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 enlarge | Author: Lynne Barr
Creator: Tyllie Barbosa
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang STC Craft Melanie Falick Book
Category: Book
List Price: $21.95
Buy New: $12.84
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 14092
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 1584796332
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432041
EAN: 9781584796336
ASIN: 1584796332
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Definitely worth purchasing! May 12, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Knitting New Scarves is a treasure trove of innovative ideas using the most basic project completed by beginning knitters. It's a springboard that inspires creative touches for any project that you can dream-up!
Lynne Barr's book is a keeper!
What Fun! April 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I saw this beautiful book at the library and brought it home to peruse in more detail. I figured it would be fun to look at but that the patterns would mostly be beyond my complication threshold. But the more I read, the more I realized, I could do that one... and that one... and ... so I ordered my own copy from Amazon.
I've already made the very cool Aria pattern. It is so much fun to knit the short rows and make ripples. It makes a functional and fashionable scarf, and was amazingly easy. I've already got 3 more picked to try and may even get the courage to branch out into multiple double pointed needles. Although, I think I'll pass on the one with circles. The author is right that it is open to a range of interpretations. It reminds me of the splotches left by the salt monster on one of the original Star Trek episodes!
The prose are few, but clear and often poetic. The author introduces each scarf with a few words, usually about her inspiration and the required skill level. The unfamiliar techniques are explained very clearly in an appendix, with good pictures. The pictures of the finished products show scarves artfully draped, but clear enough to use as a reference for the overall pattern.
This book is for anyone who can comfortably knit and purl, but is ready to try something new. The scarves are beautiful enough to satisfy a more experienced knitter, and also inspire adaptations. The design and photography in the book alone are enough reason to add this to your collection.
exciting scarves April 14, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I simply loved this book. The creative scarves and the use of left over yarn ( a skein or two) made it a fantastic resource. It's not a beginner book but it is illustrated so well with diagrams that the most intrigue knitter will be able to follow the pictorial directions.
I agree with travel knitter:
I have been knitting for a few years and would consider myself to be an intermediate knitter. However this is the most inspiring book I have come across yet, with truly unique ideas and techniques. Highly recommended for anyone interested in knitting something with a very special structural feel.
Different and fun. February 29, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Who needs a scarf book? I would have passed this right over until I saw some finished scarves on Ravelry. Interesting, different and really alot of fun. I've finished Parallelograms and hope to make nearly every one in the book.
These are different and fun depending on the yarn used. Definitely an interesting diversion.
 Knitting New Scarves February 18, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Although the book mentions 27 distinctly modern designs, the patterns were basic and disappointing. Pictures are very good and instructions. If you are a beginner to intermediate, then it may suit. There have been better patterns in magazines.
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