SPECIAL THANKS to the following editors at Interweave:
Tricia Waddell for her wonderful support and direction throughout the project.
Ann Budd who worked ceaselessly on this project as she gently guided me through navigating the choppy waters of editing.
Thanks to the best project team I could ever have hoped for:
This book is dedicated to my mother whose words and wisdom will continue to guide and inspire me for the rest of my life.
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To my husband whose encouragement, support, devotion, and patience have made this project possible.
Diana Berardino and Suzanne K. Wakamoto( a. k. a.“ the girl genius”). As project managers they figuratively roped themselves to me and climbed this project mountain at my side. Diana managed the first half and Suzanne the second. Theirs were the hands I could reach out and hold onto day or night throughout this book journey.
Joan Forgione who worked tirelessly to make certain that the first draft of the manuscript was correct and who was always available to lend a helping hand on any part of the project.
Mari Tobita who worked diligently as both the inhouse technical editor and an invaluable member of the knitting team.
Rafael De Peña whose hard work and dedication to perfection in creating both the fashion and technical illustrations has brought a feeling of freshness and elegance to the book.
Karin Thomas and her unwavering artist’ s eye that she applied constantly as she worked diligently to make the charts and schematics both consistent in their appearance and visually appealing.
Alice Schwartz and Yvette Walton who came out of retirement to lend their expert knitting hands to an old friend.
Lisa Hoffman, Veronica Manno, and Michele Wang who worked so hard on perfecting and professionally finishing the knitting projects.
Megumi Hirai for her willingness to make so many of the swatches and to be the all around back-up hands for the project.
Diane Claster for the many hours spent on overflow typing.