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Holiday Knits: 25 Great Gifts from Stockings to Sweaters

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This is, by far, the best knitting book I own. The instructions are very clear and in plain english. The back section explains each stitch very simply. The authors offer lots of personal tips on each project. The book, itself, is beautiful. The pictures are crisp and admirable, the set up is intuitive. I love the way it breaks the projects down into the amount of time it will take to complete each one. I have flipped through some other holiday knitting books, and the same old predictable Santa intarsia is featured in each one. These designs are classic and perfect for gift giving.

I just received this book. I have many, many books on knitting. Most of the books have a few patterns that I would consider, but this book...I wish I had received it earlier because I want to make every pattern. It is the first book that I have received where I will find time to make everything. I have a pretty good idea what everybody on my list is getting next Christmas. If you want something that has some different ideas in knitting, plus cute, different standbys, get this book.

I picked up with book in the book store to have something to look at while my children played with the train set. I had no intention of buying it, but I loved it. The entire book is wonderful. The patterns are doable, cute and easy. The photography is great too. I bought the book and can't wait to finish all the projects!

Right after I purchased this book, I started receiving the '06 holiday issues of all the knitting magazines I subscribe to. I was a little disappointed to see so many of the patterns re-printed (with the exact same photos so they were a easy to spot) in this season's magazines. I kind of feel like I paid for them twice! I should have just skipped the book.

But---the book is beautifully done and photographed. But in my opinion, many of the patterns are pretty time consuming (many with lots of finishing), so I'm not sure they will be very fast gift projects. And many of them are pretty advanced patterns.

The book is a good mix of moderate to advanced knitting projects that would make good gifts for any occasion. Some of the patterns focus on holidays, such as Christmas Stockings to hang at the fireplace, while others are all-purpose items such as afghans or mittens. The photography puts you in a holiday mood. The directions are clear and well organized, starting with quick projects and progressing to more time-intense challenges.

The projects in the book are really very cute, it's really easy to follow if you know what you are doing. I would be happier if they gave illustrations of the special techniques they introduce, b/c many of them are advanced level, and their instructions are complicated to understand just by reading.

I love this book. The illustrations are beautiful and I look forward to making many of the projects. I am currently taking a "Christmas Stocking" class at my local yarn shop. I decided on the snowflake stocking pattern. The "toe up" method is wonderful once completed, however, the instructions were somewhat confusing. Having said this, I would still make this stocking again. My next project will be the felted ornaments and as a self-proclaimed "Christmas nut" I am sure there will be many gifts resulting from this book as well. Thanks so much.

There were a few projects that I would like to do. However, most projects weren't too unique - I found similar ones in other books. There were a few that were odd and wouldn't do. When I decided to do one of the projects, I couldn't find the yarn recommended and spent a long time searching for a comparable one. In general they use high end, nice yarns.

Had checked this out from the library so many times decided I really needed to add to my collection, item was in perfect condition and shipped quickly really a great buy

While I recognize that perhaps this is not the most original gathering of patterns, I just have to put in my two cents here and say that if you have this book and One Skein on your shelf, you should be completely covered for just about any fun gift knitting project you could ever want or need to come up with! I love this book!