Jennifer Stafford

I enjoyed this book on knitting. The author writes in a funny, yet clear style. I was able to follow her instructions for the stitches I wanted to learn out of this book. She also included some unique patterns; most of them weren't anything I'd be interested in knitting, though. This isn't much of a criticism, though - I found the instructional parts of the book to be useful enough that I didn't really care about the actual patterns. I would recommend this for anyone with a sense of humor & show more wit who also wants to learn to knit. show less

Love this book's innovative design and attitude. Despite its flippant appearance there is great tech info inside and a lot of cool insight.

While the patterns in this book look great, the book was poorly edited.
I am almost done with the Swizzle Vest and was very disappointed, not with the final garment, but with the directions for the pattern.
I found that the directions for the two front pieces (usually labeled right and left) are labeled as if you were making two right side panels even though one of them is angled for the left.
Also, it’s a line by line pattern and line 33 is missing from the direction for the left (or as show more its labeled, right) front piece. (Granted it's easy to figure out where the increase is, but that's not the point.)
The models used in this book are also extremely skinny and small chested (I think one of them actually has a concave chest) making you wonder what the pieces look like on a woman with something as huge as a B-cup. show less

I really enjoyed this book for teaching me helpful techniques and nifty patterns that I know I will get around to one of these days. I recommend this book to all knitters.