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Summary: Nice Sweaters
Review: Interesting book, and if you are not familiar with Rowan, a good addition to your knitting library. However, many of the designs (Fassett's, among others) are already available in other books, so you might want to see how much duplication you will have. Kaffe's Classics has many of his patterns that were not in Glorious Knitting. That said, it is still a nice book.
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Summary: Beautiful sweaters for advanced knitters
Review: THIS BOOK IS PACKED FULL WITH 50 BEAUTIFUL COLOURFUL SWEATERS. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR A BEGINNER, AS MOST OF THE PATTERNS ARE QUITE CHALLENGING. THE ONLY THING I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THE LACK OF MEASUREMENTS(ESPECIALLY FINISHED) SO AS TO KNOW WHICH SIZE TO MAKE.
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Summary: Beautiful sweaters for advanced knitters
Review: This is a beautiful book, however, it's mainly for advanced knitters. Most of the patterns have complicated colorwork requiring many, many colors (which is exactly why they're so beautiful). Only a few are textured, very very few are simple. Also, mostly they call for yarns that I don't believe Rowan makes any more. If you're comfortable with substitution, that's fine, but I wonder how difficult it would be with a pattern involving 25 colors. Also, almost all the patterns call for wool yarn and are cold-weather sweaters. i.e. almost no cotton or lighter sweaters. Many of the women's patterns are flowery and girly (which I consider a drawback as it's not my taste). I liked the men's sweaters better. Also don't get it if you're looking for children's patterns (there were only 2 or 3, mostly for girls). But I'm glad I got the book, as there are several sweaters that are simply gorgeous, and perhaps one day I'll be brave enough to attempt one. Although I got the book... at a [local] store - if I'd paid full price I might have been disappointed (I consider myself an intermediate knitter right now and haven't really done much color knitting yet.)
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Summary: Beautiful Designs from Rowan
Review: This is a lovely book unless, like me, you have many of the recent magazines. Rowan has rekindled my interest in knitting, and this book will have the same effect on you. Remember however, if you have several of the more recent Rowan magazines, there is nothing new here for you.
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