100 Hats to Knit & Crochet [Hardcover]

Jean Leinhauser (Author), Rita Weiss (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2005

It's hat heaven for those who knit or crochet. Just about every kind of hatwear is here, from fun parties to formal occasions, created by the one of most popular design teams in the craft, for women and men, children and teens, infants and toddlers. Apply your needles to a garden party hat with a wide brim and floral decoration. Then make a toasty ski cap, a hat for a ponytail, stocking cap, head warmer, little girl's flower cloche, little boy's baseball cap, Russian hat and muff, even Rapunzel's tresses or sexy Cleopatra chapeau perfect for Halloween. If somebody can wear it, you can use these colorful photos and simple instructions (with your own imaginative adaptations) to top it off!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 140272313X
• ISBN-13: 978-1402723131
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,114,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better knit than crochet, December 20, 2005

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Stern Fan (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Hats to Knit & Crochet (Hardcover)

Where do I start with this book? OK, I'll begin with the good. The knit patterns are fabulous. I love every one of them! However, out of the 100 patterns, only 1/3 are knit.

Now for the bad...out of the 69 crochet patterns, only 13 hats designed by Nancy Brown are nice enough to actually wear in public. The worst hats are by Doris Chan who designed among others, 4 "wig-hats". I mean, was this a joke? Maybe they were designed for Halloween but I don't think so. She's serious! There are only 4 hats for the guys and one is another Dorothy Chan original called Dashing Deerstalker made with blue Homespun that even the model looked embarassed to wear. All he needs is a highchair and baby bottle to complete the scene. Then there is the Yamulka..uh...I hate to tell you this but the word is Yarmulke. But no matter how you mispell it, the headcover should never see the inside of a synagogue, at least not on a man's skull. It's way too feminine! And it doesn't even look like it fits. That's another problem with these hats. Many of them are small. I'm not talking about the 24 childrens hats either. Because many of them are just sitting on top of the models heads. A few kids looked like they outgrew their hats. Also there are too many ugly raffia hats with the exception of a Black and White Cloche.

If you like to knit hats, this book is worth it.
If you like to crochet hats, be prepared for more disappointment than expectation.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So many patterns but none to make!, May 19, 2006

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E. I. Robinson (Sunshine Coast Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 100 Hats to Knit & Crochet (Hardcover)

I honestly thought that out of 100 hats, I would be able to find quite a few to knit and crochet. How wrong I was. Obviously I expected some novelty hats, that is par for the course with the amount of patterns featured, what I hadn't expected was that there were going to be so few really nice hats. The children's hats are mainly novelty and make the kids look daft. The adults hats are either overly fancy or just plain ridiculous. I would have liked to have seen a few really practical plain patterns that could be adapted by the knitter/crocheter. I have abandoned this book, and have had to buy not one but two more books to find any nice patterns. On the plus side, they are well photographed, the patterns are easy to follow and the layout is great. Very disappointed overall.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book!, March 8, 2006

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Love My Hats! (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 100 Hats to Knit & Crochet (Hardcover)

I actually really like this book! At first I was doubtful because this is a knit and crochet book-which usually means really weird crochet designs and really nice knit. Unfortunately I don't knit, but I figured out of 100 hats there has to be SOMETHING I like.

There is! I think the cloche hats are beautiful and they don't look incredibly hard to make. Sure, some of the hats are really goofy but to me those kinds of hats are perfect for children dressing up. I didn't buy this book expecting to like every single one of them.

If you like hats, know how to knit or crochet, then this book is for you!