Author: Angela Dominguez
Illustrator: Angela Dominguez
Publisher and year: Dial Books, 2015
Number of pages: 32 pages
Genre: Picture Book
The book Knit Together uses illustration board with gouache, tissue paper, ink, colored pencil, and a dab of digital to create a sweet story between a mother and a daughter. As noted in the book, drawing is fun for the daughter but knitting is better because you can wear what you knit! But knitting is not easy for her and the little girl decides to continue doing what she can do. The mom and the daughter collaborated together on a piece of art. The mom knit and the daughter drew. They created a beautiful blue beach blanket.
On the cover of the book, the mom and the daughter are hugging each other and smiling. The words Knit Together look like red knitting wools. The daughter loves to draw and on the first page, we can see her drawings lying around on the floor. She seems really concentrated in her drawings and her mom is sitting on a chair a little far away looking at her. But mom doesn’t draw, mom knits.
Now the little girl is standing near her mother and is touching the sweater her mom knitted. Then they are going to the beach and are wearing identical scarves. They seem very happy walking on the beach with their pet dog who is wearing a cute red sweater as well. The little girl wants her mom to show her how to knit, and we see multiple images of them on one page which means they have tried many times together. Knitting is not easy. And the little girl now seems frustrated. She is sitting on the floor with knitting wools all around her body. She goes on to hide under a table. Mom came and says it’s okay. She asks her daughter to help her. Now we see them happy again while they are thinking about how to collaborate together.
The next page has many knitting wools that are of various colors. They went to the beach again for inspiration time. The little girl seems relaxed lying on the beach with her dog. When they went home, the little girl gets to work. We see paper balls and wool balls lying around and the mom would watch her daughter draw. Finally they are ready. They went to shop again and carried home supplies. They seem very happy the whole journey.
At the end, we only see the back of them sitting on the beach. The sky is so blue and beautiful. Their blanket wrapped around their bodies and kept them warm. It’s a drawing they can wear.
The book is dedicated to the author’s mom because the author and her mom had worked together on all sorts of projects when the author was little. And they still do. In fact, they had made the blanket that appears at the end of the story. For every mom and daughter, this story inspires them with creative passion and love.
