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Summary: too many mistakes
Review: I certainly didn't like all of the sweaters in this book, but enough to make it worth buying. The best feature of this book is that there are patterns suitable for different skill levels as well as different tastes--mohair, instarsia, stranded colorwork, arans. The worst feature of this book is that that patterns do not appear to be have been proofread very carefully. I have noticed mistakes in many of them--most of the mistakes are in the stitch counts, so it's usually possible to figure out what should be happening, or to fudge something that will work. My other complaint is more personal--most of the sweaters are way too oversized for my taste and size (and current fashion).
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Summary: poor editing of patterns mars a good book
Review: It is unfortunate that the errors in the hardback edition were not corrected in the paperback edition. There are errors in many of the patterns that may not be obvious to a beginning knitter or even a knitter trying new things. This is very unfortunate, because the sweaters themselves are quite lovely.
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Summary: Not the greatest
Review: The sweaters are okay--but there is better stuff out there. I was very disappointed when I wrote to the author/publisher to get a pattern for the hat that was shown with some aran sweaters. What do you mean there's no pattern available--get real. This one is okay if you can get it used, but it is obviously (see the book title) a book written to sell yarn, not a great pattern book.
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