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Lion Brand Yarn: Just Wraps: 30 Patterns to Knit and Crochet

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Lion Brand makes yarns that are widely available in the US. Their yarns range from bulky, decorator yarns to funky furry wild stuff.

"Just Wraps" has patterns for everyone, from vintage shrugs to wildly furry, wormy neck warmers. Some of the patterns really appealed to me, such as:

1. The Vintage Shrug: this is a flat ribbed piece with closed cuffs that wraps around your shoulders and keeps your arms warm. Very pretty, plain and would suit anyone.

2. Kimono Shrug: A batwinged, large wrap featured on the cover. Very dramatic. This could be knit in a more dazzling yarn and worn as an opera coat.

3. The Cable and Lace Poncho--a sort of capelet in cables in mid grey, very tailored and elegant over a turtleneck in the fall.

4. Serapes, both for men and women. The color choices were beautiful.

5. Granny square wraps: several models for the crochet fan.

There are several children's patterns, too. 30 patterns in all, knit and crochet, mostly knit. And mostly simple to knit. The book has wide cover flaps, allowing the knitter or crocheter to mark their place easily. A beautifully photographed book, well-priced. If you don't like the choice of yarn, it's not hard to substitute something else, even your own hand-spun yarn, as the fit of most wraps is forgiving.

A useful book with some dramatic patterns as well as standard, useful ones. This looks like a real winner.

I discovered, after purchasing this book, that a lot of the patterns are available at thier website for free.

The patterns in this are for definitely cold weather. Most of them are quite boring. I passed the book on to a friend who lives up north. I'm in Houston...

Normally I like the designs from Lion Brand, but this bunch has got to be the ugliest, old-school knitting and crocheting patterns I've seen in book form. The kimono style cardigan is probably the only stylish piece in the book. It was the only saving grace of the book in my opinion.

You're better off signing up for the Lion Brand newsletter and getting the newest free patterns which are a lot more stylish than the majority of the patterns in this book.

Just as the title indicates, both knit and crochet patterns in one convenient book. As an advanced beginner knitter, I found there were several patterns I could already tackle.

I'm always looking for the unusual and unique pattern and this book offers that and more.

This book had been recommended for instructions for working with Lycra and on fitting a basic bodysuit for ballroom dresses. Having read through it, I can see why. It provides an excellent pattern in many sizes and the "elastic" section alone is worth the money. I'm in the process of building the entire dress off the basic pattern. JB