Knitorama: 25 Great & Glam Things to Knit

by Rachael Matthews

Rachael Matthews, author of the new book Knitorama, will show you how to entertain your friends with knitted cakes, surprise them with fried-egg earmuffs, take your revenge on bad tv with a wooly hand grenade, protect your speakers by knitting covers, cook with yarn vegetables, and make a glam cardigan from squares. Suitable for adventurous beginners and other knitters, Knitorama will help you realize your creative potential.

Genres: Knitting, Nonfiction, Crafts

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

Reviews

[Mckinley · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Kelly (Maybedog) · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the most ridiculous knitting book I've ever read. I'm always on the prowl for creative, unique, and interesting items to knit but this is just silly. Almost half the items are just for show fake items like a fake cake, fake jelly roll, fake ham sandwich. Hunh? The things that are more practical sometimes ehave a silly side (fried egg earmuffs) that could be fun for some. But mostly just look ill-fitting and ugly (a bra that is way too big for the model and provides no support, a shapeless shrug/sweater thing made from gauge swatches.) Don't waste your time on this one. There are much more fun books out there to read and knit from (stitch & bitch comes to mind).

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

I loved the idea. Mostly silly little cute things, but also ugly little useless things. What would have saved it was if the silly things had some interesting construction. A knitted sandwich is useless, but adorable and I would have been charmed, except I don't want a pattern book that tells me "Knit a brown square for bread. Knit a pink square for ham. Knit a green square for lettuce. Sew it together. Boom, you have a sandwich". If I wanted to sew stuff together, I would be sewing stuff, not knitting stuff. I got the book from the library for the bow pattern, eager to see how they constructed it. Nope, just knit each part separately and sew it together. LAME.

[rachel misfiticus · Rating 2 out of 5]

My, you certainly are a kitschy little book aren't you?
You make me smile with your funky tawdry little ideas for patterns.
I spent money on the yarn in which to make my project and time on the complex instructions only to come out tired and thirsty for a nice cold guinness. Too bad I can't drink the one I crocheted. This is a nice bet for the sentimentalist who likes time frivolity.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you'd like to knit a sunny-side up egg, this is the book for you.

[Faith Fielder · Rating 3 out of 5]

I might make the duster glove.

[Susanne Gulde · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was given to me. Although the patterns are outrageous, it does has a lot of knitting information for reference. Especially useful to me will be the U.S./British equivalents.