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Title: Some nice ideas, but ...
Review: Easy: good. Simple: good. So far, so good. But Eaton dispenses with too many really basic techniques -- for simplicity, I suppose -- for reliably good results. For example: you simply MUST use a smaller needle for a rib edging; otherwise it flares. And although three-needle bindoffs are neat and stylish, most adult sizes need a little shoulder shaping to look anything but terribly bulky and boxy. Finally, IMO no design calling for 60% seed stitch quit qualifies as a "quick knit," even in a largish gauge.The photographs don't really display the designs well; the garments of the grownups squatting behind children are really hard to evaluate. Intentionally obscured? Maybe because the patterns are really too squared-off to look good on anyone over age six...?I got partway through one little sweater and stopped to regroup with a different pattern from another source.I wanted to like this book, but won't trust my investments of time and yarn to such oversimplified directions.
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