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 enlarge | Author: Melanie Falick
Creator: Susan Pittard
Publisher: "Stewart, Tabori and Chang"
Category: Book
List Price: $27.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 40080
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 184
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 8.6 x 1
ISBN: 1584794542
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432041
EAN: 9781584794547
ASIN: 1584794542
Publication Date: October 1, 2005
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 Oh So Interesting November 18, 2005
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
The projects are very diverse and some are not all that easy but all are worth the time and the effort.
 Be ready to trouble shoot November 11, 2005
48 out of 52 found this review helpful
I am currently knitting the child's gansey pattern from this book. If I were not an advanced knitter, I would probably throw both my yarn and this book in the trash. There were MANY mistakes in the pattern, not the least of which was a basic math mistake in the number of stitches to cast on. Also, the pattern calls for circular needles, but gives instructions for a sweater knitted on straight needles. (For many new knitters, one would assume circular needles would call for a circular pattern.) All in all, this pattern could have been written in a much more straight forward way. I like the projects in the book very much, but I will hesitate to launch into another one without a lot of patience at hand.
Absolutely wonderful, but not absolutely easy November 9, 2005
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
I completely agree with all the glowing reviews. Handknit Holidays is gorgeous to look at, and, even more importantly, the patterns are charming and elegant. I want to make up all of them now!
That said, I have to warn my fellow beginning knitters that this is a fairly advanced book. In fact, although I just went to the bookstore to buy this book, I didn't end up bringing it home with me. It's just too hard for me right now.
But there's always next Christmas!
Really Wonderful, The Menorah is Not Correct November 6, 2005
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I LOVE this book. I will be knitting many of the projects throughout the coming year. One thing to mention is that the Hanukkah Menorah is not reasonable. I had very much been looking forward to a book that contained a Hanukkah Menorah. The look and idea of the knitted wire with beads has lead me to make votive holders as gifts. But to use it an a Hanukkah Menorah will not work. The Menorah needs to use the larger candle as the Shamus to light all of the other candles. As a votive athat is a good 1/2 below the the line of the votive holder I do not see how this could actually work. That said, I LOVE this book. I will be making the Menorah Pillow doing our holiday trip and the Knitted Table Cloth to use next year. The book is amazing in its variety. So many things to make, so little time. I bought the book sight unseen and do not regreat it. 5 stars is an understatement.
Just gorgeous! November 3, 2005
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
It almost seems redundant to add more praise for this book, but I just can't help it! This book is so fresh and so wonderful that I just can't stop looking at it. The projects are all so imaginative that I can't decide where to start. A lacy party hat dripping with Swarovski crystals, over-the-knee stockings, beaded candle holders knit with wire... I've been knitting a long time and it can be hard to find inspirational ideas - this book is full of them, from cover to cover! And most of these items aren't just for the holidays, or just for gifts. The photography and design in this book makes it a pleasure to read through, and help create a mood of comfort, giving, joy and celebration - what the winter holidays are really all about.
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