This is one knitting & crochet pattern book I would have never paid full price for. I think the "draw" factor is that each scarf is designed and modeled by a Hollywood Celebrity.
After all a scarf is a pretty basic item. It needs to be long enough to wrap around your neck and not too thick. The scarfs in this book are all, for the most part, long skinny rectangles which vary in color and type of yarn used with a few different stitches. Vanna Whites scarf is actually a shawl.
Each scarf pattern has a little bit of history about the celebrity whose name is attached to it and how they came to learn to knit...there are suggested materials for each pattern along with the gauge and approximate finished size. There are lovely full color pictures of each celebrity and their scarf. Most of the scarf patterns consist of two or three sentences they are so simple. For example: Cast on 18 stitches. Work in garter stitch for 60" or until yarn runs out. Bind off.
The retail price of this book is $24.95 USA and $38.95 in Canada. This is a large format hard cover book of 120 pages measuring 9 1/4 inches by 11 1/2 inches with nice heavy paper and beautiful full color photos.
This book was first published in 2003 and some of the yarns used to make the models have been discontinued or are not available in the US. There are recommendations for using other yarns, but the book indicates that there really are not set measurements for the finished size of a scarf.....it can be as long or as wide as you want it and can be made in any type of yarn.....so patterns have a recommended yarn, needle size and gauge, but you can use whatever yarn and needle size you wish. Simply cast on and knit ~ the options are endless.
I bought my book for $3.99 at the Salvation Army Thrift Store. I had to think twice about this purchase as the scarf patterns are pretty predictable. However, I decided to splurge since I thought I could get some good ideas from colors and combinations of colors and patterns.
Celebrities Scarves: Julianna Margulies.....Rebecca Budig.....Portia De Rossi.....Eartha Kitt.....Bridget Moynahan.....Leslie Bibb.....Tracey Gold.....Laura Leighton.....Jennifer Beals.....Courtney Thorne-Smith.....Rosario Dawson.....Nora Dunn.....Jennie Garth.....Ricki Lake.....Ever Carradine.....Tekitha.....Lauren Ambrose.....Shelly Morrison.....Shiri Appleby.....Vnna White.....Daryl Hannah.....Parker Posey.....Justine Bateman.....Marissa Ribissi.....Rosie Perez ~
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