Sara's reading log

I am a book hoarder and reader. My main genre is SF, but I also love magic realism, fantasy and general fiction. Favorite authors are Iain M. Banks, Ursula K. LeGuin, Haruki Murakami, José Saramago, Isaac Asimov, Ben Aaronovitch and more. My rating system is based on five stars. I rate books based on my expectations and what a books aims to be. This means that the brilliant 'Fahrenheit 451' gets five stars because I thought it would be good, people said it was good, and it was good, but 'A Closed and Common Orbit' also gets five stars because in its series, in its style, I really enjoyed it and was not disappointed.

One-Piece Knits by Margaret Hubert

  • Read in: English
  • Rating: —–
  • Genre(s): Craft

Note: I received an Advance Reading Copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review.

I love knitting, but one thing that always intimidates me is putting a piece together. It never looks as nice as the model, and it’s always kind of a letdown. So when I saw this book I knew it would be perfect for me.

It’s even better than I expected. The book is brilliant. It takes four basic sweaters (raglan, yoke, side-over and back-to-front) in two variations (pullover and cardigan). For each sweater it offers 22 (!!!) sizes (children’s from 2 up to 16, women’s XS up to 5X and men’s S up to 2X). And then as a bonus it offers three extra variations (with cables, colours, patterns etc.), instructions for different collars, button bands and how to insert zippers.

I can honestly say that if you want a basic model sweater, this book has it all. Couple of caveats: You need to be able to measure your recipient well for the right sizing. Knitting a swatch is very important, as the book is so general that it’s not written for a specific yarn brand. Despite my presumption that there wouldn’t be any sewing there is still some (on the side-over and back-to-front sweaters), but it doesn’t seem too bad. The difficulty is probably medium. You need to be able to read a pattern without much visual help (only a basic drawing of the sweater model) and some basic stitching including increases and decreases and working with stitches on a holder.

  • Read in: English
  • Rating: —–
  • Genre(s): Craft

Note: I received an Advance Reading Copy of this book through NetGalley for an honest review.

I love knitting, but one thing that always intimidates me is putting a piece together. It never looks as nice as the model, and it’s always kind of a letdown. So when I saw this book I knew it would be perfect for me.

It’s even better than I expected. The book is brilliant. It takes four basic sweaters (raglan, yoke, side-over and back-to-front) in two variations (pullover and cardigan). For each sweater it offers 22 (!!!) sizes (children’s from 2 up to 16, women’s XS up to 5X and men’s S up to 2X). And then as a bonus it offers three extra variations (with cables, colours, patterns etc.), instructions for different collars, button bands and how to insert zippers.

I can honestly say that if you want a basic model sweater, this book has it all. Couple of caveats: You need to be able to measure your recipient well for the right sizing. Knitting a swatch is very important, as the book is so general that it’s not written for a specific yarn brand. Despite my presumption that there wouldn’t be any sewing there is still some (on the side-over and back-to-front sweaters), but it doesn’t seem too bad. The difficulty is probably medium. You need to be able to read a pattern without much visual help (only a basic drawing of the sweater model) and some basic stitching including increases and decreases and working with stitches on a holder.