tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890133282124853451.post2975496343886162314..comments2023-11-01T04:45:52.281-07:00Comments on One stitch after another: Book review: Alice Starmore’s Aran KnittingThérèsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13962409347830705140noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890133282124853451.post-12990046320887455522010-10-19T02:51:23.123-07:002010-10-19T02:51:23.123-07:00What a great review. I bought the book for the his...What a great review. I bought the book for the history.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177115643389448912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890133282124853451.post-8994903358237087922010-10-19T02:39:17.671-07:002010-10-19T02:39:17.671-07:00A very good review. For some inexplicable reason
t...A very good review. For some inexplicable reason<br />the new book doesn't appeal to me as much as the<br />original. I think some of the photographs in the new one are a bit "twee"<br />AS is full of self-importance.<br />She tweaked knitting stitches into intricate cables,she didn't invent knitting, nor are her<br />patterns a formula for world peace.Barbara Walker and Elsebeth Lavold.did similar patterns.<br />I'm not denigrating her,but if I was talking to her I'd say "it's knitting get over yourself"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890133282124853451.post-77826223424585231002010-10-17T21:53:41.346-07:002010-10-17T21:53:41.346-07:00thanks so much for this in-depth review. I had n...thanks so much for this in-depth review. I had not planned on buying the book because I doubted I would ever wear one of these sweaters, although I made one many years ago. But the photo of the Maidenhair wrap may sway me to finally own the book -- as you say, the patterning is pure genius!MaryjoOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861945604000052572noreply@blogger.com