Review on Norsk Strikkedesign Collection Foremost Designers by Kristen Reid

I'm an experienced knitter, I love my #1 needles and I'm not afraid of strixes. However, it's pretty clear to me why the reviews of this book tend to focus on photographs rather than knitting patterns. usually one size. Even when there seems to be a size choice, it's so unusual it's pretty much useless: a sweater comes in two sizes with the same circumference, but one is 1.5 inches longer than the other. Every knitter can only find one or two sweaters in her size, not 22 options to knit. Then there are instructions. They are drawn in the charts, but the charts are very small - in some cases 24 lines per inch, and the squares are colored dark blue and black so following these diagrams is about the same. copying the design of a commercial knit sweater. In real life, we'll probably need to remap them, or at least keep a magnifying glass handy. Instructions for a hat tell us to embroider a flower according to the pattern, and then don't include a picture that actually shows the flower on the hat in question. I haven't tried knitting anything from this pattern yet, but those planning to do so should be prepared to add a little creativity to the process. Now let's look at the patterns themselves. We may admire them as works of art, but really there aren't more than three as wearable and stylish as they are. As a rule, these are oversized square sweaters with low sleeves. The color scheme is dramatic and beautiful, but huge. Most of us will look like refrigerators when we carry them. (Skinny girls too, since sweaters tend to be 45-56 inches in circumference - they look like dangling fridges.) Source of color swatches for other designs - with my loupe at the ready. Buy this for reference or for your coffee table, but don't expect to end up with a couple dozen nice sweaters. ) Source of color swatches for other designs - with my magnifying glass at the ready. Buy this for reference or for your coffee table, but don't expect to end up with a couple dozen nice sweaters. ) Source of color swatches for other designs - with my magnifying glass at the ready. Buy this for reference or for your coffee table, but don't expect to end up with a couple dozen nice sweaters.