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Summary: An excellent addition to the knitter's library
Review: I love this book! This book is the best (only?) mitten book I have ever seen. The patterns were clear and easy to read, the color charts were easy to follow, and the stories behind every mitten were interesting to read. I read the book cover to cover before I knit a single pattern. The book is also laid out well, with great photos and diagrams for each mitten.
This is not a book for inexperienced knitters, however. Some prior knitting knowledge is required, because many patterns have color-work techniques that are difficult to master, and some patterns' charts could be very complicated if a beginner were to attempt them.
Over all, I thought the book was fantastic. It is also a good reference source for charted designs to include in other knitting projects. It is a must-have for the well rounded knitting library.
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Summary: This is a beautiful book!
Review: I loved this book. The instructions are easy to understand and the mittens are really beautiful and colorful. I would like to make them all. Some of the mittens look very challenging, however. But there are some easy ones too.
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Summary: One of the best mittens books I've found...
Review: OK, so I haven't really found that many mitten patterns at all, but I looked almost everywhere before I discovered this book. This book gave me a multitude of patterns ranging from the very complex to the very easy...I ended up knitting Halland mittens for myself and am going to make the Norwegian Selbu mittens too. The charts are easy to read but I was slightly confused by the description of thumb gussets (gores) and how to knit them. It seems that she slightly glossed over their descriptions, although you can extrapolate (to a degree) what she means. The patterns are nevertheless gorgeous and generally straightforward. Aesthetically, the photography is beautiful too. I like the fact that this is a collection of mittens from around the world, & doesn't just focus on one particular region so the selection is large.
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Summary: A really good book of patterns
Review: This book has lots and lots of nice patterns for mittens. There are fancy mittnes and plain mittens, many colored mittens and some textured mittens. There is also a "basic mitten" pattern, which is nice for people who either have never knit mittens before, or who wish to have a template from which to branch off in designing their own mittens. The informational sections preceding the patterns from each country, though not extensive, are interesting.For sheer number and variety of mittnes, this book can't be beat. My personal favorites are a beautiful pair of cabled aran mittens and a fairly simple but elegant two-color pattern from the Faroe Islands. I do, however, have one criticism. The section on thumbs is, well, pathetic. The different kinds of thumbs are each given a short paragraph, but there are no diagrams or proper explanations as to how to go about knitting them. Thumbs are not terribly difficult, but as they are particular to mittens and gloves I do think that a book devoted entirely to the mitten should cover their construction clearly and thoroughly. A relatively new knitter, or even an experienced knitter who has never made mittens before, will likely need a step-by-step book with diagrams or a personal teacher to show them the thumb on their first attempt at mittens. Thumb section aside, this book is very fine, with simple but clear photography that more than adequately shows what the mittens really look like. No specific yarns are listed for each pattern, but the weights and gauges used in ihe models are listed, so unless you want to make an exact copy of the model (and where is the fun, or for that matter the "folksiness" in that?), it should not be a problem. Overall, I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: The book that got me back into knitting
Review: This is the book that made me want to knit again, after years of doing needlepoint and quilting. I have problems with my shoulders, which makes sweing hard these days, but knitting small projects does not require a large range of sholder motion, so I bought this book and I was hooked. Wonderful information about other cultures and exceptionally beautiful, unusual patterns. I have worked my way through half of the book and have made mittens as gifts and for sale. The patterns are very easy to follow and the text is very easy to follow. This is a wonderful teaching book.
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Summary: The book that got me back into knitting
Review: This is the book that made me want to knit again, after years of doing needlepoint and quilting. I have problems with my shoulders, which makes sweing hard these days, but knitting small projects does not require a large range of sholder motion, so I bought this book and I was hooked. Wonderful information about other cultures and exceptionally beautiful, unusual patterns. I have worked my way through half of the book and have made mittens as gifts and for sale. The patterns are very easy to follow and the text is very easy to follow. This is a wonderful teaching book.
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