwear designer.

Really interesting. This is a topic that doesn't feel like there are a lot of concise books about and this one covers a lot of ground.

I'd wondered about setting up a Ravelry/ Etsy shop for my patterns. This book convinced me I don't have the necessary attention to detail! So has saved me (and potentially others) time and anguish. Honestly, thanks!!

This book contains valuable information about writing knitting patterns.
It had easy to follow instructions on how to write successful patterns.
I was particularly interested in reading about gauge and charts.
I’m sure I will be referring to this book often in my knitting endeavours.
Thank you to NetGalley and Storey Publishing for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook How to Write Great Patterns that Knitters Will Love to Make by Kristina McGrath; Sarah Walworth
Wish I had this book when I started writing my own patterns. One of the guidelines was to follow the publication style. Was pretty straight forward with my own personal words.
Love that this covers every single aspect of writing so the end user will NOT have a problem knitting the pattern you create. Appreciate the symbol explanations, being blind I can't use that method myself. Every section also has Q&A.
So many examples, sketches and words that really define this book. Glossary and index makes it simple to find exactly what it is you need help with. Excellent valuable information.
So exhilarating to create things for others to use. Feel like I accomplish something.
A KEEPER!
Received this review copy from Storey Publishing via NetGalley and this is my honest opinion.
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This is a well written, comprehensive guide to writing knitting patterns and making them easy to follow for knitters. It doesn’t cover actually designing the knitwear but instead focuses on the production of the pattern, the essential elements to be included in a pattern and the importance of gauge, and much more. The book is laid out in a very sensible way and the Q & A at the end of each chapter is very useful. It is a very easy to read book with helpful checklists and illustrations. I recommend it to anyone who wants to write knitting patterns

With thanks to Netgalley and Storey for providing an advance review copy. All opinions are my own.

This is an excellent book for those who want to not only write their own knitting patterns, but to better understand the process that goes into writing knitting patterns. Additionally it can be very useful for those who want to understand already written knitting patterns. Too often a knitting pattern is unclear and confusing. This book presents a standardized system to use, with very clear explanations. It is not a book of already written patterns. However, for the knitter who merely wants to understand knitting patterns it can be a valuable resource. Thank you to the publishers for allowing me to peruse and review this wonderful book. I look forward to publication and to obtaining a copy of my own.

This book is an exceptionally well-written and informative guide to writing your own knitting patterns. As a novice in pattern writing, I found it very helpful and I will refer back to it in the future, I’m sure. The book delves into important factors that go into writing a knitting pattern, including accurate measurements and gauge, the importance of having your patterns tested and tech edited, while also providing clear pattern examples and illustrations. I would recommend this book to any knitter looking to start designing their own patterns.

Thank you to NetGalley, Storey Publishing, and the authors for providing an advance reader's copy.

A well-set out and concise handbook with instructions on how to write knitting patterns. The aim of the book is to teach knitters how to write up their patterns so that they are correct, clear, concise and consistent.
The book breaks the process down into various sections, including ones on creating your own pattern writing style, components of a knitting pattern and accurate measuring. There is a detailed chapter on getting your pattern tech edited: the writers are themselves tech editors,
The appendices include a check list.
This is an informative and easy to read instruction book. It could be read by anyone wishing to improve their pattern reading skills and it should be very useful to anyone wishing to publish their own knitting patterns

So, this book, I had really high hopes for it.
I am a knitting pattern designer and have been one for many years now.
I am always, always on the lookout for anything that will make my pattern writing better. I always want to learn, grow, and improve. I am seriously working on making my patterns better, always.
Then, enter this book.
If you have yet to write your first-ever pattern, this might be for you.
If you are just sitting there, looking at your yarn stash and knitting needles, and doodling your first ever sweater design in your notebook and thinking that maybe, just maybe, someday you might pluck up the courage and try your hand at designing and pattern writing, then yes, then this book is for you.
Then again, no, this book is not really for beginner designers. It speaks of being able to afford tech editors, it speaks of having test knitters who are your superfans – if you are a beginner at pattern writing and know nothing of the basics that this book contains, you have zero fans, you have zero testers, you have no idea where to look for testers and what to do with them. Also, you most likely are not able to afford to hire a tech editor.
I would add that most people also need a proofreader, not just a tech editor and test knitters. But that just adds to the expenses, so most skip it. Yet having someone proofread your text grammar/spelling/style-wise adds value to your pattern too, it makes it easier to read and understand.
There is nothing about the testing process, nothing about how you deal with pattern testers being the most unreliable people out there. There is nothing about dealing with knitters who cannot and will not read the actual pattern. It really feels like the authors of this book live in some lalaland where you just make the most perfect pattern and then miraculously everyone reads what you have written there.
There is a whole chapter about gauge. how important the gauge is. But it is for the designer only. how important gauge is for designers. Nothing about the biggest life’s mystery – how do we persuade the knitters to do the gauge swatching. Hmm, so someone wants to be a designer, but needs to be persuaded about the need to pay attention to gauge?
So, it is kind of difficult to pinpoint who and what the target audience for this book is.
There is weirdly specific attention paid to sweater pattern writing, so apparently it is for sweater pattern designers mostly.

p.s.
The book’s Kindle version / formatting did not make sense many times. I had to open it on my laptop to see what it actually was there. Hopefully, formatting issues are solved by the time book goes live.

The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook : How to Write Great Patterns that Knitters Will Love to Make is a practical manual that attempts to set new standards in good pattern development. It is aimed at beginners and the more experienced alike. The instructions are detailed and easy to follow with clear illustrations, and the authors have developed a good framework to follow. Overall an excellent book for a very specific market.

Thank you to NetGalley, Storey Publishing, Ms McGrath, and Ms Walworth for providing an advance reader's copy in exchange for a fair and honest review.

As a former Technical Writer and an avid knitter, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. In fact, I devoured it. This should be required reading prior to submitting a pattern to Ravelry.

The instructions are clear. The handbook is laid out very logically providing concrete examples of what and how to write the pattern instructions. The checklist at the end of each chapter alongside with the Q&A are extremely useful. The illustrations are beautifully rendered.

Super interesting as a novice knitter who has been experimenting with my own pattern ideas of late (I got into knitting over the pandemic), whilst I'm probably not likely to be publishing or selling my own anytime soon, I definitely think this is a real worthwhile book if you are planning on doing so (or even if you aren't, it can help with understanding patterns that maybe aren't written to standard!)

I’m not impressed. This book covers the very basics of designing and that’s it. I am an experienced knit/crochet designer and was hoping this book would help me get into designing garments. There is a section on that, but I didn’t find it to be helpful or have it tell me anything I didn’t already know. I personally didn’t care for the writing style either.

This is really fantastic - the nitty gritty of exactly what to look out for when you're trying to write a knitting pattern for sale. It isn't specifically about how to DESIGN knitwear, or how to grade patterns - it's very focused on exactly how patterns should be written, tested, and tech edited, and (very valuably) on common problems the authors see in written patterns.

The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook by Kristina McGrath; Sarah Walworth A comprehensive guide to knitting pattern writing. Detailed and easy to follow instructions with clear illustrations. While I probably will not be writing my own knitting patterns, the book provided insight into the written pattern structure and cleared up some of the confusion that I had in following patterns. A valuable resource written in an easy to understand, informative style.
Thank you to the authors, publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to preview the book

Good book on decoding knitting patterns. Not only for those who create the patterns but also for people using them.

This book is full of interesting tidbits. I am not interested in writing knitting patterns, but I am a knitter and I am curious about the process of writing patterns because I think it's nice to know more about knitting as a whole. And to be frank, this book would be really useful if you are writing patterns, because there is a lot of helpful and thoughtful information here (mind, this is not a "writing patterns for dummies" kind of book, it won't tell you how to begin writing them, but it would tell you how to write patterns that people would be happy to buy), but it would be handy even if you are just a knitter, like me, because it there are tidbits here and there that can be practical while knitting, both because they are good info and because understanding how something works help you do better, as a general rule.

So I would highly recommend this book to all the people who are interested in knitting and patterns, even if they are not writing them.
It's also quite a fast reading, and the writing is not boring or complex. It is really well done.
Sure, sometimes I felt like the info was a bit redundant, but I enjoyed it and I took with me some helpful advice!

'The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook' is a welcome edition to the knitting world.

Packed with detailed instructions and stunning illustrations this will surely help the bar to be set for knitting pattern writing. Raverlry will cease to be the same.
One of my personal flaws is that I see something and instantly think, 'I can make that'. With this book, it's entirely possible that I can now make anything and then teach others how to as well.

The tips and tricks detailed in this book are laid out in a way that's easy to follow and absorb.
If you are interested in knitting pattern creation then you are bound to find something new in this book, or an easier way of doing things.
It really looks at the publishing side and helps set a guide for the standard patterns should be at.

I was gifted a digital copy of "The knitting pattern writing handbook" in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Thank you NetGalley, Storey Publishing, Kristina McGrath and Sarah Walworth.

I read this ARC for an honest review
All thoughts and opinions are mine

I really enjoyed this but a couple of pointers
It is really technical and I am a knitter
Also, all illustrations are black and white and look like pen drawings so this comes across as a little bit cheap

It is however a good instruction book for those wanting to design knitwear and useful in telling what to think about when doing this