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Merissa (12552 KP) rated Hooked On You (EMS Station 1 #1) in Books
Feb 24, 2025
Both Connor and Judah were brilliant characters and I loved how their personalities complemented each other. I can say I didn't like Seb much though. Yes, he's supposed to be this happy-go-lucky kinda guy but he was also completely clueless and sometimes caused hurt where he didn't mean to but just didn't think.
I really enjoyed this story! It was so well written and I loved how although they both were attracted to each other, their friendship grew first. It felt very natural in the build-up to more, and both of their reactions afterwards made perfect sense. I think 'natural' would be my word for this book because not everything was easy but it wasn't with unnecessary angst either.
A great read by a new-to-me author. I give this book 4.5 stars and definitely recommend it.
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Merissa
Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!
Feb 24, 2025
The Big Book of Socks has some pretty amazing sock patterns. There are tube socks, patterned and textured socks, Fair Isle socks, lacy socks, beaded and decorated socks, socks from the toe up… all sorts of socks. 75 different kinds of socks, actually. The variety is great! There are socks for everyone, in all needle sizes, all yarn types, all patterns that you can possibly imagine.
There's also lots of tips and suggestions in the front of the book, a list of resources, and a glossary with every definition in the back.
The book is just a little hard to figure out. There are some pictures, but not quite enough for me. Some of the patterns are just variations, so they don't have their own pictures. In some cases, there is one sock, and four or five ways to make it: for instance, there is one basic tube sock, and variations like picot hem fingering weight, contrast cuff fingering weight, ribbed fingering weight, worsted weight, etc.
Also, some of the patterns say "do this and then follow the toe pattern on this page" and then when you go to that page, you have to follow the pattern in this category starting on this number row, and you have to work it like this pattern over here… and it's a little confusing. It would have been better if it had just had the pattern printed right there with the rest of it, instead of jumping from page to page to find the rest of the pattern.
If you adore socks and are looking for one book with every pattern for every occasion and every person, this is the way to go.
Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated 60 Quick Knits: 20 Hats*20 Scarves*20 Mittens in Cascade 220™ in Books
Apr 27, 2018
60 Quick Knits is a fantastic book! The patterns are beautiful and inspiring, each one is unique and holds potential for a million variations of decor, color, stitch patterning etc. There are patterns for kids, like bunny mittens, a lion scarf, a cupcake hat, and more sophisticated patterns like textured tam, hugs and kisses mittens, and even some patterns for the guys like a pocket scarf and tweed mittens.
Here is a preview of some of the patterns photographs I mentioned.
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Each pattern tells the level of experience needed to complete it, has one or two high quality good photographs, very good clear instructions, and graphs with keys. In the front of the book is a list of abbreviations, and a conversion table from US needle sizes to Metric needle sizes.
The book doesn’t attempting to teach someone to knit, so you’ll need a good knitting teaching book, or a teacher, or some foreknowledge before you can use it. I find this a good thing, since the book is focusing on patterns rather than instruction.
When I got this one in the mail, I swear I drooled. My mom and I flipped through the pages oooh-ing and aahhh-ing. I’m going to have trouble picking which one to make first!
Recommendation: Knitters at any level
60 Quick Knits is released by Sixth&Springs books on April 6th.
**review copy provided by publisher**
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