Book/Pattern Review

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Submitted by Lorraine:
Aran Knit Sweater From "Patons Aran Knits For The Family" #713
Their patterns are easy to follow even for first time aran knitters. I used WoolEase Bonus Bundle from Lion Brand Yarn Co. I used a notebook and text to keep tract of what row I was on. I would recommend this pattern book for the first time aran knitter.
Photo Aran Knit Sweater

Submitted by Lorraine:
Seamless Raglans Knit from the neck down
Leisure Arts knitted Seamless Raglans, leaflet 159 is a must. It contains the basic pullover, round-neck cardigans, V-neck cardigans, a simple cable pullover and a fairisle pattern. The instructions are for sizes 9 months to size50. As well as the great variety of styles and sizes, it also offers all these patterns in both worstered weight and sports weight yarns. No book collection should be without a copy of this one.
Photo Seamless Raglans

Submitted by Lavinia:
Fair-Isle Sweater from "RichDesigns One Piece Knitting"
This is worked from the top down which made it a simple design. To also make it that extra easy, I used a variegated yarn instead of changing various colours. The pattern book is obtainable through www.angelfire.com/ut/RichDesigns . No affiliations just one very happy customer.
Photo Fair Isle Sweater

Submitted by Lorraine:
"The Wonderful Wallaby" A hooded Sweater for all ages by Carol Anderson and Kristi Williams
Pattern purchased through Countrywool. This hooded sweater with front pocket was easy to make. I used All Season Yarn for a summer version. This hooded sweatshirt makes a nice kids garment that is right in style. The pattern book contain childrens size 2 thru adult instructions.
Photo Hooded Sweater

Submitted by Lorraine:
Patrons Kid Knits #517
I knit this sweater using acrylic Red Heart Worstered Weight yarn, size 4 & 6 needles. The graph is easy to read and because the patches are simple you can basically put them where-ever you want and still get the right effect. For those of you who don't like knitting and having floats you can easily add the patches of spots using duplicate stitch.
Photo Cow Sweater

Submitted by Lorraine
The Big Book of Knitting by Katharina Buss hardcover, 237 pages.
Great pictures and easy to follow directions. It takes you from the basics and continues through cables and fairisle. A well rounded book even for the more experienced knitter. Good variety of techniques for joining, increasing, decreasing and much more. This would be a great book for a beginner as the illustrations are very well done. Well worth the 20 +/- of cost and shipping

Teddy Bear Pattern (review by Cailleon) see picture
http://www.knitting-crochet.com/bearpattern.html

I was amazed how quickly he was finished even though the printed pattern was 4 pages. I couldn't figure out what the abbreviation "st-st" means, it might be sockinette stitch but I'm not sure. I substituted st-st for knit and purl rows. It also seems that at the very beginning the nose tip starts with 2 purl rows, which looked sort of odd later on. I overstiched them with black yarn for the nose and used sea shell buttons for eyes instead of stitching them on. I found one bug though: When knitting the right leg the pattern reads:

Next row: Cast off 3 sts k wise, p to end = 26 sts
Dec 1 st at beginning of next 6 rows = 20 sts
Dec 1 st at each end of next 4 rows = 12 sts - but this makes 16 sts, not 12
Next row: k 2tog to end = 6 sts - but this makes 8

My solution:
k 3tog, k2tog (5 times), k3tog

5 Hour Baby Sweater Pattern & Hat and Booties (review by Lorraine) see picture
Sweater http://www.minidata.co.nz/major/freepatt/patt01.htm
Hat & Booties http://www.benefitslink.com/knit/patterns/swtrpatt.shtml

5 Hour Baby Sweater: The pattern was easy to follow and quick to knit. I used worstered weight yarn and size 7 needles. I used a crochet cord at the neckline.

The Hat and Booties Free pattern was also an easy to follow pattern. I used size 8 needles The complete set used about 8oz of yarn.

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