Vintage to Vogue: The Best of Workbasket [Paperback]

Krause Publications (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2003

Knitting, crocheting, and tatting have never been so popular - even celebrities like Julia Roberts can be found with a hook, needle, or shuttle. Now, here's the perfect instruction book for anyone wanting to learn these popular crafts! This exciting new book features 35 of the most popular, original projects from the last seven decades from the classic American magazine The Workbasket. Each of the sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves, vests, shawls and jewellery featured is presented as it originally appeared in the magazine, and then updated with new yarn colours or slight design alterations. Readers are expertly guided through the basics of knitting, crocheting and tatting with diagrams and complete instructions. Also includes "Remember When..." sidebars highlighting recipes, past magazine covers and more that made The Workbasket one of the most popular needlecraft magazines of its time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873494210
• ISBN-13: 978-0873494212
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,485,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Vintage beats vogue, May 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Vintage to Vogue: The Best of Workbasket (Paperback)

I have to agree with the other reviewer who said the old designs were much better. I couldn't believe it when I saw it. It was almost worse because they put a picture of the original pattern beside the redesign, and you could see exactly how much better you would have liked the other one. I haven't tried any of the patterns in the book yet because they aren't that striking, and also because I'm still feeling bitter that they actually made good designs worse!

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Vintage was Better, August 6, 2003

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patricia cwick (glen ellyn, il United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vintage to Vogue: The Best of Workbasket (Paperback)

I was really looking forward to receiving this book. I had received the Workbasket when I was learning how to knit and crochet and I have many fond memories of it. I am very unhappy with the book. The vintage patterns are reworked for the book and in many cases the vintage were much better. It is too bad that instructions are not included for the vintage as I found several of them to be nicer than the new patterns.