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Crochet Me
"Simply the single most elegant fiber arts book I’ve seen to date."
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Expand your idea of what a scarf can be! This collection of 31 elegant, whimsical, and ingenious scarves taps the expertise of over twenty-five knitwear designers who offer new ways to think about this most basic of garments. Expect to be surprised: a timeless scarf that uses cables and stitch patterns, a scarf that functions as a pair of portable sleeves with a turtleneck, a delicate triangular shawl based on traditional Estonian lace patterns, and a deconstructed striped scarf held together with brightly colored bobbles. Although each scarf is an individual interpretation by such prominent designers as Kathryn Alexander, Debbie Bliss, Nancy Bush, Lily Chin, Nicky Epstein, Sasha Kagan, Sally Melville, and Kristin Nicholas when the scarves are considered together, they represent an exploration of techniques that provide new ways to think about knitting and crochet. Scarf Style is also a manual on how to make a scarf without a pattern: With only a pile of leftover yarns or several carefully chosen skeins, any knitter can create an imaginative scarf. A section on knitting and crochet basics helps beginners get started, and the Designer's Notebook provides templates for basic scarves worked in three directions - end to end, sideways, or on the diagonal - along with suggestions for design variations: stitch patterns, stripe arrangements, and shapes. This book is sure to make you into a scarf wearer, and make a knitter or crocheter out of anyone who loves to wear scarves.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
very disappointing,
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This review is from: Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet (Paperback)
I had hoped that this book would offer novel, interesting takes on the scarf but I was really disappointed. All but one of the scarves featured was dull, dowdy and middle-aged and didn't merit being in a book since if you really wanted to knit a scarf along those lines you could design it very easily yourself. The scarf I did like (Backyard Leaves) looks interesting and challenging, creating bas-relief leaves, but comments by knitbloggers who have completed it suggests that they found the instructions very unsatisfying. This is because the scarf is knit in two parts with a seam at the back but there are no directions on seaming it to avoid a really obvious join and normal techniques don't work with this pattern.This was a very disappointing buy and I don't recommend it.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
So much more than scarves,
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This review is from: Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet (Paperback)
This is a truly inspirational book. The patterns include wraps, capes and sleeved shrugs as well as scarves of all types. It covers all types of knitting, from simple garter/stocking stitch to lace, cables and intarsia as well as some crochet projects. Many of the yarns are not available in the the UK, but can be substituted easily.The only quibbles I have are that the layout is sometimes a little confusing, with the photo of one project next to the instructions for another. Also, it is a little short in men's scarves. Other than that, I highly recommend it. Get one now and get your Christmas knitting sorted!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great inspiration!,
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This review is from: Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet (Paperback)
I love this book! It's a great mix of styles and also projects - some quick and easy others more lengthy. Also like the fact that mixes knitting and crochet and I've never crocheted before but this has got me hooked. Just be aware that it is a US book and US crochet terms are quite different to UK so although techniques are included if you can crochet already you may just need to double check you are doing the right stitch first. This is a book to have on your bookshelf and will provide ideas and inspiration for years to come
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