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🧶 Stunning Selection of 25 Beautiful Knitting Simple Jackets: Find the Perfect Design! Review

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Very good

Revainrating 4 out of 5  
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Revainrating 5 out of 5

SIMPLE BUT NOT AN OLD WOMAN

I'm glad I bought this book! I'm new to knitting and was looking for easy cardigan patterns to follow - this is a book. Many of the patterns in this book are elegant yet easy to make - I haven't made any of them yet but reading the patterns I know I can follow them with no problem, especially the Universal Cape and the Elegant Kimono ". . . Although I'm a woman of a "certain age" I don't want to look like an old lady so I'm very happy with the design - simple but fashionable and/or timeless. I…

Pros
  • Stylish and modern design
Cons
  • Slightly wrinkled

Revainrating 3 out of 5

I expected a little more

This book was good but I found most of the patterns too simple and "square" for my taste. I don't want to try to roll up the sleeves because they don't look finished. I love the pockets in some of my jackets, maybe a few extra embellishments would make me feel better. I noticed that a lot of expensive yarns were used as dress sweaters to give a good drape/to counteract how boxy all sweaters are. I tried substituting another fiber of similar thickness in a pattern and wasn't happy with the…

Pros
  • Great product
Cons
  • Something different

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good book for intermediate beginners

Although most of the patterns in this book are square designs, there is a good range of jackets suitable for beginning knitters who feel like they've accomplished something when they one of them make pattern. . While most of these instructions will be too easy for intermediate knitters, it's important that books like these, which provide beautiful instructions for garments that don't look too "tricky" (like many beginner knitting books), are available because they give an incentive. for…

Pros
  • Satisfied
Cons
  • I'll write later