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Summary: Knitting For Dummies I have the New Book by The same Author
Review: I just Love this book, it is great! I have been knitting for the past 30 years but I really never learned to do the harder stitches in knitting but these books really helped me develope more skills!! I have yet to master the circular needles but I won't give up! I have a hard time coprehending information and this book really did help me understand better.I have allot of Dummie Books and I love them all!! I 'am just starting to learn how to quilt and even have that Dummie book, love it too!! hope this helps those who are beginning to knit! believe me!! I consider myself a beginner!! Thanks to this book I learned to do the cable stitch and made a sweater coat last year and gave it away as a gift! The person could'nt believe that I made it! Thank you Pam Allen!! Keep writting the books so I can keep buying them!!! Glenda
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Summary: A must for the beginning knitter!
Review: I just re-taught myself to knit, waiting 24 years since my mother first taught me to "cast-on" and "knit" to actually practice the craft and make a scarf. This book has excellent directions and photographs to explain and display how to make different stitches and prevent (or correct) mistakes. It is an essential for the self-taught beginner, as well as Vogue's Guide to Knitting (which I had to buy at auction)! I am now ready to begin my first sweater! (Let's keep our fingers crossed!)
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Summary: A great book for Starters!
Review: I love this book. I wanted to pick up knitting and no matter how many times people showed me I couldn't pick it up. I have only had this book for 5 months now and have knitted a purse, change purse, makeup bag and scarves. I find it very easy to read and follow. I am getting ready to practice the other patterns they give. They have an extensive set of patterns to try and they are cute ones. I recommend this book if you want a great refrence to get started.
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Summary: Ideal for beginners but great reference book intermediates
Review: I skipped buying this book several times since I consider myself to be an intermediate knitter and I felt that I did not need another learn to knit book. My book shelf is already full of them since I am a book-taught knitter. It wasn't until I thumbed through it in a book store that I realized what a useful book this is.There is little chitchat, the instructions are clear and to the point. It gives little details that I wish I had known when i began knitting. (Such as what knitting through the back means and how to keep from creating unwanted stitches in ribbing, two things that caught me up) There is a great variety of projects. The book is divided into sections, basic knitting, cables, lace, color and so one. Each section has at least two beginner projects. Bags, hats and scarves. While the bags and scarves were very nice, I found the hats a bit too wild for my taste. But since there are so many projects to choose from, this really is not a problem. And, once the new knitter's confidence is up, there are three sweater patterns to try out as well as socks and from-the-top-down hat. As I said before, this book covers almsot anything a knitter will need to know to get up past intermediate including short rows and intarsia. There is no coverage for such newer techniques and entrelac and intarsia-in-the-round (some say THAT is impossible but others swear by it) but as a rule, such techniques are not used much in the first year of knitting. Also, this book certainly has the younger knitter in mind with its patterns. Just something to keep in mind. This book is a very complete knitting reference with clear instructions and good illustrations. However, when learning this or any craft from a book, I suggest buying more than one book on the subject so you can compare intructions, get a second opinion, etc. This book is a great place to start you on the road to knitting. Have fun!
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Summary: Much better than its title
Review: I strongly recommend this book as a beginning reference. It's extremely clear, gives basic information I couldn't find anywhere else (like what to do when your gauge is off in only stitches, or only rows), and really good practical tips that I haven't seen anywhere else. Has good patterns to get you started also. I first bought a similar title (not "for dummies" but something similar- the covers are orange), and I took it back to the store and exchanged for this one, which is MUCH better.
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Summary: Must have for beginners
Review: I took one lesson and bought this book to supplement. It's THE book for an absolute beginner to have. It very clearly explains the techniques, terms and necessary steps in order to start and complete a project. It has plenty of pictures (critical for a newbie) and a few projects to get you started.
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Summary: Inspiring.. but a little difficult to follow
Review: I was extremely happy to receive a "starter knit kit" that included this book. However, I barely went through a chapter before I was lost. Little details about holding the yarn and doing something as simple as casting on somehow got away from me. I was frustrated for a few days and then went to a site online, instantly printed out instructions and sat down to cast on my first rows without a problem. Now that I've been knitting for a few months I have gone back to the book many times for useful information, but did need a different explanation to get me off the ground. Even now that I know what I'm doing, I still can't follow how these directions would have made sense
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Summary: Great for Beginners
Review: I've always wanted to be able to knit and once I acquired Colonel (my bulldog) in an all night poker fiasco, I just knew I'd have to learn. You see, I can't have the Colonel stumbling around in the buff and buying dog outfits isn't something I would stoop to (even if I knew where or how). In any case, this book has come to the rescue! Thanks to the clear, concise, and occasionally amusing writing of Pam Allen I've been able to knit several "uniforms" for the Colonel to strut around in. I've even become proficient enough knit is name into his new uniforms (in case visitors don't recognize the rank). He sure looks good with "Colonel" emblazened across his backside. "Knitting for Dummies" is a great beginning book on knitting and very easy (and enjoyable) to read. Instructions are easy to follow and the diagrams/pictures provide ample guidance to help even the maladroit. Heck, I knew nothing about knitting before purchasing this book and now I'm knitting all kinds of costumes for my bulldog and knitted caps for when I get cold. Even my indolent (and insolent) wife asked me to knit a costume for her annoying tabby Bobo. Unfortunately, she's not convinced that the knitted name on his costume ("Boob") was a misspelling.
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Summary: A great starting point!
Review: I've checked out the "Idiot's Guide to Knitting and Crocheting" before finding this one, and I have to say that this one takes the cake. It is much more thorough, much less confusing, and there seem to be fewer errors in the text. There were places in which the other guide left you wondering if you just couldn't get it, but with this one, Pam Allen spells it out for you beautifully, and takes you from beginning to sweaters and Fair Isle knitting. I'm only halfway through it, but I've already found it immensely helpful on knitting!
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Summary: Pam Allen is my Hero!
Review: If you've always wanted to learn how to knit or have taken a night course and want to learn more/better techniques (like me), you have got to buy this book. I first read about Pam in Melanie Falick's Book Knitting in America, and have come to be a great fan. She breaks down knitting from the types of yarn to the first cast on stitch to elaborate techniques in a simple, non-threatening way. She also shows how to correct mistakes (a given for the beginner!) and explains circular knitting and its applications in simple terms. It is by far the best knitting resource I have come across. I've tried Elizabeth Zimmerman (too advanced and too smug in tone) and Marie Rigghetti (too by-the-book) as well as others and have learned more from this book than any other. For anyone who has ever shed a tear over a dropped stitch or said, "I wish I could make that", this is the book for you! I can't recommend this book enough.
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