200 Ripple Stitch Patterns: Exciting patterns to knit and crochet for afghans, blankets and throws

After reading the reviews for this book I received it today. I have bought stitch dictionaries before and have been disappointed with them as they have been unattractive, difficult to read and have errors. This book does not. There is a very clear layout to this book with left hand pages for knitted stitches and right hand pages for crochet. It also features a guide on how to use the book at the front, and also a glossary and " how to" at the back What I really like are the variations on a theme. They feature the stitches in combination or plain coloured yarns with clear photographs and instructions. Hats off to the author and publishers. I look forward to using this book in the future.

Haven't had chance to try it out yet but good photography,looks good worth the cost .looks as if it will be a good dip in reference book.

Comprehensive and glossy.. step by step instructions. Written patterns not graphs.

In was really pleased with this pattern book lots of basic pattern and more complicated ones in both knitting and crochet. It has given me lots of ideas and is very easy to follow. Good quality

Lovely book throughout, clear pictures & instructions. Delightful.

A fantastic instruction book for knitters and crocheters. Lovely different patterns and easy to follow instructions

This is a beautifully presented book. However as the book was “conceived, edited and designed” by Quarto Publishing, London, I might have expected that the patterns for crochet would present the instructions for English crochet. The instructions are first and foremost for American crochet, where for instance what I would understand to be a treble is called a double crochet etc, American style. The English instruction appears immediately after in pale grey italics. It’s confusing and disappointing.

Lovely book, easy to follow instructions.

Many ideas for colors and designs,both knit and crochet. Digital version was 2$. Similar to another book by the same author.

Um manual de chevron tanto de tricô como em crochê. Vale a pena !@

I was really looking forward to this seemingly abundant, well-presented volume of ripple stitches.I was shocked though to see that there are no charts at all accompagnying the patterns - in modern times a real no-go!I will not torment myself to "translate" the endless, bewildering written descriptions into well overseeable charts.Furthermore, there are really much less patterns in the book than stated - a simple colour-variation is declared as an extra chart. This I call cheating!Also, most of the patterns are quite "regular" and well known - which I would not mind, if some more spectacular waves ( as, for example, Steven West uses and I was longing for!) had found their way into this volume. But not at all.

Great resource for learning ripple stitches for both knitting and crochet. The book is half knitting patterns and half crochet patterns. Unfortunately there are only 100 stitches as each example is done in 2 different colour sets and each is counted as its own pattern. But the different colours do give a better idea of the stitches final look.The descriptions are clear and the pictures give a great idea of the finished product. It would be nice if the knitting patterns could include a notation on whether they are reversible and were tagged as such to make it easier to find reversible patterns.

love this book, not that I can knit, but learning to crochet and this ripple book make it so easy to learn saw quite a few crochet patterns I want to try. and the fact its coded with easy to hard is great. colour pictures and how too is great as well.