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Summary: fairly comprehensive overview of techniques
Review: I was looking for the Holy Grail - a knitting book that covers *all* knitting techniques, preferably in detail. Montse Stanley's _Knitter's_Handbook_ comes close, but in my opionion, her tone is overbearing and it is unreadable.
This book by Claire Crompton is *not* the Holy Grail, nevertheless, it is a fairly comprehensive overview of major categories of techniques. The methods are not explored in detail (e.g. there is no pattern included to practise entrelac, for most of the techniques there is only one way shown to hold the yarn), but it does cover the big categories like colour knitting (fair isle, intarsia, mosaic), textured knitting (ribbing, twisted stitches/fake lace, lace, cables, embossed knitting like bobbles), felting, modular knitting (entrelac, mitred squares), etc. In short, this book is ideal for dabbling in a technique, then if you really like it, pursuing it in a more specialized book.
I would've given this book 3 solid stars, but the cute, quick patterns threw it over the top for 4 stars. Notable patterns that would make quick-to-knit wonderful gifts are: a cute stuffed sheep in the section on loop knitting, easy lace sachet bags, and little gift bags with simple intarsia or textured patterns.
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