Seasons of Love: Crocheted Sweaters for the Family

Rating:
Summary: Lots of variety and very well written
Review: I have many crochet pattern books and "Seasons of Love" is amongst my favorites. This book is beautifully illustrated and contains many wonderful designs. There are sweaters (and more) that will see your entire family through every season of the year. Of course, everything is relative to personal taste, but I found this book to contain a lot of fresh looking designs that I would actually make...even for my husband! What's more is the instructions are very well written. Each pattern comes with diagrams showing the measurements of each piece per size scale and specific instructions are provided on how to make your gauge swatch. If you've seen patterns that tell you how many stitches and rows it takes to make a 4" swatch but fail to take the pattern stitch into consideration (thus leaving the guessing work up to you) then you will appreciate this.

If you are looking for a variety of sweater patterns to make for the different people in you life (or yourself!) then this book is for you.

Rating:
Summary: Lots of variety and very well written
Review: I have many crochet pattern books and "Seasons of Love" is amongst my favorites. This book is beautifully illustrated and contains many wonderful designs. There are sweaters (and more) that will see your entire family through every season of the year. Of course, everything is relative to personal taste, but I found this book to contain a lot of fresh looking designs that I would actually make...even for my husband! What's more is the instructions are very well written. Each pattern comes with diagrams showing the measurements of each piece per size scale and specific instructions are provided on how to make your gauge swatch. If you've seen patterns that tell you how many stitches and rows it takes to make a 4" swatch but fail to take the pattern stitch into consideration (thus leaving the guessing work up to you) then you will appreciate this.

If you are looking for a variety of sweater patterns to make for the different people in you life (or yourself!) then this book is for you.

Rating:
Summary: An Okay Book...
Review: I thought the patterns in this book were TOO SIMPLE looking. There is a difference between a "classic" look and "plain", and I felt this book's patterns were very plain.

Also, I expected more patterns than this book contains, it has about 5 sections with a pattern in each for every member of the family. This would probably be a great book for a beginner that wants to make a simple sweater. But if you already make sweaters, then I think you can find better inspiration in some of Melissa Leapman's other books.

Rating:
Summary: I appreciate the men's cardigans...
Review: It's difficult to find books with "wearable" men's garments in them. The author also uses readily avaiable yarns, so you can get started ASAP.

Rating:
Summary: I appreciate the men's cardigans...
Review: It's difficult to find books with "wearable" men's garments in them. The author also uses readily avaiable yarns, so you can get started ASAP.