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| Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders | 
 enlarge | Creator: Judith Durant
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 7.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1603420797
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432041
EAN: 9781603420792
Publication Date: October 2008
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Product Description
Knitters have spoken! Single-skein projects are all the rage because they're portable, fun, quick to finish, and the perfect answer to that stash of orphan yarns. Already, Judith Durant's One-Skein series has delighted knitters everywhere with fabulous single-skein patterns contributed by yarn shops and noted knitwear designers.
Now, Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders, the third book in this popular series, brings indulgence to the one-skein concept! The newest one-skein patterns are the most decadent yet, featuring the most sumptuous yarns on the market — from snuggle-worthy cashmere to the exquisite qiviut, and from the lustrous alpaca to the ecofriendly soy, corn, and bamboo yarns.
Contributors include designers, yarn manufacturers, and well-known knitting and crocheting teachers. Like previous One-Skein books, Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders features two-color illustrations throughout, as well as a full-color photo gallery of projects.
Patterns include baby items, personal accessories, toys, and garments — from an adorable babysweater knit from merino and bamboo to beaded cashmere socks. Not only are these projects fun and fast, they offer knitters a great excuse to pick up several skeins (really now, no one can buy just one!) of to-die-for yarns.
With Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders in hand, knitters who crave something special will create fabulous, heirloom-worthy projects without breaking the bank.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 lovely projects December 24, 2008
This book, one of a series of one-skein projects deals with projects using luxury yarns. The projects are lovely in the fine yarns, but can also be done in less expensive yarns and turn out just as pretty. Especially now that there are so many less expensive yarns that simulate the luxury ones. I made a couple of the projects and gave them as Christmas gifts. Great resource book for quick projects/gifts.
Love it! December 22, 2008
This is a truly delightful book, and will be well used. So many times I flip through a pattern book and justify the purchase because of 3 or 4 patterns that I want to make. There are SO many more in this little gem. And I should be able to try all those patterns I have my eye on because they are all small, one-skein projects. Another plus about only requiring one skein is that so many of the luxury yarns are expensive.
I like to knit and crochet things that I would love to have and wear, not just to be able to make something. I usually can't stand the "you-can-craft-this-easy-project" look. There are a couple of those in the book, but I still know people who would enjoy them.
I love knitting socks and lacy scarves, and there are several of each. The book would be worth buying just for those patterns! Then there are several mitten/fingerless mitten/glove patterns, and a few cute hats. Some are child sized, but the majority are for adults.
The layout of the book includes a color gallery of each of the projects in the beginning, with titles and page numbers for finding the pattern. It might have been more convenient to have the photo with the pattern, but the color gallery is more economical, and as the patterns also tell which page the photograph is on, the book is easy to navigate. The patterns are also organized by yarn weight, so if you want to find a project to use the skein you bought a year ago, you can leaf through both the photo and the pattern sections to find the perfect project with superfine or bulky weight yarn. The instructions are clear, and include tips on working with some of the luxury yarns.
I can't wait to get started!
Some Crochet Projects Too December 22, 2008
What a beautiful book! This book will inspire even the most reluctant crafter! The photographs are very well done and the yarn colors are lovely. I found many projects for my to do list. I especially liked the Parisian Alpaca wool scarf. It looks like a great project to start with because I find crochet much easier than knitting. There are a few crochet projects within this book. The directions seem to be very straightforward. I have not actually made any of the projects yet, but I hope to accomplish this before the winter is over. Any crafter would like to add this book to their collection.
 Good introduction to unfamiliar yarns December 19, 2008
I'd consider myself a novice, self-taught knitter. While I've made sweaters and other items, I haven't much confidence yet with using yarns other than those specified in a pattern (although I will switch colors!).
Judith Durant's newest book, Luxury Yarn One Skein Wonders" allows knitters such as myself to experiment with unfamiliar yarns without making gigantic investments in multiple skeins, only to meet frustration.
I do wish the typeface was in typical black on white instead of the muted palette of this book - it's very hard to read late at night which is when I typically have a few minutes to myself in order to knit!
As with all knitting books, unless there is more than one project you'd like to break out the needles for, I'd say to skip purchasing this one. If, however, you find a couple (or more) projects you like, this book is worth the price.
Inspirational, Lovely Projects, Mostly for Intermediate or Advanced Knitters December 18, 2008
This is the third in the "one skein wonder" series, featuring 101 projects made of luxury yarns. As with all books in this series the finished projects are shown in full-color photographs in a gallery in the front of the book. The chapters that follow are divided by yarn weight. This format allows for two options of skimming: you can browse through all projects with a certain weight yarn that you may want to work with, or you can skim through the photographs to find a project that catches your eye as the starting point.
The yarns featured in this book are: silk and silk blends, cashmere, alpaca and alpaca blends, soy, qiviut (arctic musk ox), bison, and corn. Some `ecofriendly fibers' are featured: bamboo, flax, linen, organic cotton and organic wool.
Since luxury yarns are expensive, it is a great idea to have access to projects that can be made with just one skein. It is apparent that the designers tried to get the most and best use from each yarn, giving luxury yarns a project that would show off their unique beauty, or take advantage of the softest fibers to use it in ways that we can appreciate the sensual nature against our skin, such as a very soft scarf or a hat for a baby or an adult. The super fine weight yarns have been made into lovely lacey objects.
It seems to me that most of the projects are for the intermediate or advanced knitter. I feel this is due to the types of complex stitching used to either make a lovely lacey shawl or scarf or perhaps to make the one skein stretch to the largest size thing possible, as with the case with some of the scarves made more for show than warmth, and with an airy baby cap. There are gloves, socks, vests and baby sweaters which are projects or stitches for knitters with more skill than a beginner has.
While at first I was a bit disappointed there were not more easy projects for beginners, after reading through the book a few times I came to realize that this is probably due to wanting to use an expensive and luxurious yarn in the most appropriate way to `honor it', if you will, by matching its cost and level of luxuriousness to a finished project that will really show it off. One would not want to waste an expensive and fancy yarn on a basic garter stitch scarf or a simple ribbed hat, typical beginner knitting projects. Also some of the yarns are delicate and would not hold up to some of the easier to knit projects that might get hard wear and be ruined in a short amount of time.
I love the book because the designers have provided a variety of projects ranging from wearable items for babies to adults to home decor that make good and an appropriate use of the expensive luxury yarns. I am a beginner knitter and feel I'm not yet ready to knit most of these projects. I am inspired by this book to continue learning new knitting techniques and to try knitting with more delicate yarns. This book let me see that I have a lot of options for types of yarn to work with in the future.
As a beginner knitter for one-skein projects I can, for now, use the two other books in this series as I continue to learn. I have skimmed through those two books and highly recommend them too.
Knitters who love to fill their shelves with books that inspire them would like to own this book. Knitters who like to do small projects or who are looking for good projects to make gifts would like this. This is also a good book for a public library to have in their collection.
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