Customer Reviews

Knit: Handmade Style (Handmade Style (Thunder Bay Press))

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This is a book with a variety of projects including a shawl, hats, a sleeveless top and matching jacket, teacosy and a fulled bag. Some of the projects (shawl and beret) are designed to use various yarns from your stash.Most of the yarns are 8 ply (DK weight) and the sizing is fairly generous (up to finished size 116 cm bust). All of the projects show a beautiful use of colour.

I bought this book without seeing it in person because it had good reviews and I loved the bag on the front. I thought they would be more natural looking, simple knits. The only patterns I liked were the bag on the front, a sleeveless top and jacket, the slippers, and a hot-water bottle cover (but how many times will you make that after you already have one). If you want scarves (they didn't fit my taste - I thought they were weird), a beret that uses a ton of yarns, a ribbed blanket, a shawl and a tea cozy... this is the book for you. It was a beautifully photographed book and may suite others' needs, but I tend to like books that give me more for my money and have a much more simple flair. I'd rather have had 101 One Skein Wonders, any of the Stitch & Bitch Books, or Greetings from Knit Cafe.

As a visual knitter I was disappointed on the lack of diagrams for the patterns. I especially liked the mitered afghan and the slipper socks.

This book if full of patterns that YOU WILL MAKE!!!! Great colors, great gifts to make. Easy to read patterns. Great for the beginner. Knitting for pleasure is here and in this book. Great buy, great book. If you like simple style that will last forever, if you like to say "I did it" and be proud of it, this is your book.

This book has interesting patterns such as a Noro Silk Garden tote, a felted bag, a braided chenille scarf and some pillows, rugs and hot water bottle and tea cozys.

The colors are natural or interesting shades that please the eye. I even saw one design that was remarkable like one I had published years ago--a leftover yarn triangular shawl knit in garter stitch with fringe. This version has horizontal bands; mine had vertical but in all other respects was quite similar. Be that as it may, it's a nice shawl and a great way to use up odd balls of yarn. There is also a mitered blanket and a fluffy beret--again, ways to use up odd balls of novelty yarn or even your own handspun.

For handspinners, yarn collectors and stash-remediation seekers, I recommend this book.

photos are gorgeous, i leave it out as a coffee table book occasionally. one project pic does however run through the gutter, distorting the pic. might not knit all the projects, but a wonderful book.

I like the book and the patterns featured. However I am unable to contact the publisher or find any way to view the errata for the patterns in this book. One pattern in particular seems to have incorrect yarn yardage specifications. The pattern is called Two-toned Jacket and is found on page 56. Two colours of yarn are required. The sleeves are knit in the main colour while the body of the jacket is knit with 2 rows of the main colour, then 2 rows of the contrast colour. However the ratio between the yarn amount specified does not seem to support this. Materials Required recommends 11 balls of main colour to 3 balls of contrast. Can anyone help with this? Thanks