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89 of 92 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not worth buying.,
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This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting and Crocheting Illustrated, 2ndEdition (The Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)
I purchased this book when I decided to learn how to knit. I already knew some basics in crochet so I thought it would be nice to have a reference for both.I was sadly mistaken and now regret spending money on this guide.I suppose I should have known better. Crocheting and knitting are such multi-faceted and versatile crafts that there is no way one book under 300 pages can address BOTH adequately. I found the book frustrating because it would spend many pages talking about things that were quite easy. (like yarn and the different types.) But when it actually comes to the stitches, I thought it did a poor job. Especially explaining the Purl stitch. With the description and the illustration, it was hard to actually see what they are trying to do. I breifly glanced at the crochet section but realized that even with my rather sparse knowledge of crochet, I knew almost everything that the book had to offer. (Which was not much.) If you do want to geta good guide for knitting, I suggest the Dummies Guide to Knitting. If you want a good guide to crocheting, I suggest Donna Kooler's Encyclopedia for crochet. They cost more, but are well worth it. If you are still set on getting this guide, I suggest you get it from the library first or at least browse through the pages at your local book store before you take the plunge.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful book, but could be more detailed,
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This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting and Crocheting Illustrated, 2ndEdition (The Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)
I bought this book because I wanted to learn how to knit, and I did succeed in learning the basics from it. I really like that the book covers both the Continental and English styles of knitting, and found the illustrations to be helpful and clear. It covers a wide range of subjects, so whether you want to know how to make the basic knit stitch or how to block your finished work, the information you need is probably included.
However, I think this book would be greatly improved if it contained more detailed information. For example, I'm not sure it's possible to cover Intarsia knitting adequately in 3/4 of a page. While I did understand the idea after reading about it in this book, some additional illustrations would have been helpful, along with additional tips and tricks. There's also an entire chapter on fixing common knitting mistakes, which never mentions that it's possible to correct a stitch that was incorrectly knitted when it should have been purled, or vice versa, without ripping out rows back to the error. In summary, while I did find this book helpful in learning how to knit, I suspect there are probably other books available that would provide more details to the novice knitter, thus reducing the amount of trial and error in the learning process.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
KEEP LOOKING THERE ARE BETTER BOOKS!,
By $implicity (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Complete Idiot's Guide to Knitting and Crocheting Illustrated, 2ndEdition (The Complete Idiot's Guide) (Paperback)
This book is okay but if you are looking for a good how to knit or reference book I highly recommend: The Knitters's Companion or Vogue Knitting The Ultimate Reference
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