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| One-Skein Wonders | 
 enlarge | Creator: Judith Durant
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (52 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8445
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1580176453
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.432041
EAN: 9781580176453
ASIN: 1580176453
Publication Date: October 20, 2006
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Product Description
There are lonely, single skeins of yarn in every knitter?s closet ? casualties of projects discarded in mid-row, single balls of luscious alpaca or cashmere that was too expensive to buy more than one, the leftovers from long-completed projects. Wherever they came from, those single skeins are a minor source of guilt for knitters everywhere. They really should be used, but for what?
Here are 101 original and charming solutions to the perpetual one-skein problem. Contributed by yarn shops across the country, there are hats, mittens, scarves, bags, socks, ponchos, baby sweaters, belts, headbands, a cell phone carrier, and even a tea cozy and a set of coasters for the home. A scrapbook of tastes and styles that celebrates the ingenuity of knitters nationwide, this is a collection with appeal for every type of stitcher.
With patterns arranged by yarn weight, knitters will easily find broad ranges of possibilities for their particular yarn orphans. Each pattern includes the names of the contributing yarn shop and the designer, and a black-and-white image of the completed project.
101 small, sweet patterns ? enough to take care of the single skeins in everyone?s collection and prove once and for all that there is no such thing as leftover yarn!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 47 more reviews...
 Some Gems, Some Duds June 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have inherited many orphan skeins from my grandmother's stash, and was looking to this book to make some use of them. All in all, I can say that this book was somewhat helpful. I think that the cell-phone case, while not original, was one of the coolest patterns in here!
Pros (the first two are its greatest strengths):
--The center of the book has color-photos of each and every project, cross-referenced to the page where its pattern can be found
--Patterns are organized by yarn type/weight, which is one of the most useful features I have ever seen in a knitting pattern book!
--IMHO, Two-thirds of the patterns are useful/wearable/would make great gifts
--Most of the patterns are easy for us newbie-knitters
--A good variety of items to knit
--Even the ubiquitous scarves and knits hats were creative
Cons:
--About a third of the projects were just not things that I would ever wear or make for someone else (weird things, like knit cravats, or funky purses and hats that just were not my style)
--Yarns detailed in each project were usually not commonly-found ones and had odd combinations of material types or were more expensive yarns, even though one would expect them to be easily "substitutable" in a one-skein project book.
More pros than cons make this a recommended knitting book for those of you with orphan skeins that you don't know how to use. It is worth its price!
 Great, great, great ideas! May 28, 2008
I ordered this book and was thrilled when it arrived. So many wonderful ideas. It's a must for any knitter with even a small stash! It will be used over and over. Small projects are perfect for in-between the large ones and this book offers lots! Many gift ideas collected into one book.
not bad... a nice compliment to my collection May 7, 2008
I got this book for christmas... I like it. Mostly all knitting projects so if you crochet and don't knit, probably not the book for you. It's got some good projects in it just to have on hand.
good ideas March 1, 2008
The book is great; the only problem I have is they use skeins slightly larger than normal to make most of the projects.
wonderful fun patterns February 29, 2008
This is a great book to use for gift ideas or for weekend projects - a great "stashbuster" resource.
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