- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Sixth&Spring Books; illustrated edition edition (Sep 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1573890189
- ISBN-13: 978-1573890182
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 14 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,381,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From Library Journal
Two more volumes in Vogue Knitting's "On the Go!" series, both of these pattern collections are packed with fun-to-knit designs. Of the two dozen designs in Baby Blankets, more than half could also be used as lap robes for adults and all are excellent designs by top Vogue knitwear designers. Similarly, Bags & Backpacks features an interesting mix of designs for purses, totes, and backpacks, including a child's backpack in the shape of a lamb. A good, easy-on-the-budget choice for public libraries.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
“Features an interesting mix of designs for purses, totes, and backpacks, including a child’s backpack in the shape of a lamb. A good, easy-on-the-budget choice.”—Library Journal. “Contains 20 different styles of purses, bags and totes: something for any occasion—even a sheep backpack! Everything from basic and simple stocking stitch using huge yarn, to colour work of various types, to aran and stitch patterns...all preferences and skill levels are covered.”—Knitters’ Forum.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bags--a great knitted gift idea (never worry about the fit!),
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This review is from: Vogue Knitting on the Go: Bags & Backpacks (Hardcover)
First off, these Vogue books are very clever; they are the perfect size to fit in your bag when you take your knitting on the train, plane, doctor's office, etc.Secondly, this book has bag designs contributed by TOP designers like Sasha Kagan, Deborah Newton and Nicki Epstein. That's great. These particular designers (not to leave out the others who contributed to this book) are great at colorwork and embellishment. In fact, if you like these bags, you'd probably get a lot out of Nicki Epstein's book Knitted Embellishments. With that book and the bags, you can customize the patterns and add fringe, cords, embroidery and more. You can extend these 20 patterns to make your own designed bags. Bags, especially backpacks, are very in with kids right now. And why not make an evening bag for your next gala night out. Or use the patterns to try that one ball of interesting novelty yarn you have but don't have a pattern to use it with? If you like knitting bags, you might also like home-decor items like pillows. Check out Shangold's Design Source book of Home Decor, Nicki Epstein's Knitting for your Home,Erika Knight's Comforts of Home. For more bags, see Zoe Mellor's book Head to Toe Knits : 25 Colorful Accessories for Your Home and Children, with more bags and toys, plus home items as well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Some criticisms unfounded,
By A Customer
This review is from: Vogue Knitting on the Go: Bags & Backpacks (Hardcover)
The pattern for the chunky tote is correct. It's a little confusing upon first read, but it does work. You cast on 36 stitches. After awhile, you bind off 11 and then knit 14 more. Then you knit some more length, leaving 11 stitches alone on the other side, which means you do end up with a T shape as the diagram shows, which folds up into the squarish tote.My complaint with the book is that there are not enough basic patterns using yarn you don't have to mortgage your house for, but that's true with almost all Vogue publications!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Looks can be deceiving,
By mary brune (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vogue Knitting on the Go: Bags & Backpacks (Hardcover)
I love handbags and I love to knit. To me, this book looked like the perfect combination of both. Then, I started kitting the chunky tote on page 29. A half-dozen (wasted) hours later, I realized that there was no way, geometrically, that the bag shown in the photograph could be created by following the pattern. In addition, the resources list at the back of the book is all but useless. It contains merely a list of suppliers by name, but it does not categorize them as to what they supply, nor does it provide email or website information. The resource listings contain only postal addresses. In rare cases phone numbers are provided, if only for suppliers based in the UK. It's the 21st Century, for pete's sake! Who has time to send a letter through the mail to Judi & Co. in NY, requesting a catalog from which to order the black handles required for the chunky tote on pg. 29? Very few would bother, I'm afraid. And who could blame them? As a new knitter, I rely heavily on patterns in books and, perhaps naively, take for granted that they are correct. I realize that mistakes happen and that errors in proofing can occur. However, putting a good, usable book together involves more than selecting a great binding or including flashy photos on a glossy stock. It's helpful if someone actually TESTS the instructions AFTER they are written. It's called usability testing. It happens in software, why not knitwear?
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