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Summary: Excellent resource
Review: All of the Cartwright-Jones knitting books are wonderful, and this one adds to the collection with amazing designs and motifs from all over the world, plus detailed directions for a pillbox-type hat, lavishly patterned kneesocks, a drawstring bag, and a hooded cloak/coat. These are a far cry from most knitting patterns available--they are ethnically or historically inspired and they allow the knitter to fit and style according to her needs and taste. The only reason I don't give five stars is that the charts are hard to read and for some reason don't give the stitch x row counts the way the Tap Dancing Lizard book did. A word of warning: these patterns are geared heavily toward machine knitters. Hand knitters will not be as happy.
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Summary: Nice Designs, but charts are too big & hard to read!
Review: I have to concur with the other reviews-- most of the charts are too large to use with an 8mm kniting machine or with hand-knitting. I like the idea that they are trying to show the grid-lines, because I sometimes had trouble with the charts in "The tap-Dancing Lizard", trying to figure out exactly how many stitches were in a large block of color. However, I think it could have been done better, in a way that was easier to read. Also, I wish the grid was marked with a heavier or colored line every five or ten stitches. Some of the designs are lovely, but simply too big for me to use unless I were making something huge like a blanket!
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Summary: Oh man those patterns are hard to read
Review: Tap Dancing Lizard by the same authors has the best patterns ever. The patterns in Enchanted Knitting are also consistently high quality. However they are printed in black and grey, not black and white. Maybe because of this the patterns feel too small, or maybe they are too small. I'm 23 and don't wear glasses and I have so much trouble that I recommend copying the patterns to graph paper if you want to use them. And the patterns are nice so its even more frustrating.
My advice is to try to buy Tap Dancing Lizard by the same authors instead. It has high quality patterns that are much easier to read. Probably if you get that one you will be hooked and buy this one anyway.
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Summary: Nice Designs, but charts are too big & hard to read!
Review: This duo's previous books were packed with charts and ideas, but unfortunately Enchanted Knitting is a comparatively slim volume. The charts are nice, but there are many less, and many are too large to use on a 60st electronic card -- so if you don't have 200st programming capability, you'll be a bit out of luck. They reprise their "coat" pattern, with a few refinements, but otherwise, the patterns are not much to write home about. All in all, buy it if you are looking to spend some money -- but if you skip it, don't feel too deprived!
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Summary: I like this book! :)
Review: This ia a faboo book, but not for someone who wants to learn to knit. It is as the tiltle says, charted desgins. That's it. Oh it has pretty pictues and ideas for projects, but there's no how-to instructions. The patterns are wonderful! I love the celtic ones, and the little dancing skeletons. And the cover design which is a tattoo from a ice age mummy! (how cool is that??) The patterns are in black to white greyscales. They a rather easy to follow. Highly recommended if you want patterns that are not the usual!
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Summary: I like this book! :)
Review: This ia a faboo book, but not for someone who wants to learn to knit. It is as the tiltle says, charted desgins. That's it. Oh it has pretty pictues and ideas for projects, but there's no how-to instructions. The patterns are wonderful! I love the celtic ones, and the little dancing skeletons. And the cover design which is a tattoo from a ice age mummy! (how cool is that??) The patterns are in black to white greyscales. They a rather easy to follow. Highly recommended if you want patterns that are not the usual!
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