Big Girl Knits : 25 Big, Bold Projects Shaped for Real Women with Real Curves

from AnaNg

I had my reservations, but this book has a great section at the beginning on sizing and dressing the body you have. The patterns are generally OK.

from knittingpanda87

This book has some great information about not only how to knit clothes that look good on plus size women but also how to dress in clothes you would buy from a store. It also has a great section on how to make measurments of your body before starting a knitted item and about ease in a knitted gar...

from jennyo

Lovely patterns, but mostly this is worth it for the fantastic shaping/customization information in the front of the book.

from TheLibraryhag

This book has some really nice patterns and lots of advice about fitting for plus size bodies. There is a second coming out in 2008.

from halifaxious

The tone is friendly and engaging. The section on how and where to measure is detailed and relatively straightforward. The book does best when it's describing qualitatively (e.g. short rows are added to make a wedge shape...) rather than quantitatively (e.g. (TND - F)/2... ). The math is solid, s...