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Summary: The original knitting book/history
Review: All knitters must have this book in their library. A wonderful informative book about knitting. Love this book!
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Summary: A Must
Review: Apart from my own publications (grin), this is the only knitting book I ever recommend. The price can't be beat; nothing else available covers the art of hand knitting more thoroughly. Probably due to its age, it lacks some things I consider essential to the serious contemporary knitter: eliminating raw cast on/off edges, invisible seaming, shaping with short rows, steek stitches, among others. That's what I write about.
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Summary: A concise little gem
Review: As with many Dover books, this one is information dense and packs a lot of detail in a small space. It covers a wide variety of knitting techniques and the accompanying hand-drawn diagrams are straightforward. While other knitting books may overexplain a technique to the point of confusion or boredom, this one is economical and precise. It serves well as a reference guide and learning book.
Not only is it of value in terms of technique, but it serves as a wonderful primer for the history of knitting.
The only caveat is that if one is an absolute beginner with no background in knitting, then the "Knitting for Dummies" books is easier to digest.
All in all, a wonderful find at a wonderful price.
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Summary: A concise little gem
Review: As with many Dover books, this one is information dense and packs a lot of detail in a small space. It covers a wide variety of knitting techniques and the accompanying hand-drawn diagrams are straightforward. While other knitting books may overexplain a technique to the point of confusion or boredom, this one is economical and precise. It serves well as a reference guide and learning book.
Not only is it of value in terms of technique, but it serves as a wonderful primer for the history of knitting.
The only caveat is that if one is an absolute beginner with no background in knitting, then the "Knitting for Dummies" books is easier to digest.
All in all, a wonderful find at a wonderful price.
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Summary: Always a lesson here
Review: I read this book cover to cover once a year or so and am always amazed at what I've missed in previous readings. Ms. Thomas eloquently shows knitting as the skilled craft that it is. Kudos to Dover for publishing it and its companion, Mary Thomas's Book of Knitting Patterns, at such a reasonable price. Mary Thomas is THE Knitting Goddess.
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Summary: Always a lesson here
Review: I read this book cover to cover once a year or so and am always amazed at what I've missed in previous readings. Ms. Thomas eloquently shows knitting as the skilled craft that it is. Kudos to Dover for publishing it and its companion, Mary Thomas's Book of Knitting Patterns, at such a reasonable price. Mary Thomas is THE Knitting Goddess.
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Summary: A nostalgic and invaluable collection of basic techniques.
Review: This edition is a reprint of a book first published in 1938. Some of the language seems a little old-fashioned and quaint, as do some of the references to "new" items,(rayon yarn for example) but this only adds to the charm of the book. The descriptions are precise, the illustrations are clear, and the techniques themself are classic. This book is loaded with interesting ways of doing things that I have never seen before. I would imagine that without books like this, some of these techniques and historical tidbits would stand the risk of being lost. That fact alone makes this book priceless. I would enthusiastically recommend it not just as a basic reference for any knitter, beginner or experienced, but for anyone interested in craft history.
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