The craft of knitting continues to thrive, both as a way to produce unique, stylish, handcrafted garments, and as a practice of meditative solace i...
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Sep 08, 2007
leighcia
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Written by the co-owner of Sophie’s Yarns in Philadelphia and an English Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, this book was close to my heart. Out of my very meager reading of knitting books, this is by far the one I have enjoyed the most. This book provides a brief summary of knitting history and technique, and includes several simple patterns along the way. What I found most valuable were Myers’ explanations on different guidelines of working with color (e.g. hue, intensity and saturati
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May 31, 2010
Stephanie
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That was a waste of time for me. There was very little about the JOY of knitting and most of it was about aspects of knitting and learning to knit and mostly things I already knew. Boring.
Nov 13, 2008
Natalie
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I loved this book - I read it when I first started and it really got me excited about starting a new hobby. Who knew it would take over my life!
I have never knit any of the patterns from this book.
I have never knit any of the patterns from this book.
Dec 13, 2007
Carolyn
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The author has a Ph.D. in English and owns a yarn shop. She writes so clearly and with such warmth that it is a pleasure to read. I have picked up some important knitting tips from this little volume.
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