Quick Baby Knits: Over 25 Quick and Easy Designs for 0-3 year olds [Paperback]

Debbie Bliss (Author)

Book Description

A collection of quick and easy designs, perfect for first-time knitters and everyone with limited time. Includes a wide range of delightful ideas, from a baby blnaket and ballerina cardigan to a stylish hooded sweater and zipped jacket. Every design is illustrated in irresistible color photography.

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About the Author

Debbie Bliss is the author of the enormously popular Baby Knits as well as New Baby Knits, Kids’ Knits for Heads, Hands and Toes, Nursery Knits, Teddy Bears, Toy Knits, Baby Style, and Quick Baby Knits. She lives in England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (October 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312202512
• ISBN-13: 978-0312202514
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,558 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Expert Advice > Debbie Bliss

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88 of 88 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Simple and charming - with a few caveats, March 31, 2000

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I'm a big Debbie Bliss fan, and this book features very typical Debbie Bliss designs: charming, classic sweaters for babies and children, using interesting details, lovely yarn and unusual colors. I've already made 2 of the sweaters, which turned out beautifully. That said, I would point out the following: (1) if you have other Bliss books, you may feel as I do that she recycles too many of her patterns, changing only minor details or colorways; (2) the book ought to be called "Simple Baby Knits"; while the patterns aren't complex or terribly time-consuming, they also aren't exceptionally fast. Only a few patterns use chunky yarn and bigger needles which speed the knitting along. (3) the book needs more practical aids to the knitter, such as clear photographs or sketches of the sweater, and either diagrams or a list of dimensions so the knitter can make sure the pieces are turning out as they should. I am a fairly experienced knitter and didn't have trouble with the instructions for the sweaters I made, but a beginner may need some more guidance. Overall, however, this is a good introduction to Debbie Bliss styles. I'm happy that I bought it and eagerly await the next Bliss book.

62 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars quick but not easy to read., February 15, 2000

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A. Creech (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quick Baby Knits: Over 25 Quick and Easy Designs for 0-3 year olds (Paperback)

As with all of Debbie Bliss's books, the patterns in this book are for beautiful sweaters, cardigans, and booties. And they really are quick--everything is garter or stocking or moss.

The pictures are lovely, but I must agree with an earlier reviewer below who says they are not sufficient for a knitting book. While they would make a wonderful calendar (the kids are an adorable, multi-cultural group), they generally don't show the whole item in question, or the view is too close up (some double page spreads of the cutest babies, but I can't see the part of the sweater that I'm trying to figure out!).

While the patterns are indeed quick (I knit up the booties in half an hour) and not terribly hard knitting either, they are not easy to read. I may have knit the booties in half an hour, but I also spent a good few minutes just trying to figure out the pattern. Debbie Bliss doesn't use a single extra word in these patterns. While a beginner could easily knit these items, he or she should have a more experienced knitter read the pattern first. Read the pattern over and over before you start, and then read it again as you go along. Believe it or not, this will be the most complicated part--the knitting itself is straightforward and quite quick.

All in all though, I am glad to have purchased this book. All knitters need some quick projects, for when they just can't bear to look at that afghan again, or that man's sweater they're supposed to be knitting for someone special. And babies wear such little sweaters!

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so quick, not so easy, but adorable, August 29, 2004

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Isabella K. Badenoch "izi" (Vientiane, Lao PDR) - See all my reviews
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I am an experienced knitter and have knitted many Debbie Bliss patterns. I now have a daughter and have been knitting a variety of things for her. Although the sweaters in the book are adorable, I have several criticisms about this book:
(1) it is NOT a book for beginners, as many of the patterns use fairly difficult techniques, which I was surprised at, with no real explanation about them (I had to look some of them up in my Vogue Knitting reference book); (2) there are no pictures of what the garment looks like - the photos are all nice and adorable, but if you can't see the finished shape the directions can be confusing - I had to re-knit parts of the sweater featured on the cover because I couldn't see how it all fit together. The patterns are cute and adorable once finished, but they do take some time and patience to complete.