Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Scarf Style
I finnally got the book from the library.. and boy am I ever glad I didn't pay for a book... I know that many knitters own this book and it does have some neat patterns in it.. but I haven't been more annoyed at a book in a long time.
What on earth were they thinking when they chose to blur the pictures of the scarves on the models.. The biggest and most helpful pictures.. are all about half blurred twards the bottom... For "artistic effect" maybe.. but ANNOYING and UNHELPFUL is what it turns out to be.. How can you see what you'd be knitting if it's all blurry?!
And I was under the impression that this book was scarves.. but it turns out to have some really weird non-scarf things in it... The turtle-neck shrug really gets me.. it so isn't a scarf.. it's a sweater without a body.. and it looks really funny.
When I saw the picture of "Ruffles" the thought that went through my mind is "Someone really needs to stop choking that girl with their intestines".. Knitted intestines... every little boy's dream. Pretty soon you could knit a whole annatomy book, what with Knitty's Womb and this intestine thing.. and I think I've seen a knitted heart before.. (Not the valentine kind.)
I just had to share my frustrations.. but I did find a pattern in the book that I'm trying out for Melanie's scarf... I don't know if I'll really end up liking it.. but we'll see.
I finnally got the book from the library.. and boy am I ever glad I didn't pay for a book... I know that many knitters own this book and it does have some neat patterns in it.. but I haven't been more annoyed at a book in a long time.
What on earth were they thinking when they chose to blur the pictures of the scarves on the models.. The biggest and most helpful pictures.. are all about half blurred twards the bottom... For "artistic effect" maybe.. but ANNOYING and UNHELPFUL is what it turns out to be.. How can you see what you'd be knitting if it's all blurry?!
And I was under the impression that this book was scarves.. but it turns out to have some really weird non-scarf things in it... The turtle-neck shrug really gets me.. it so isn't a scarf.. it's a sweater without a body.. and it looks really funny.
When I saw the picture of "Ruffles" the thought that went through my mind is "Someone really needs to stop choking that girl with their intestines".. Knitted intestines... every little boy's dream. Pretty soon you could knit a whole annatomy book, what with Knitty's Womb and this intestine thing.. and I think I've seen a knitted heart before.. (Not the valentine kind.)
I just had to share my frustrations.. but I did find a pattern in the book that I'm trying out for Melanie's scarf... I don't know if I'll really end up liking it.. but we'll see.
-Kim- 2:00 PM
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I just ordered this book from Crafter's Choice. I hope it is a little better than you said. I must admit I only ordered it for the Lady Eleanor Stole. Another memeber on KR did a beautiful solid color version. I have done 2 Market Square bags and enjoy doing entrelac and want to make a stole/shawl and thought I would give this one a try.
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