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Available
Description
Crafts. Nonfiction. HTML: When STC Craft published Joelle Hoverson's Last-Minute Knitted Gifts in 2004, the response was overwhelming and today there are nearly 100,000 copies of this classic in print. Six years later, Hoverson is full of fresh, new ideas for beautiful gifts. So STC proudly presents More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts: an elegant collection of 30 projects organized according to the time it takes to complete them, from less than two hours to more than eight. Among the projects featured are sachets, bracelets, ornaments, mittens, gloves, hats, sweaters, baby blankets, and throws. Understanding that knitters today love to personalize their projects but also need guidance along the way, Hoverson showcases many of the projects in several colors and yarn weights, and with optional embellishments and creative ideas for gift-wrapping.… (more)
Publication
Stewart, Tabori and Chang (2010), 144 pages
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ISBN
1584798602 / 9781584798606
User reviews
LibraryThing member justicefortibet
Another great collection of 2 to 8 hour+ projects for those in between times.
LibraryThing member dms02
Some really cute projects - some seemed to be just filler. But I flagged more then 8 so that is a winner. Of the few I flagged they are quick clever projects.
LibraryThing member Dokfintong
We all have aunties who knit ghastly stuff out of dime store yarn that looks awful and feels awful and we want no part of it.
One of the main problems with knitting is that the most intricate projects that take ages to complete, if rendered in cheap materials, look trashy. Choosing the best yarn for
The designs in this book were prepared by Joelle Hoverson, a woman who has free access to the most exquisite commercial yarns in the universe, and she uses them in these projects to create items that look great. But I hang out where polyester yarns are the norm and I know that some of these designs are risky. If you don't want to spend money on good yarn (not necessarily the yarns that Ms Hoverson uses for the samples, but still good yarn) then you won't get the results she does.
There are 30 patterns in this book and some of them are for babies and young children. There are two patterns for fingerless gloves (do people wear fingerless gloves?) and a few blankets. I wonder, a bit, how many of these gifts I would want to receive. Look at the front and back of the book where a few of the gifts are displayed.
I received a review copy of "More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts" by Joelle Hoverson (Open Road Integrated Media) though NetGalley.com. It was originally published in 2010 by Stewart, Tabori and Chang (ABRAMS). The Kindle edition was released in 2011 by STC Craft | Melanie Falick Books.
One of the main problems with knitting is that the most intricate projects that take ages to complete, if rendered in cheap materials, look trashy. Choosing the best yarn for
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the project is probably more important than choosing the color.The designs in this book were prepared by Joelle Hoverson, a woman who has free access to the most exquisite commercial yarns in the universe, and she uses them in these projects to create items that look great. But I hang out where polyester yarns are the norm and I know that some of these designs are risky. If you don't want to spend money on good yarn (not necessarily the yarns that Ms Hoverson uses for the samples, but still good yarn) then you won't get the results she does.
There are 30 patterns in this book and some of them are for babies and young children. There are two patterns for fingerless gloves (do people wear fingerless gloves?) and a few blankets. I wonder, a bit, how many of these gifts I would want to receive. Look at the front and back of the book where a few of the gifts are displayed.
I received a review copy of "More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts" by Joelle Hoverson (Open Road Integrated Media) though NetGalley.com. It was originally published in 2010 by Stewart, Tabori and Chang (ABRAMS). The Kindle edition was released in 2011 by STC Craft | Melanie Falick Books.
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LibraryThing member tldegray
A wide selection of knit gifts, categorized by the time it takes to knit them. (Obviously YMMV depending upon your skill.) The author keeps it simple by providing patterns that, for the most part, don't need finishing, but for those that do she provides an appendix. The gifts are jazzed up by using
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a variety of fibers, textures, and colors. Gorgeous photos. (Provided by publisher) Show Less
Original language
English