A Gathering of Lace by Meg Swansen
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Book Reviews of A Gathering of Lace
Book Review: great book!
Summary: 5 Stars
if you are a knitter and you love lace, this is the book for you!Book Review: Gorgeous Book
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this book. It keeps me inspired to hone my lace knitting skills. Soon, I will start a pattern from this book. It's also something other folks like to look at and ohh and ahh over.Book Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is so fantastic. I haven't knitted in years;then I saw this book and was so fasinated! I had to pick up a lovely yarn and get started. In a few months; have created 6 shawls, and love them all!
Thank you for such a lovely book!
Book Review: Just Luscious
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been knitting for nearly 50 years but this book made me convert to lace knitting. What a gorgeous collection! Not only are the designs beautiful but the techniques you learn while working on them are valuable. I particularly appreciate that the designs are charted as I am horrible at following written instructions. Of course my very favorite designs are the most intricate ones, Frost Flowers and Mediterranean Lace but I also appreciate the beautiful lacy tunics and gloves.
This isn't for the faint of heart but even if you are a beginner there is much to learn and dream over. I take this book out a lot and always find inspiration. I'm not good at making other people's designs exactly as they are presented but I've learned a lot about lace-knitting and have incorporated the techniques here into many other projects. This book is a valuable reference as well as a source of inspiration.
Book Review: check for corrections to avoid frustration!
Summary: 3 Stars
I've made several of the projects in this book, and I am looking forward to making more. It has beautiful patterns. But, I would have saved myself a lot of frustration and ripping out if I'd checked first for corrections to mistakes in the directions and charts before beginning my first project. All of the patterns I chose to make have had substantial mistakes in both charts and written instructions. A four page pdf of necessary fixes is available online, but I still lowered my rating of this book - the sheer number of mistakes is inexcusable for an expensive book produces by experience knitters. And they should have been corrected before reprinting - my copy is the fourth printing, still with the same mistakes.