excelllent information and diagrams for making hats
580235
This is a great little book that shows how to make a wide range of hats. The instructions are clear and to the point. You could search high and low and pay a lot of money to gather all the information in this primer for milliners.
4133372
I just love the projects in this book. They are easy and up to date and I can see using this book for years to make items. The hats are funky fresh and easy for someone new to crochet. A must have. I've been taking it out for years  from the public library and renewing it, I thought it was time I had my own. So glad!
2354989
This book is excellent.
I have fought for months to make a realistic looking face/head on a figurine.  The lessons in this book made it easy and I was able to complete a sculpted face for the first time.
There's a lot of information packed into this book on making clothing, faces of all ages, hands, and realistic looking and cartoonish looking figurines.
I highly recommend the book if you're having trouble creating good faces.  It's not as hard as it looks, just go step by step like the book shows.
4041124
This is interesting information that you can't find elsewhere.  Marchant has spent years working variations on brioche stitches, and has lots of experience in teaching and explaining these techniques.  The book is clearly laid out, well organized, and well photographed.  I highly recommend the book.  I am the kind of person who finds knitting books interesting to flip through, but usually there are only a few pages that I would want to remember, and I don't even care to house the book on my shelves for that.  This book is different.  You get lots of clear photos of interesting and attractive allover textural patterns that can be made using tuck stitches.  It's a very useful reference volume for designing your own knitting projects.  I'm very happy to have this book.
1409336
I really like this book! It is just perfect for finding ideas for just the right detail, such as on socks, mittens, gloves, hats, bags, children's blocks, and such.  Find the design you like, then you plop it into your project to suit yourself.  Mix a number of the charts together for a sweater or pillow.  There is even a small icon or two on the edge of each page to give you an idea of a good design application.  So many charts, you would never run out of ideas!

The charts are arranged two basic categories: Traditional knitting motifs, and Modern pictorial motifs.  The Traditional motifs are arranged according geographical region of origin, such as Scandinavia, Lapland, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Mediterrean, Asia, South America, Native America, Homestead America, Aztec and Inca, Celts, Middle East and Arab, Africa, India and Tibet.  The Modern pictorial motifs are: Alphabet; Zodiac; the world around us; animals, birds and insects; floral, and toys and the nursery.

Then there is a generous section on techniques, and the entire book has a spiral binding, which makes it easy to copy a given page to take along for your knitting project.

If you enjoy colourwork, then this book needs to sit on your library shelf, simple as that!
1688952
I love this book.  I have already started making Ami's that look like my grandkids.  The book gives you great instructions and tips for creating your own Ami's.  It also includes patterns for different basic Ami's such as faces, arms, legs, feet, clothes etc.  great book Allison.  I only wish she gave more details on the hair by showing pictures of how she does it.
3920302
I checked out this book from my local library before I bought it.  I consider it to be a technical manual because it gives very detailed explanations of how to make hats.  This is not a book of patterns and I didn't find it stimulated my creativity.  But, it is a truly excellent guide to the nuts and bolts of how to measure and put together different kinds of hats.
4121778
This book taught me a lot about knitting techniques for hats. I've knitted quite a few hats, but they have mostly been straight from either the top down or the bottom up. In this book, there are a variety of construction techniques, gauges, color combinations and ideas to construct or embellish a hat. I have not knitted any one hat in this book, but I have used many of the techniques to design and construct my own hats with delightful results! For example, I never used to block my hats before and I had no clue how to make a beret get that wide, flat look. The blocking instructions in this book are very helpful! I also saw a few yarns that I might want to try out - and a hat is the perfect size project to try things out. Hats are a knitter's form of instant gratification ;) One other reviewer remarked that they are just a collection of patterns that have appeared in Vogue Knitting. Well, many of us are not Vogue Knitting subscribers, so this book is perfect for us. The only shortcoming of this book is that there are no wide brimmed summer hats. I just recently found a collection of them on Terry Matz's web page and fell in love with a couple of them. It would have been nice if Vogue had included some summer hats in this book, but even without them, it's a great buy.
723467
This is a very good book loaded with lots of detailed stitches . It has lovely artwork and very clear concise detailed instructions . I expect to spend many wonderful hours using this book .
1552556
"The Prop Builders Molding & Casting Handbook" is by the far the best book on mold making and casting I have found (and I have quite a few :)

Not just for prop builders, this well laid out work covers many different types of mold making materials, uses, benefits, and TONS of tips. The casting and finishing sections are also very strong, providing great advice for reproducing realistic looking props.

HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!
89811
This is a great pattern book!  Clear and concise instructions. Recommendations on how to finish your projects. There are a variety of project size from very small (samples of crosses) to very large (afghan/wall hanging of a wizard with a moon border).  It' also nice to have a pattern book that doesn't follow the basic cross stitch genres: samplers and flowers, etc.  This book contains patterns for all the Zodiac signs, wizards, Vikings, Egyptians and more!!!  This is a hard cover book with a dust jacket.
3853570
This book contains great hat patterns to crochet, the pictures and instructions are easy to follow and most of the styles are still popular today.
1236114
I found this book to have very complete, easy to understand directions suggestions which leave room for creativity.  This book includes hat for many age groups and occasions.  I would benefit those who are new to hat making or an experiences milliner.
880699
Before buying this book I looked up what patterns come in it on Ravelry to see if there was anything I wanted to make. Several of the patterns appealed to me, (I so want this hat and this necklace) so I was happy to receive this book and get started making things.

The book came very fast, only taking 4 days to reach my house from wherever it shipped from. The pictures are beyond gorgeous, and each pattern is charted and written: a plus for me since I like to gravitate from one to the other when working.
In the first few chapters Laura explains some new knitting terms that she will be using in her patterns. I think of myself as an experienced knitter, but there were are few techniques she went over that I had never heard of before. Also, all of her projects incorporate these "new" techniques in varying ways, so this book would still be good for a beginner knitter. Some projects use all of them (like the shawl) where others use only one (like the hat).

The only downside that I could find is that there is no picture table of contents. In most knitting books I own, there is a page at the front where all the patterns are shown so you can just turn to the one you want to make without having to leaf through the whole book. But that is a minor setback. I still love the book and am planning on making both the necklace and the hat, as well as a few other things.

Read more at: http://www.kitty-ears.com/2014/09/knockout-knits-book-review.html
2273327
Excellent instructions and amazingly complete.  It has been extremely helpful in designing my own patterns, which I have just begun to do.  Not for the Beginner but the more Experienced Beginner can definitely benefit from this book.
1759582
I was very impressed with the style and format of this book.  It was very helpful and packed with tons of information.  I did however have some trouble modeling my head in maya, so I switched and modeled it in Lightwave acording to the format Jason wrote of in his book.  I was able to save the model as an .OBJ file and opened it in maya.  I still haven't textured the head yet, but I will and it looks soo good.  I can't wait to start animating my head.  Thank you Jason for your insight into the 3D world and for writing this book.  Very well written and wonderful diagrams.  Perfect for any 3D modeler.
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Charlene Schurch and Beth Parrott have joined forces to author a new book:&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Sock-Knitter-s-Handbook-Expert-Advice-Tips-and-Tricks/dp/1604680466/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Sock Knitter's Handbook: Expert Advice, Tips, and Tricks</a>.  I am familiar with Ms. Schurch's prior books and they are excellent.  This new book is definitely up to her prior standards.  Anyone who knits socks would benefit from having this book in their knitting library.

The book starts out with 'sock architecture', identifying each part of the sock.  This is useful for knitters as they may not know the difference between a gusset and a heel flap versus a heel turn.  I definitely found it an informative section.  The next section is 'materials' and in this the authors discuss the different types of yarn that a knitter may choose for making socks - fingering, sport, DK or worsted.  Along with types of yarn, the amount of yarn in yardage for each type of yarn is provided for different sizes.  Next is 'gauge'.  We all know that gauge is indispensable for having the finished piece come out the right size.  The authors discuss the importance of stitch gauge and row gauge.  'Sock Construction' is discussed next, both top down and bottom up.  Different types of cast-ons are are evaluated with a focus on the importance of casting on looselr,  Different heels and toes are also evaluated with clear pictures throughout.  'Knitting Techniques' comes next.  First off, is the type of casting on for top-down socks with accompanying photographs.  Their are diagrams of the various cast-ons that are discussed.  Cuffs are discussed, again with clear photos and the various types of cuffs utilized in sock construction.  Heels and toes are explored in depth with excellent explanations and photographs.  There is an excellent section on the invaluable Kitchener Stitch for binding off.  Three-Needle bind off is also explained along with several other types of bind-offs.  The 'Tips and HInts' section is great.  There is information on repairing socks, replacing heels and toes, and modifying patterns to fit different types of feet and ankles.  A section I really appreciated was ways to avoid ears or holes on heel turns, a problem I often encounter.  There is a 'Stitch Dictionary' that includes most every stitch you'd encounter in sock knitting with diagrams and instructions.  There are 29 different stitches included.  There is an 'Abbreviation and Glossary' section and a 'Foot Measurements and Shoe Sizes Section' at the end of the book.  The shoe size section includes sizes for men and women.

While this is not a book of patterns per se, it is an invaluable addition to any sock knitter's library and covers just about any question you might have about knitting socks.  I give it a double thumbs up and am grateful for its thoroughness and clarity.