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3.0 out of 5 stars Can't completely love it, or hate it., Feb 2 2004

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A. Reader (Boise, Idaho United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Gathering of Lace (Hardcover)

This is a collection of beautiful designs, and it has great color pictures of each shawl. The designs are unique and challenging. Pattern instructions are presented in chart-form only, which makes things exceptionally difficult because many of the charts are flawed. Written instructions would have been an easy way for knitters to double-check confusing instructions. An errata file can be found at www.knittinguniverse.com, but this is the only knitting book I own with errors, so it's disappointing that the errata sheet is necessary. Most of the patterns are for shawls, with a few sweaters, a hat, a pair of gloves, three sock patterns, a couple pillows, a child's pinafore, two purses, and a hat thrown in. Then, for some reason, there are pictures in the back of shawls without patterns provided, which is completely baffling in a pattern book. While I love the designs and the variety of the patterns, the book falls short of expectations. I would not recommend any of the patterns for beginners.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book, but beware..., Mar 18 2002

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Julieanne "aknitter" - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Gathering of Lace (Hardcover)

As noted, this is a fabulous, inspiring book on lace knitting. Before embarking on one of the patterns, however, check the errata posted on the publisher's website. There are LOTS of errors in the charts and instructions. It's disappointing, because the publisher is one of the best-known knitting publishers, and one expects better editing from them.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful book, HOWEVER, July 26 2001

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This review is from: A Gathering of Lace (Hardcover)

The long awaited A Gathering of Lace is truly a beautiful book containing so many projects that you just have to make that it will be hard to decide which one to knit first.

However, be aware that there are NUMEROUS errors in the charts and directions in the first edition. Before knitting anything it would be prudent to check the publisher's website for revisions and corrections. If not for the large number of errors, I would have given this book five stars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!!!
This is a collection of lots of different knitters shawls, it is NOT all Meg Swansen shawls,so for this reazon is a GREAT book, with beautiful and delicate shawls, worth the... Read more

Published on Jun 23 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars So much lace, so little time
I have knitted only one project from this book (the Faroese shawl) and it went really well. There is a typo in the directions, but it is easy to catch (chart goes to 198 rows,... Read more

Published on Dec 30 2002 by arana8