If you love to crochet cardigans, this might be your new favorite book! Lisa Gentry has designed 15 garments for this book – mostly cardigans – and they are amazingly attractive. There is at least one sweater for every body type, from the most rail thin runway model to the rest of us! I am especially attracted to the Blue Heaven Sweater which is one of several designs that will be well suited to a variety of body types with its casual styling, absence of a defined collar, and a delicious stitch pattern. It’s also sized from Extra Small to Size 2X. Other designs, including those with classic lines, are sized from Extra Small to 3X. Such flexibility of sizing is seldom so abundant.
Each design is a detailed written pattern with accompanying schematics and good photography. Yarn information is given for each garment with the majority being those we can find at big box stores and won’t break the budget – Caron Spa, Lion Brand Microspun, Bernat Denimstyle, Tahki Yarns Savoy, etc. No worrying about finding less expensive substitutions for out-of-reach (but to die for) yarns.
Book Specs:
Leisure Arts, 2009
128 pages
ISBN: 9781601401359
List Price $19.95 but widely available at book resellers and online
List Price $19.95 USD
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