Not for new knitters, but if you are experienced, this is a great resource to help you create unique shawl designs. There are some full patterns, but the real asset here are the stitch and shawl diagrams that help you create your own shawl design. If you want to get into shawl or wrap designs, this is a great book for you.

**I received this copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review**

A great book for knitters looking for technique instruction accompanied by lovely images and a huge number of patterns and options. For the beginner to intermediate knitter, there's a lot to learn in this book as well as inspiration.

Thank you NetGalley for the free download. This book is fabulous and the pictures are beautiful. If you love knitting shawls as I go, this book is a must have! You won’t be disappointed at all. Thanks to the author and publisher for the free download.

Detailed stitch patterns a la Barbara Walker stitch guides for most of the book will make designing your own modular shawls, wraps, and stoles a breeze. The patterns for the shawls are laid out in an interesting manner. For most of them, you are given a "recipe" rather than step-by-step instructions. You are told which stitch patterns from earlier in the book to knit in order to create the finished shawl. Beginner knitters may be intimidated by this style of "pattern."

Nice book with great ideas!
A good mixture medium to real expert knitters.
I personally didn't feel as if the book was for beginners, not the complete starters or the slightly more advanced beginners.
Its all described and can be easily followed - BUT if you do not know at least a bit about knitting already i feel as if the book would be a bit too much for you.

It is a beautiful book, great ideas and if you are a knitter that wants new inspirations because you already worked through all the easier books? Defiantly worth a look!

Thank you to NetGalley for a free eArc in exchange for an honest review. Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps, and Stoles is written with clear and concise instructions. There are diagrams for those who are more visual with their knitting, as well as written instructions. Instructions are given for the types of stitches used in the book and for blocking, just to name a few. The patterns are contemporary and beautiful. What I enjoyed most is that you can take the patterns in the book and mix and match to create your own. I will definitely be buying this book when it is released!

Such a beautiful book with amazing patterns. Wonderfully written. Thank you to both NetGalley and Storey Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest unbiased review

Clever idea. Nice clear instructions on the principles of making a shawl, and then a dictionary of stitches, so that you can make your own, totally unique patterned shawl. If I'm being honest, there was a lot of lace patterns, and it would have been nice to have just some plain texture stitches as well. But for someone who's confident and wants to make something special, this book will do just that.

Melissa Leapman’s The Knit Stitch Pattern Handbook: An Essential Collection of 300 Designer Stitches and Techniques Is one of my favorite knit stitch pattern books. I was really excited to have the opportunity to preview Knitting Modular Shawls, Wraps and Stoles from Net Galley. I was not disappointed. This is a gem.

Melissa Leapman has taken a fresh, and very logical approach to designing shawls based on the basic right angle triangle. The triangle is a module that can become a square, trapezoid , hexagon, and rectangular shawls. She starts from the very beginnning with the basic cast on of a garter tab, how to set up, choose your edge, stitch pattern and through to the very end to cast off. Easy to follow sample designs of each type of triangle style of shawls with their stitch patterns. Instructions are both written and charted. There isre plenty of stitch patterns, inspiration and instructions to guide you through designing your own shawl. A lot of guesswork is removed for a knitter to start designing their own shawls.

This knitting book is definitely going to become a major love in my library.

As an Librarian and avid knitter for decades this book is a gorgeous addition to the collection of knitting books available. I received this digital ARC and found it to be a beautifully laid out, easy to understand "cookbook" for knitters to design a shawl that they dream of owning. The photos are stunning and the instructions are simple to grasp if you have at least basic knitting skills. Melissa Leapman creates another work of art that allows others to create art.

Apologies, I couldn't read this book. There was no option to send it to Kindle and Kindle wouldn't take the PDF. Sorry!

Is this THE shawl book? It may be. Melissa Leapman breaks down all the parts of shawl design--shapes, how to make the shapes, using stitch patterns, and putting it all together. Confident knitters can use all of this to make almost any shawl they desire. This is perfect for those of us with stashes of yarn we're not sure what to do with and people who don't want to have to track down the right pattern every time they want to make something.

Knitting Modular Shawls lets knitters make the shawls that fit their wants and their yarn as well as bringing in a new way to get creative with their knitting. Anyone who's looked at a pattern and though "I like this, but..." should take a look at this book.

I received an ARC of this book to review. It is, in a word, gorgeous. Ms. Leapman has published patterns and techniques that will engage knitter's of all skill levels. Photography is clean and the book is beautifully designed. If you are interested in adding a new technique to your knitting repetoire, this is a book you'really going to want to pick up.

As a knitter any book from Melissa Leapman makes me look. And this one is amazing. The insight it has in designing your own shawls is so easy to understand. It would be a valuable addition in any knitter's library as just a stitch dictionary, but is so much more. If you have no interest in designing your own shawls, the book also has quite a few patterns, but in a condensed format, not a row by row pattern. I will be adding this one to my library!

This book is more than a pattern book - it is a recipe book. In addition to providing 20 gorgeous shawl patterns, it also provides instructions for a "Choose Your Own Adventure" approach to designing your own shawls, with a LOT of increasingly elaborate stitch patterns (I was going to give an exact number, but there were too many, and I lost track while counting). I've been a knitter for awhile, and still some of them were completely new to me. My fingers are itching right now to sit down and play around with the components to create a truly personal shawl.

All stitch patterns are given as both charts and written instructions, with clear photos of each, knit up in a light yarn that really shows off the stitch definition. There is a HUGE variety in the stitch patterns, so it's obvious that Melissa Leapman put a lot of thought and work into this collection - it's definitely not something she could just have phoned in. I'm especially impressed by the section on adding horizontal or vertical insertions to shawl designs - a very simple design-element that few patterns incorporate, but which is extremely effective and really makes your shawl stand out. As for the section on borders, I'm biased - I absolutely love a nice perpendicular border, and Melissa has some amazing ones to try out here.

Photographs of the 20 patterns provided are spread out throughout the book. Each shawl is beautifully modeled, and shows wingspan, a close-up and a glamour shot for the full effect of the shawl. Project #10 is my personal favourite, and I can't wait to cast it on!

I know I'm gushing, but I'm really impressed by this book, and can't think of anything I'd add or change to make it better. It's not aimed at beginners, as it does require you to have some previous knowledge of knitting shawls, but I'd definitely recommend this book to any semi-experienced knitter who wants to take the next step towards creating his or her own designs.

I am a 50 year knitter and I enjoy making shawls. I don’t like triangular shawls as they don’t ever stay up. This is a terrific design book for creating your own style and there are a lot of variations that will work for me, Leapman is an excellent knitwear designer and the patterns are sharp and clearly written. Excellent photography. This book stays right next to my knitting chair!

Never having knitted anything before, I found the instructions and patterns in this books to be quite complicated and a bit too difficult to follow. That being said, for the more experienced knitter, this book reveals how to make some beautiful creations that are feminine and nicely detailed.

There are so many knitting instruction books out there that it is becoming difficult to find new ideas. However, Melissa Leapman has succeeded in writing an excellent volume of interesting, interchangeable patterns for all levels of knitters of shawls, wraps or stoles. Knitters can design patterns by following instructions to combine sections. You will find patterns for triangles, horizontal insertions and borders which, when assembled, can provide unlimited possibilities. There are 212 patterns along with a glossary of knitting techniques, how to read knitting charts, a list of symbols and abbreviations and a metric conversion chart. This will make a great addition to your knitting library. Thank you to Storey Publishing and NetGalley for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Knitting shawls can seem daunting. I've met a lot of knitters of all sorts of proficiency, who complain about shawl knitting, especially the ones with a lace patterned body.

This book makes shawl knitting understandable and easy to follow. Knitting a shawl is broken down into seven simple steps that the knitter needs to follow. Further, once you have understood those seven steps, you can mix and match from a multitude of forms, borders, edges, inserts, lace patterns, or simple textured pattern created by knits and purls.

As daunting as knitting a shawl might seem, it is not. I'd recommend this book to any knitter who knows how to cast on, knit, purl, do a yarn over, do a kfb, or kfbf; but even if you don't know how to do all of those yet, this book will show you. It also explains how to read charts. Advanced knitters might find this book interesting, because it helps them create their own patterns, since each step of the construction is explained.

There are a lot of projects with detailed pattern instructions, which you can use to explore different levels of shawl knitting, as well as, different shapes of shawls.

A gem among knitting books.

This book is about shawls, wraps and stoles. They not only give models to follow, they show you different patterns that you can use and modulate to create your own knits. Great knitting book with interesting different styles of stitches for shawls.