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4.0 out of 5 stars
A mixed bag, October 24, 2003
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This review is from: Simple Crochet for Cherished Babies (Paperback)
The baby items in this book are absolutely gorgeous. I made the "Heirloom Blanket" featured at the end of the book and it is really beautiful, and it was very easy to make as well. I've made baby blankets before, but I think this will end up being my favorite pattern for them in the future. The patterns do use mainly single and double crochet (which I thought would be great since that is just about all I can do with a crochet hook anyway), and while I make blankets, scarves, and hats pretty often, I hadn't tried booties and sweaters before. I'd be tempted to say the problems I had making the booties and sweaters in the book were my inexperience, but for a few things like missing words (I think her editor has let the author down in some places) and diagrams with measurements on some sides but not others. I was making a raglan sleeve for a really beautiful little sweater and the diagram shows the sleeve as equal widths on both ends, and wider in the middle. Well, if you've made a raglan sleeve before, which I hadn't, you know that it actually almost comes to a point on one end, the end that connects to the neck. A more experienced crocheter might have realized it was ok when the sleeve started shrinking dramatically on one end and the diagram showed something else, but I was thrown for a loop. I do recommend this book because it has such beautiful things in it and the blankets at the end are so nice (and worked out perfectly for me), but it might be best for experienced crocheters or beginners who can tolerate some confusion. I haven't given up on it, not by a long shot.
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
DO NOT BUY !!!, October 4, 2004
This review is from: Simple Crochet for Cherished Babies (Paperback)
I have crocheted for over 35 years, and have done every type of crochet possible, and NEVER ever had more than a tiny problem with directions. This book is a nightmare of non-information and incorrect directions. I can't believe it was sent out to the public like this. And now, from reading other reviews, newer crocheters worry that it is their inexperience that caused their frustrations. This was the biggest waste of money I have done in ages. I never even expected to NOT be able to understand it, since it IS suupposed to be SIMPLE CROCHET. Even if it were advanced crochet, it is a mess. I wish I could stop every single person who is reaching out for this book to PUT IT BACK. If you ARE more advanced, then you can figure out a lot of the pictures for yourself, and save your energy and......money. Terrible, Terrible.....TERRIBLE !!
Sincerely,
Deborah May
Oregon
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing, April 7, 2005
This review is from: Simple Crochet for Cherished Babies (Paperback)
I was so excited to find this book. The designs are gorgeous. The patterns, however, are useless. While I consider myself an advanced crochter, I have had to repeatedly re-do and modify all of the half dozen projects I've completed from this book. I am convinced that there was not a pattern tester involved in the publication of this book. At best, this book is useful for inspiration. At worst, it is frustrating to put a lot of work into something and not have it come out right. I would like to see this author and publisher clean these patterns up and issue a second edition. Until then, I wouldn't bother.
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