Mel Clark (1)

Some wearable and attractive patterns: I would like to make the cardigan (cropped -- takes less wool!), maybe the fair isle tam, and the dachshund toy/pencil case. There are practical and cute slippers. My husband likes some of the warm head & neck things -- there's a hood that combines a hat and cowl, which could be worn under a parka or hard hat. And then there's the tights... very, very nice, but oh the amount of work... and the knitted shorts (would those look good on anybody? at all?). Overall, the book is a keeper!

Update, 2021: But in the end I didn’t actually keep it.… (meer)

I really liked the patterns in this book. My only problem with the book is that the clothing patterns (like most books) are not made for big girls. So I will have to do some tweaking for some of the patterns.

I did like that there were stories with some of the patterns. I like Tracy Ullman and I liked her even more after reading this book. For some reason when I find out a celebrity is a knitter it makes them more "human" to me.

Overall I think that these patterns were fairly straight forward. It seems that even the more difficult patterns are easy to follow.… (meer)