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Summary: A Gifted Knitted
Review: Alice Starmore is a gifted knitter. I don't understand why other reviewers didn't favor this book. I found the designs extremely beautiful and sincere.
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Summary: Another Starmore Coup
Review: Although Starmore yarns are no longer available in this country, Jamieson can fill the bill for you. The call numbers are the same, but the color names are different. Starmore books are just too precious to give up, simply because the yarns are no longer available. This book is a work of art, but definitely not for the novice knitter, unless (s)he has unlimited patience and an urge to stretch the wings.
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Summary: Another Starmore Coup
Review: Although Starmore yarns are no longer available in this country, Jamieson can fill the bill for you. The call numbers are the same, but the color names are different. Starmore books are just too precious to give up, simply because the yarns are no longer available. This book is a work of art, but definitely not for the novice knitter, unless (s)he has unlimited patience and an urge to stretch the wings.
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Summary: Not for the faint of heart!
Review: As all the other reviewers have said...a visual feast! After seeing this book at a friends house, I had to own it! Now, I find myself on what seems to be an endless quest to find any of the original yarns and/or adequate substitutions. Which is the reason for my 3 star assignment. Don't ask Rowan, they don't seem to care. But, if you have a local yarn shop willing and knowledgeable enough to help you, by all means, give it a try. The patterns are glorious! If not, well, it does make a lovely coffee table book.
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Summary: The Celtic Collection
Review: As all the other reviewers have said...a visual feast! After seeing this book at a friends house, I had to own it! Now, I find myself on what seems to be an endless quest to find any of the original yarns and/or adequate substitutions. Which is the reason for my 3 star assignment. Don't ask Rowan, they don't seem to care. But, if you have a local yarn shop willing and knowledgeable enough to help you, by all means, give it a try. The patterns are glorious! If not, well, it does make a lovely coffee table book.
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Summary: Not for the faint of heart!
Review: First things first: this is a KNITTING book, not a needlepoint book. Many of the reviewers below have confused "The Celtic Collection" with "Celtic Needlepoint," which is a different subject entirely."The Celtic Collection" is my least favorite Starmore book. Alice Starmore's collections are usually about evenly divided among Fair Isle and cabled patterns, but the balance here is heavily skewed toward colorwork. If you're a texture knitter like me, this is not the collection for you--get "Fishermen's Sweaters" or "Aran Knitting" instead. Sadly, the few cabled patterns included in this collection are just not up to par. One otherwise lovely Celtic-knot tunic is ruined by an ugly band of ribbing around the waist. Others come in only one size. This is especially disappointing, since Starmore usually provides directions to knit her designs in a generous range of sizes. The one sweater in this collection that I really would enjoy making and wearing would never actually fit me! Alice Starmore's designs are renowned for their beauty and complexity, but the Fair Isle sweaters in this book involve a staggering number of colors--more, I think, than in other Starmore collections. The effect is marvelous, of course, but I can't imagine keeping track of so many yarns at once! The ancient Celts are surrounded by layers of myth and legend, drama and hyperbole, and Starmore really does express this in her bold, flamboyant colorwork designs.
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Summary: Beautiful Book
Review: She uses a range of colors and geometric shapes. The sweaters nearly blend into nature. Beautiful projects are in this book.
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