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Knit One, Stripe Too: Making the Most of Self-Striping Yarn

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The 27 patterns using self striping yarns (most familiar to sock knitters) break down into mitered blanket, jumper and baby bunting, socks, beaded mitts, felted adult slippers, shetland scarf, short row hat, 5 sweaters and jackets, 2 skirts, 5 shawls or stoles, 3 summer tops and 2 bags, set of bowls and felted basket. Each pattern has helpful schematic and easy written instructions. Author's introduction to this type of yarn is quite interesting. Book concludes with 3 pages of basic techniques, abbreviations page, other helpful information such as skill level and list of yarn companies who have donated the yarns. Each pattern has full page picture in color which I did not find very attractive. I liked two of the projects: circle stripes stole and paintbox stripes knit from side to side. I have all of this author's previous books many of which were excellent so I recommend looking for them especially Sweaters from New England sheep farms and Sweaters from New England village and Beyond wool using unusual yarns.

KNIT ONE, STRIPE TOO: MAKING THE MOST OF SELF-STRIPING YARNS promotes the new colors and combination opportunities of such yarns, using nearly thirty projects designed especially for self-striping yarns and including socks, slippers, scarves, bags and more; many most accessible to beginners. Full-page colorful photos of finished products accompany knitting directions, materials lists and notes on project attributes. Any library including knitting project guides will welcome this.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Very good book, good buy. More advanced projects. Do not recommend for novice knitters.

I was so hopeful about this book, because I love self-striping yarns. But this is a mediocre book at best.