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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2021
Nancy Bush has put together a wonderful book for lace knitters. The pictures are beautiful and the book gives charts for all the patterns. The dvd in the book is priceless as Nancy talks about Estonian knitting, describes yarns and notions, and demonstrates stitches. I’m an experienced lace knitter and believe this book is useful to those just starting lace knitting as well as providing experienced lace knitters with beautiful lace patterns.
Yanina
Reviewed in France on January 9, 2020
Très beaux modèles. Avec un petit peu de concentration on obtient de magnifiques résultats. Je ne l’ai trouvé qu’en anglais mais on trouve e la traduction de tous les symboles sur internet ce qui permet de suivre facilement les grilles.
K Wright
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2016
Knitters, we rarely knit for ourselves, so give yourself the treat of buying this book. I had at least twice the worth of what I spent on it, just looking at the pictures of this beautiful art form.....and even more in wallowing in the idea I might knit one of the projects presented! The history of this knitting is fascinating and a great read, but the pieces are the stars of the book. Patterns are presented in both traditional and charted form with tips, tricks, and potential mistakes and how to avoid them, all in plain, easy-to-read-and-follow format - - and better still, the stitches aren't that hard once you read the directions (no third hand or Doctorate needed). Nancy Bush is an established knitter and knitting author, but this book takes all prizes. I just wish Amazon had allowed me more stars to give to this book.
ayuzo
Reviewed in Japan on April 7, 2015
洋書なので自分に理解できて編めるかが心配で購入をずっと迷っていましたが、図も親切で十分解読可能です。（英語が全く読めなくても編みものする人なら図を見て、この記号は〜編み、と理解できると思います）私はシェットランドレースを編んだりするので細糸に慣れていますが、初心者さんは和書で透かし編みを細糸で編んでからの方がとっつきやすいかもしれません。太目の糸の作品も少し乗っていました。和書にはない雰囲気の編み物に触れることができます。大事な本になりそうです★
Isabel Ciudad
Reviewed in Spain on July 29, 2014
Un libro perfecto para quien le guste tejer chales con el estilo de encaje estonio. Buenos esquemas, y un video instructivo.
Anja
Reviewed in Germany on June 20, 2014
Ein absolutes muß für Strickfans!Ich habe das Buch (und auch einen Schal daraus) bei einer Bekannten gesehen - und dachte: das kann ich nicht!Ich habe seit ca. 20 Jahren nichts gestrickt, nach Strickschrift schonmal gar nicht, eher kopliziertere Farbmuster wie Norweger. Ich hatte dann aber doch Lunte gerochen und mir für den Anfang ein deutschsprachiges Buch gekauft: Anleitung voller Fehler, umständlicher Faltplan im Anhang.....schwieriges Muster...es kam trotzdem ein ansehnlicher Schal dabei raus.Darauf hin habe ich mich getraut und mir doch das englische Buch gekauft: was soll ich sagen, ich bin einfach nur begeistert!Wunderschöne Modelle, die Lust aufs stricken machen. Fast alle möchte ich auf der Stelle nacharbeiten. Die Beschreibungen sind gut, nicht zu umständlich, kriegt man auch raus, wenn man nicht perfekt englisch kann. Die Strickschriften sind auch gut und übersichtlich. Was mir sehr gut gefällt: Jeder Schal ist über ein paar Seiten beschrieben, es gibt mehrere Fotos davon, und die Anleitung incl. Strickschrift ist auch direkt dabei - nichts mit umständlichem Plan! Die Projekte sind auch garnicht so schwierig, wie sie erst mal aussehen, im Gegenteil, sie gehen recht gut von der Hand. Mein zweiter Schal aus diesem Buch ist fast fertig, inzwischen kann ich das muster aus dem Kopf ohne die Strickschrift stricken, das macht dann richtig Spaß und geht auch flott.Ich werde bestimmt noch einige Laceschals nacharbeiten, Wolle habe ich schon genug gekauft, die reicht bestimmt bis Weihnachten :-)Also, nur Mut, es loht sich! Da können sich die wenigen deutschen Autoren eine dicke Scheibe davon abschneiden.
Athanasia
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2013
Nancy Bush achieves to present the richness of traditional estonian knitting, bridging past and future in a most extraordinary way! The included DVD is an example of how to guide and explain the beauty of lace knitting in an absolutely simple, clear and precise way, sharing with the readers her immense experience, deep knowledge and love for estonian knitting. Full instructions for many shawls knitted in the traditional way, in the modern way, triangular, rectangular, square and many more stitches to inside the reader's own creativity! Fantastic!!
Nikola
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012
I am a yarn addict and I love this book. So far I made three different shawls from this book and have not found any errors in the instructions or charts. There are 14 projects including scarves, triangular shawls, square shawls, and stoles (rectangular shawls?).The directions are clearly written, all lace patterns are charted, and the yarn and needle requirements appear to be accurate. The book contains the history of Estonian lace knitting with photos of knitters and their creations. The stitches other than knit, purl, and yarnover are explained in the beginning of the book with nice illustrations. The book is beautifully illustrated and printed on glossy paper. There are also instructions on how to cast-on and bind off the lace to maintain the lace tension, as well as on how to block the finished piece. I am an intermediate knitter and I found a number of stitches in this book that I've never seen before. My friend, who never knitted lace before, was able to easily follow the directions and complete one of the more challenging projects in the book. I would recommend this book to both beginners and more experienced knitters. The former ones will appreciate easy-to-follow instructions and charts, and the latter ones will have a great time working through the beautiful projects several of which are one-skein stash-busters.
Chris Hanner
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2009
I had been tempted to buy this book after reading the buzz by a couple of popular bloggers, but delayed because of previous unsuccessful attempts at lace knitting. I'm definitely not a beginning knitter, just new to lace knitting. I also couldn't see myself ever going anywhere that a lace shawl would fit in (I'm a blue-jeans type of girl). However, when one other reviewer on Amazon said that the patterns were relatively easy, I jumped off the fence and ordered. I also figured that if/when I did knit one of these beautiful shawls, it could be a present to a niece to wear at her wedding.After looking at all the patterns and reading Nancy's tips on making nupps, I started with the Peacock Tail and Leaf pattern scarf. It looked to be small enough to allow finishing in a reasonable length of time. It also had enough nupps to make it interesting but not so many that it was scary.After completing the bottom edging and 4 repeats of the center pattern, I'd like to pass along my own tip for knitting the nupps. When I get to those, I use a double pointed needle that's several sizes larger than the one I'm using to knit the 7 nupp stitches. (For instance, I'm using a US 5 circular needle to knit the scarf, but use a US 10 dpn to knit the nupp stitches.) After knitting the nupp stitches on the big needle, I slide those stitches to the other end of the dpn, put a marker on the smaller right hand needle and then slip the nupp stitches to the right hand needle. I knit the next couple of stitches in the pattern loosely to make sure I don't tighten up the big nupp stitches. On the return purl row, the start of the big nupp stitches is very evident, and the marker stops me from purling through any additional stitches.One other caution - when purling through the nupp stitches, be sure you get all seven. the next to last stitch (which was a yarnover) especially tends to hug the left hand needle making it hard to get the point of the right hand needle under it. If this happens, your nupp will have a loose stitch that looks bad. This is a good reason to use sharp pointed lace needles instead of the blunt bamboo ones I'm using.
Leslie Severance
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2008
This is a gorgeous book. It is so well done with beautiful pictures, and really excellent close-ups, so you can actually see the project in detail. I own many knitting pattern and technique books, and some of the more highly-rated of those are lacking in photography and organization, are printed on cheap paper, and have many errors (grammatical and technical) in them; this one only has minor errors in 4 charts, and they have been corrected in subsequent printings. I love the stories and the old photos, and the mini-stitch dictionary.One book is never going to satisfy everyone. If you like looking at breathtakingly beautiful knitted items beautifully photographed, and want to knit any of them without having to have pages of corrections nearby, then this quality book will provide that.
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