Little Badger Knitwear: Knitted Projects for Babies and Toddlers

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Summary: Great Inspiration
Review: I have really enjoyed this book. It has lovely photos of children in hand knit garments. I bought the book, because I could not resist the Quaker ridge pixie cap pattern. It is a lovely pattern, but like some other patterns, I wondered why they hadn't knit them circular instead of flat. More details on actual garment sizes would have been helpful, but I have been pleased with the projects I have made that were from this book or inspired by the book.

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Summary: Great Inspiration
Review: I have really enjoyed this book. It has lovely photos of children in hand knit garments. I bought the book, because I could not resist the Quaker ridge pixie cap pattern. It is a lovely pattern, but like some other patterns, I wondered why they hadn't knit them circular instead of flat. More details on actual garment sizes would have been helpful, but I have been pleased with the projects I have made that were from this book or inspired by the book.

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Summary: Serious errors
Review: I thought the garments presented in this book were attractive and they looked fairly simple to make. However, once I got started with my first project (the Ballet Cardigan, page 64), I realized that the instructions for the Front Back and Front Left section were incorrect. And not just a LITTLE bit incorrect...they were full-blown, gonzo wrong. I asked an experienced knitter to check the pattern for me, just in case I was mistaken about how the sweater was constructed, and she confirmed that the pattern was bizarre and unworkable. I'm still fiddling with the pattern, trying to juggle it into something that IS workable...I hadn't expected to have to expend so much skull sweat for something that should be so simple to knit.
On another note, I am disappointed that the authors didn't include diagrams of how to assemble the finished garments. It would be easier to re-write and re-design their creations if I had better pictures of how they think the things should fit together.
I believe I'll call the publisher for a full errata sheet tomorrow, and afterward I'll be wary of any other pattern published by Ros Badger or Elaine Scott.

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Summary: Little Badger Knitwear: Knitted Projects for Babies&Toddlers
Review: I thought this book was so bland and uninspired that I returned it despite being given it as a gift. The patterns are basic and not particularly well written. The examples photographed for the book were poorly assembled and clearly represented the author's inability to design a technically good pattern; ie a cabled sweater had a rippling seed stitch border because the pattern neglected to take into account the drawing in caused by the cables. Even an intermediate knitter would anticipate this problem and have an idea how to prevent it. Shouldn't a designer take care of this problem before launching the book? For a book as poor as this you really need an option of o stars.

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Summary: Adorable
Review: These knits are so cute that I feel like having another baby just so I can make it those little clothes! Fortunately, there are patterns for toddlers & older kids as well.Some of the patterns seem unnecessarily confusing since they are fairly simple designs. I think that measured diagrams(as in the Minnowknits books and others) would have been helpful.On the whole,though, it is an inspiring book!

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Summary: lovable knits !
Review: This book looks really great ! It is a pleasure to both look at and read! The pictures are very beautiful while giving a good view of the finished garnments (a thing which can not be found in every knitting book). Unfortunately, the knitting instructions contain no diagram indicating the measurements of the finished items. That is sometimes confusing. This book contains a good selection of projects, combining clothes and accessories (hats, bags, blanket...) although there are more selections for toddlers (1 year and up). Nevertheless all of the patterns are gorgeous and range from very easy to more challenging (intarsia, cables...). A good gift for every knitter who loves children knits.

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Summary: Sloppy Editing Job!
Review: This is a cute book on the surface, but when you try to knit one of the patterns, you realize that either the authors did not know what they were doing, or they don't care to proofread the text to ensure that their clientel can actually knit the item!! I had to call the publisher 3 times to get the actual total and complete list of errata for the one hat - Dragon Hat. So beware if you try to knit that one. It is so cute, but if I wasn't an experienced knitter, I would have been totally confused and given up. I corrected 3 rows but the errors kept on coming so I then resorted to the publisher. If I were the authors I would immediately have someone go through each and every pattern to ensure accuracy and arm the publisher with the changes ASAP.If they don't have the pride in their work, why should I ever try another pattern or buy another book by these authors?