Customer Reviews

Vogue Knitting on the Go: Baby Blankets

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While the format and outlay of this little book is very appealing, the editors did not review the actual knitting directions for consistency and clarity--for example where squares were of 18 rows, they are suddenly changed to 10 ridges. In other cases, the sequence of steps was very unclear and poorly stated.

The multi-colored blankets give very little direction for finishing and thought for how the back of a blanket might look and hold together under fairly strenuous use.

For the most part, it's probably a good idea to choose the single colored patterns.

This is a really sweet collection of baby blankets--it will make you want to have a child to knit for. However, I agree with a vew of the other reviewers who say that there are some mistakes in the patterns, and it is not really a book with much for beginners. Blankets may seem like a good choice for a really easy starting project, but this is not necessarily the book to work with.

I am an experienced knitter and picked what I thought would be a relatively easy pattern - never have I been so frustrated. The instructions were not explicit enough and I have spent hours trying out my own methods to accomplish what the designer wanted me to do. At this point I really have no desire to even try any more or ever try another Vogue pattern.

I am in the middle of my first knitting class - I thought starting with blankets would be easy because you can't mess up the size too bad - although I LOVE many of the blankets in this book - only a few options for the beginner. I hope that as I get more experienced, i will be able to do more of the projects in this book.

I knit a lot of sweaters for BOF's (babies of friends) but the little tykes grow out of them in an instant. A baby blanket is a great project because it can grow with the baby. When Junior is ambulatory, he can tote it around like Linus and drag it behind him in the dust until the ridicule of his elder siblings or friends makes him finally give it up.

The patterns here are varied, and have different levels of difficulty. None are too tiring, because a baby blanket is just so much fun--you won't get afghan-itis and peter out because they are pretty small. And you can use fun colors you wouldn't dress a baby in. So have fun, and make one of these.

This book is chock-full of cute patterns for all different skill levels and is a very appropriate addition to the Vogue Knitting On the Go series. Many of the projects are done in sections and combined during finishing, so they are truly portable. The editors have also included a few patterns that are truly challenging but because of their small size (baby blankets are usually not larger than about 36" square) they are not overwhelming. I bought this book because my knitting group is donating baby blankets to the local Ronald McDonald House and there is something for everyone in the book. We'll be busy through the end of the year and beyond!

I would not have purchased this book if I have known that their were three torn pages from the book and the cover was dirty. I now have three loose pages that I have to be careful not to loose and I had to clean the book cover before I handled it when I opened the package.

Some of the blankets in here are kind of weird-looking, but there are enough cute ones to make the book worth buying.