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pamelareads's review
3.0
Faerie Knitting is a collection of stories of love, loss, trust and perseverance. Woven into the plot of each tale is a garment or accessory inspired by the tale’s heroine along with an original pattern to make the garment for yourself.
I read this book in about an hour. The stories, while well written and sweet, are all super short and oversimplified. I used to love to knit but I haven’t had the time to knit in about three years. It’s a hobby that I would love to return to and there are a couple of patterns in this book that I may try soon.
If you enjoy knitting and fantasy tales then you’d probably really enjoy this book. Personally, I would’ve preferred the stories to be a tad longer with a bit more plot.
“Writing and knitting share many elements in creating “whole cloth” out of imagination.”
#PamelaReads2021 #FaerieKnitting #StoriesAndPatterns #110BooksIn2021 #ReadingChallenge2021
I read this book in about an hour. The stories, while well written and sweet, are all super short and oversimplified. I used to love to knit but I haven’t had the time to knit in about three years. It’s a hobby that I would love to return to and there are a couple of patterns in this book that I may try soon.
If you enjoy knitting and fantasy tales then you’d probably really enjoy this book. Personally, I would’ve preferred the stories to be a tad longer with a bit more plot.
“Writing and knitting share many elements in creating “whole cloth” out of imagination.”
#PamelaReads2021 #FaerieKnitting #StoriesAndPatterns #110BooksIn2021 #ReadingChallenge2021
mageofmip's review against another edition
2.0
2.5/5
I crochet, rather than knit, but I read this short book when I started a baby blanket for my new baby cousin. It was a simple read, as most fairy tales are, but it was fun to listen to as I worked.
I crochet, rather than knit, but I read this short book when I started a baby blanket for my new baby cousin. It was a simple read, as most fairy tales are, but it was fun to listen to as I worked.
lauriesand82's review against another edition
4.0
A pleasant, whimsical combination of fairy tales and simple knitting projects. The stories are short and light, with girls doing lots of knitting and rescuing, and with uniformly happy endings. Only one of the patterns seemed complex enough to really catch my interest; the rest are beginner or intermediate-beginner levels of difficulty. This would be a great gift for a young knitter ready to take on something more complex than a garter sritch scarf. Overall it has a mystical, light-hearted "power of the feminine" vibe going on that I liked.
pagesfullofstars's review against another edition
4.0
Faerie Knitting is a fusion of words and knitting. Created by an author, Alice Hoffman, and her cousinf Lisa Hoffman, who's a professional knitting teacher, it was a delightful book for those who love written word and crafts.
I admit that as far as crafts go, I prefer crocheting to knitting, so I picked up this book mostly because Alice Hoffman is one of my favourite authors. But I adored the stories and the knitting projects that went together with them. As the author mentioned in the foreword, sometimes the stories were influenced by an idea for a knitting item and sometimes the items were influenced by the stories, and I found that they fit together wonderfully.
The knitting projects are quite fanciful and whimsical, because of the book's fantasy theme, but I like it that they might as well be comfortably worn or adapted to our everyday lives. And the tales are as wonderful as any Alice Hoffman's stories. They have the atmosphere of the old fairytales that I read as a child and I almost wished that some of them were turned into longer stories. Their common element was knitting, but they were all unique and interesting.
For now, my rating for this book is mostly for the stories, because I haven't approached any of th knitting projects yet. But as soon as I re-learn how to knit (it's been many years since I last tried it!), I want to try some of them and I will report back with my impressions. :)
I admit that as far as crafts go, I prefer crocheting to knitting, so I picked up this book mostly because Alice Hoffman is one of my favourite authors. But I adored the stories and the knitting projects that went together with them. As the author mentioned in the foreword, sometimes the stories were influenced by an idea for a knitting item and sometimes the items were influenced by the stories, and I found that they fit together wonderfully.
The knitting projects are quite fanciful and whimsical, because of the book's fantasy theme, but I like it that they might as well be comfortably worn or adapted to our everyday lives. And the tales are as wonderful as any Alice Hoffman's stories. They have the atmosphere of the old fairytales that I read as a child and I almost wished that some of them were turned into longer stories. Their common element was knitting, but they were all unique and interesting.
For now, my rating for this book is mostly for the stories, because I haven't approached any of th knitting projects yet. But as soon as I re-learn how to knit (it's been many years since I last tried it!), I want to try some of them and I will report back with my impressions. :)
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
4.0
I'm rating this book generously because I love the concept of linked stories and knitting patterns, and that part was done impressively well. Each pattern and story really did make sense together.
There were a couple of stories I really enjoyed, but most of them I found mediocre. There are also a couple of knitting patterns I would considering using, and several I enjoyed looking at, even if I'm never inspired to make them. (It's also a very pretty book overall!)
All of these stories were 'clean' in a general sense, though some had some implied content, with unfaithful husbands, and of course, some of the typical scary fairy tale villains.
There were a couple of stories I really enjoyed, but most of them I found mediocre. There are also a couple of knitting patterns I would considering using, and several I enjoyed looking at, even if I'm never inspired to make them. (It's also a very pretty book overall!)
All of these stories were 'clean' in a general sense, though some had some implied content, with unfaithful husbands, and of course, some of the typical scary fairy tale villains.
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