Kristin Omdahl

Yes, I need this one. The interesting thing is not the edging patterns themselves, but the creative way Kristin Omdahl goes about using them.

No! Not going to buy. I found problems in the directions for the project I tried. Online errata for other patterns are available, but not the problem I found. Seems the patterns were not carefully written. That's no fun.

I've been oogling the designs from the book on Ravelry since it first came out, & I finally borrowed the book from the library to see for myself. I was hoping to have time to actually make something out of it, but alas, that will have to be another time.

There are so many gorgeous designs, I wouldn't have been able to just pick one. If I was doing the Ravelry blogging challenge, where you work through all the projects in a book... this would be the book for me (or maybe one of my sock books, show more but that's another topic for another day). I don't think there is one project in the book that I wouldn't want to make, and there are many projects that I'd love to make more then once, in different colors & / or for gifts (such as Cascade sweater, or the Skinny Flower scarf, or the Diamonds shawl...)

My absolutely favorite project, however, is Pearl's Cardigan, which is made with the easily available, easily affordable, and/or easily substituted for a more expensive yarn, if you'd like.

This is another must-buy for your crochet library. show less

Aside from the cutesy title, A Knitting Wrapsody offers 18 designs for knitted items designed to wrap on the body. The designs range from classic to innovative to outright weird. I found 3 patterns that I would make as written, and another 3 with interesting elements I would consider adapting for my own designs. The rest I could definitely live without. The book includes an instructional DVD with 60 minutes of tips and techniques.

This includes a lot of different techniques, and show off how varied crochet can be. However none of the projects really grabbed me. In a few cases they might have if the construction details were clearer.