The yarn girls are upping the ante on quick-to-knit, sassy looks in beyond the basics. With the same friendly encouragement and big-sister know-ho...
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Dec 28, 2009
Liz
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A step up in skills from The Yarn Girls' Guide to Simple Knits. It keeps with the visual attractiveness of the first book, but since the patterns are slightly more involved, there is some overflow of directions on to end pages. I tend to find that frustrating, especially since some of these patterns were essentially tweaked versions of previously published patterns.
Jan 22, 2009
Debbie
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More simple sweaters, hats, ponchos, scarves and blankets to knit. If I had time, I'd knit them all.
Jul 10, 2008
Amanda
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This has some really cute sweaters in it, so when I get up the courage to try one, I'll definitely check it out again. I was hoping to find stitch patterns for scarves, but these are pretty simple, so I'll hopefully find more in the stitch books I got out. I would somewhat disagree that an advanced knitter would find a challenge in here, since I think I can handle any of the stitches called for without much trouble and I'm hardly advanced! The sweaters are modern and nice. Most projects are
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Jan 30, 2008
Stephanie
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I can finally put my meager knitting skills to use for something other than scarves and pot holders-- thanks to this book. I've used patterns for a great cabled hat and a simple cardigan. <Beware!> You might start spending a small fortune on yarn after seeing all that cute knittable stuff.
Dec 02, 2008
Emily
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These Yarn Girls' books are decent, but they use too much chunky yarn, I think, which knits up quickly but never actually looks good for clothes.
Sep 28, 2007
Brooke
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Lot's of sweater patterns, which I am not sure I am quite ready for just yet, but definitely some food for thought...
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