365 Knitting Stitches a Year Perpetual Calendar

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Summary: watch for errors
Review: Beautiful, useful, well put together. The color photography is exceptional, and the instructions are very clear. I would recommend this as a gift for ANYONE who knits. Kudos to Martingale--if you liked their 365 Quilt Blocks a Year calendar you'll love this too.

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Summary: Great handy reference to select patterns.
Review: Great little book for patterns for anything you may wish to make. Gives all the info you would need and you can make anything beuatiful and easy to use - I really loved this.

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Summary: frustrating
Review: Half of all the patterns I've tried in this book have errors. Some are obvious, and you can easily see that the pattern won't work. Some are not, and you spend time ripping out and trying again only to finally realize it's not you, it's the book. One reviewer says there is an errata page. I've got to find it. Love the idea of the book, because I like to do little samples to pass the time rather than invest major commitment to a big project. But this book is so frustrating with all its errors, that it's ruining my fun.

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Summary: frustrating
Review: I don't have this book (yet!) but someone in a knitting community that I'm part of posted this link <http://www2.martingale-pub.com/Information/Corrections/C108_cor.htm> to an errata page for the first and second editions. Apparently there are quite a few mistakes in the patterns for serveral of the days, so if you have the first or second edition, you may want to check the link out.

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Summary: Errata page for the first two editions
Review: I don't have this book (yet!) but someone in a knitting community that I'm part of posted this link to an errata page for the first and second editions. Apparently there are quite a few mistakes in the patterns for serveral of the days, so if you have the first or second edition, you may want to check the link out.

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Summary: old edition? they'll replace it for you...
Review: I have a friend who loves this book, so i was surprised to see the problems with errors other reviewers mentioned. I ordered it anyway--with plans to get a copy of the errata page to keep with the book. There is a link on the publishers web site to email for errata info, and when i did, they got back to me quickly letting me know they would replace my book. I called their 800 number to provide my address and double check that this was necessary and found out that my new book is the 6th edition, which apparently has no erratas (so far, i guess) so the replacement was unnecessary. anyway, i think this is a great little book and i've had no problems so far...

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Summary: Great handy reference to select patterns.
Review: I refer to this book to pick next pattern for afghan, baby blanket, sweater or just to find inspiration for the next design. since it is small and handy, i pick up my needles and start creating a swatch and if it does not fit my design, i go on to the next pattern. it is very convenient and handy. other books are heavy and take time to search for, which make me use them less now. this one is close at hand and i can find the patterns i have in mind quickly which help me pick up the needle more offen than before.

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Summary: Great idea for knitters
Review: This is a nice idea--365 stitches, laid out in a stand-up easel spiral bound desk calendar. It could inspire you to swatch out a new stitch every day, or provoke ideas for new knitting designs.

It might make a great gift for a knitting friend. But do you need it? If you have volumes upon volumes of knitting stitch libraries, this might be superfluous. But if you are new to the wide variety of knitting stitches that can be created by knitting, purling, crossing and cabling, you might really enjoy having this pretty calendar on your desk.

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