Farringdon Collection 30X41cm Non-Stick Cookie Sheet Faringdon Collection ( 21 August, 2003 ) Kitchen Our Price : £ 6.36 Prices subject to change. This item is not in stock or has been discontinued.

A simple, well thought-out, introduction to lace knitting.

Before getting this book, my knitting had been limited to Arans and Guernseys. This book is a great introduction to designing and creating your own lace creations. Starting with triangles, the author step-by-step explains the different shapes in which shawls traditionally are knit. While there are 8 patterns for shawls in the back of the book, I think the authors point in writing this is to get your own creative juices flowing. She shows you that it is possible to be a designer. For me, the charts of different lace stitch patterns are more of help than hindrance, as the review below suggests. By using the charts and some graph paper, the designer can "see" what the design is going to look like before it is even knitted. Overall this is a great book!

I was disapointed

I was very disapointed when I received my copy of this book, to find that most of the lovely lace patterns are printed in CHART form. I am very much against chart patterns. Anyone can read a written pattern with out having to look at a list to ask, "What in the world does K mean?". Anyone who has spent any time with needle in hand would know. where as one must continually return to a chart to figure out what the heck a certain symbol means. If I had known this book was printed in this form I would NEVER have wasted my hard earned money on it. VERY disapointing to say the least!

These are not your grandmas doilies!

Ever since I was a small child and saw someone using knitting needles, I became fascinated with the rhythm and movement of them. Ms. Watermans book has taken this fascination one step further with her history and explanation of these great wraps. These are not your grandmas doilies! They are geometrically complex puzzles that grow to pass on to future generations. Knitters beware! This book will give you the itch to knit one of the beautiful pieces.