SIXTH & SPRINGS BOOKS-Short Story: Chic Knits For Layering. Long story short; cropped sweaters are the hottest designs on the runway and on the needles. Never content to knit by the book; Cathy Carron takes basic shapes--cardis; cropped pullovers; shrugs; and more--and creates novel ideas that speak volumes. Author: Cathy Carron. Softcover; 160 pages. Published 2012. Imported.