Wedding Knits: Handmade Gifts for Every Member of the Wedding Party [Hardcover]

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft (January 2, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307346404
• ISBN-13: 978-0307346407
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  

 

Wedding Knits: Handmade Gifts for Every Member of the Wedding Party [Hardcover]

 

Customer Reviews

As a knitter getting married this year I was very excited to see that a book about wedding knits was coming out.
To sum up my feelings, this is the only knitting book I feel the need to return.
The designs are all very simple, plain stitches done in a gauge that is inappropriately loose. The garments are completely absent of shaping. If you want to seam rectangles together then here is your book.
Everything is tacky and homemade looking and often poorly finished. I'd be embarrassed to have any of this at my wedding or give any of it as a gift.
The yarns used are all her own yarns, which is to be expected but they aren't appealing to me. Many have a very novelty feel.

I was very disappointed with this book which I eagerly awaited, expecting beautiful, elegant designs like Sowerby's Victorian Lace or the designs from Fiddlesticks Knitting. Instead I found very plain, boring patterns of stocking stitch, with some ribbing and feather and fan- nothing above the level of beginner. These are the type of patterns that you can download for free from Lion Brand's website. Some of the ideas like the wedding veil would be beautiful in a vintage lace pattern- instead it is plain stocking stitch- boring and tacky. These designs are a waste of nice yarn and good photogrpahy.