- Paperback: 125 pages
- Publisher: St Martins Pr (December 1983)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312458576
- ISBN-13: 978-0312458577
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 19 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,836,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I got my first Alice Starmore book for £1!, May 31 2001
By Nancy Jobling - Published on Amazon.com
It's hard to believe now when I see the triple-digit figures secondhand Alice Starmore books sell for, but I got this one for ... in a used book shop in a lovely tiny village in north Norfolk, England, when on holiday a couple of years ago. I'd never heard of Alice before, but I was extremely impressed by what was clearly a different and refreshing attitude toward traditional knitting, especially as the book was published in the early 1980s when popular clothing was completely mad, especially in Britain. These designs are classic, but some inject interesting thoughts on colour combinations, obviously with an 80s slant. This book doesn't have the fabulous production values of some of the later AS books (such as Fishermen's Sweaters, which is breathtakingly beautiful whether or not you're interested in knitting), but I'd definitely recommend it, especially to the Alice Starmore purists, who will find this early work vital to complete the picture of the body of work.
16 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Outdated patterns, wouldn't knit anything from this book..., May 24 2006
By Marlene Donahue "theknitter" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Knitting from the British Islands: 30 Original Designs from Traditional Patterns (Paperback)
I am a huge Starmore fan. I have spend a small fortune buying many of her books. I checked out this book at the library to look at it before buying it. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY unless you like to collect antiques. The patterns in this book completely outdated. I wouldn't knit any of them. This was Alice's first book, and unlike most of her other books, this one is not worth to buy, except for having the luxury of saying you have her first book, but that's it.I am glad I had the chance to see this book before buying it. Another book I don't recomend unless you love designing color stranding sweaters is Charts for colour Knitting. I bought it, saw it, and sold it right away... There are no patterns or anyting like the beautiful designs and pictures that characterize her other books. That one is just charts, boring black and white charts... So, anyways, all that just to say there are three books not to buy and this one is one of them. The third one is Children's Knitting from Many Lands or something like that. Also obsolete and out of date.
The rest are almost all guaranteed to make you the HAPPIEST KNITTER IN THE WORLD... but not these ones.
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