SimpleChic: Designer Knits, SuperQuick!

by Jil Eaton

From the popular designer Jil Eaton comes this delectable collection of easy-to-make and stylish knitwear. Designs feature a quirky but fashionable style, with patterns for children, teens, and adults. Popular projects, such as the cashmere crème sweater, elf cap, and rainy-day pullover for dogs, are accompanied by step-by-step instructions that are ideal for beginners and those wanting to further develop their knitting skills. Sketches and color photographs in outdoor and in-studio locations brighten every page and help knitters visualize the final product. Photos, yarn suggestions, and gauge instructions are offered for every design.

Genres: Knitting, Crafts, Nonfiction

152 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This would be a great book for beginning knitters. The introduction to materials and techniques, layout, schematics and instructions with plentiful photos make for success. The projects themselves are a range of simple accessories and even a couple boxy sweaters. Though I am an experienced knitter and didn't find anything I wanted to work on, I enjoyed reading through this book.

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing for me.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

When glancing at the book cover one cannot help but look at the darling little child wearing the knitted christmas tree hat and immediately want to knit such a hat. I picked up this book because that hat looked so comical I immediately had visions of knitting it. Unfortunately, after perusing the rest of the book's content I only found three other patterns that I would want to try. This book is kind of in the middle as far as knitting books, not one of those books with totally awesome patterns, but not a knitting book to be shunned.

*Taken from my book reviews blog: http://reviewsatmse.blogspot.com/2008...

[Dayini · Rating 2 out of 5]

Simple, yes. Chic, not quite. A decent book for new knitters - a variety of simple patterns for women, men, children and dogs. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a single pattern I wanted to make.

[J2418 K · Rating 2 out of 5]

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