Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432041
Format: Bargain Price
Label: STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
Manufacturer: STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 168
Publication Date: October 01, 2006
Publisher: STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
Sales Rank: 399001
Studio: STC Craft/A Melanie Falick Book
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Product Description:
Tracey Ullman has been known for almost 20 years as an award-winning comedian, actress, writer, and producer, well-loved for her eccentric and iconoclastic humor. She is also an avid knitter, and she brings the same freewheeling spirit to her most recent production, a book she created with knitwear designer and yarn-shop owner Mel Clark. Although she has been knitting since the age of four, Ullman was, she says “helpless to make anything other than long, holey scarves” until she met Clark, who taught her how to follow a pattern and knit for real.
Passionate and funny, serious and spirited, Knit 2 Together features lively lessons for beginners and more than 30 original designs for knitters of all abilities and stripes—from witches britches and house slippers to a saucy apron and a table skirt. Complete with sidebars and vibrant color photographs, the book also relates Ullman’s personal stories and reflections on her life in knitting. This one-of-a-kind brainchild of two perfectly matched creators—one a master of knitting, the other a master of wit—is sure to delight veteran and novice alike.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Great Knits--Even if it is a celeb book
I worried about a knitting book with a celebrity on the cover, but Tracy's observation's are fun to read, and Mel's patterns are great. I want to make most of the things in this book, and have already made the simple and elegant bath mat.
Rating: - Highly Recommend
This book has everything. It has pictures and funny stories. And funny pictures. And the designs are beautiful and trendy with really nice detailing. I'm a beginner and am fanatically looking at books. At first I flipped through and read all of Tracy Ullman's stories and Mel's advices. Then I went through and picked everything that I would make. Then I priced out how much the yarn would cost and decided to wait. Now I have found that this book is my favorite reference for learning how to do stitches. The directions are easier to follow than many other books. (My knitting still sucks.) I haven't made any of the pieces in here, but there sure is a lot of inspiration.
Rating:  - Not for curvy women
My one disappointment with this book is that the sizes are for small and medium sized women. If you're curvy then you've got some math to do. That beiing said I did enjoy the patterns and will probably make three or four of them, once I figure out the sizing.
The humorous stories are great for a laugh.
Rating: - Nice Patterns but Sizing Too Small
I thought Mel Clark's patterns were quite nice just the sort I'd actually wear if they were larger. To bad the majority are in the small to medium range. I'm glad I borrowed this from the library first. I'd say I'm an advanced beginner and plan on making 2 of the children's patterns and the more challenging "Doctors Bag". I've always loved Tracey Ullman and I enjoyed her writing style. If the sizing works for you I'd recommend this book.
Rating: - gorgeous patterns, small range of sizes
I want to live Mel Clark's world, a world where Tracey Ullman is a "celebrity" and where women come no bigger than a 40" chest.
Some patterns are so gorgeous; The Rowena Cardigan, Gym Slip Dress, and Tropical Garden Vest are my absolute favorites. But the sizing is limited and I'm not skilled enough that I can re-write a fair isle pattern.
It's disappointing that an experienced knitter and yarn store owner can't be bothered to adjust her patterns to fit anything other than the "one size" of 36" as in the case of the Tropical Garden Vest.
There are things I wouldn't be caught dead wearing (grown up bonnet or sea anemone bag anyone? YECH!) but overall, the book has beautiful color photographs and some really nice designs that those small enough to wear will look great in.
p.s. to the person who was disappointed Tracey Ullman didn't actually "design" any patterns: be grateful! Lest you want a whole patten book full of gaudy Koigu dreads?!?!
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