Funky
Knits
By Carol Meldrum
& Julie Marchington
This book is geared towards high school through college age
knitters. The patterns are very unusual and may not appeal to
a wider range of knitters. The feel is retro-hippie
throughout the book, using a lot of color on the pages and geometric
shapes.
This would be a good book for a younger knitter who is just
learning. <i>(And since many of the patterns
are made to look ‘wrecked’ anyway… an
honest mistake or two will hardly look out of
place!)</i> The
knitting instructions and ‘how-to’ lessons are very
well written and easy
to understand. The section on yarns and equipment is well
illustrated and progresses logically into the
‘how-to’ lessons.
Some of the more original patterns are iPod covers, knitted cacti and a
guitar case. There are also some wearable items like
sweaters, a party
dress and scarves. The use of color and unusual elements are
again
geared towards the teenage crowd.
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