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(More customer reviews)When I read the introduction to this book I couldn't help but think this is every knitter's fantasy. To be able to leave the corporate life behind and immerse myself in the yarn world in a beautiful little shop is my dream come true. To be tanned, beautiful and a size 2; what a lovely dream. And it takes less time to knit smaller sizes, what a wonderful world it would be. Unfortunaly I had to wake up, look in the mirror and come to grips with the fact that I'm a size 16 living in New England.
That being said, the book is a little bit like the fantasy. Great to look at but not really realistic in my world. I'm an average person who lives in a climate where it is cold most of the year and where people seem to carry a little extra body fat. The patterns seemed geared more for the California life style and that California body. While there is nothing wrong with that, most of the patterns that aren't another scarf, another sock or another baby sweater probably don't look as great on anyone over a size 4.
Some of the patterns are awfully pretty though and there are some nice basics included in the book for the beginning knitter. I might knit the cover skirt for my daughter and the bikini for my niece (they're still thin although not a size 4) but they probably won't be ready until next summer - my warm season being so short and all.
Anyway, I did enjoy my visit to the "Knit Cafe" and I'll probably come back. Just not that often.
Oh and just an comment to the book designer - when you do a cover, don't put the banner over the only knitted item in the picture in this case the skirt. The skirt is one of my favorite patterns in the book.
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