Son of Stitch 'n Bitch by Debbie Stoller

Son of Stitch 'n Bitch Reviews

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  Machelle

  Just not what I thought it was going to have.
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  Kate

  I checked this book out at the same time I checked out
  Never Knit Your Man a Sweater, looking for male-friendly patterns to make a gift for my boyfriend's birthday. I preferred the patterns in this book over those in Never Knit Your Man a Sweater. The designs are much more unique and trendy than the other book's bland, boring patterns. If books could have an age, Son of Stitch 'n Bitch would be about 23, while Never Knit Your Man... would be pushing 40. I guess it would depend on the age of the man you're knitting for, but the patterns in this book looked more like something you would buy at a store than some homemade shapeless sweater sack, and had just as many options for your level of commitment as Never Knit Your Man a Sweater.
  
  I have not tried out any of the patterns yet, but there are definitely several scarves, hats, and gloves I'd like to try - if not for him, then for me! The argyle-patterned scarf shown on the cover is one of my favorites and I'm looking forward to learning how to knit with several colors (I don't know how to do intarsia yet).
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  Lauren

  There are some nice patterns in this book, but I had to look past some of the yarn choices and envision the garments in colors and yarns that would look better on the men in my life... Kris gave the nod on a few of these, so some may end up in the queue before long.
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  Melissa

  Mostly knitting.... knitting book authors shouldn't lie in their subtitles. NOT COOL. The only pattern I could imagine making was the Blueprint vest. All of the knitted sweaters seemed pretty nice, though, so knitters should check this out if looking for plain-ish patterns for men and women.
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  Laurie

  Some really cool patterns although most don’t fit the style of anyone in my family. However, I can’t wait to knit the beer gloves! Love the “whale spine” cable that runs up the back of the hands. Also really liked some of the sock patterns. Could see gifting these.
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  Jody

  Wonderful Parrerns
  
  Wonderful variety of easy to follow men's patterns. I had been searching for a cardigan with a shawl collar and found it in this great book.
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  Dee

  Meh
  
  It doesn't have that great a selection of patterns. Boring. I wish it had a bit more variety. There's a few good ones though.
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  Tonileg

  Guy style knitting patterns and a good addition to your holiday knitting gift ideas.
  I really liked the many hat patterns which I quickly knitted up for the family and men friends in my life, honestly I don't know anyone that deserves a sweater yet, so I didn't linger on the those patterns, but they look modern and cool too.
  I wish there was less skull motif knitting in the stitch 'n b series, but otherwise good quality easy patterns.
  Mostly aran medium to bulky sized yarn so everything knits up quick but nothing really advanced or challenging for the expert knitters so for those folks, they should check out
  Man's Knitting Book: Classic Patterns from the 20's to the 50's which has some fancy old school ideas.
  216 pages and bought used for $4.00
  3 stars
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  JoAnn

  I loved the introduction, which gave some history of knitting and some helpful hints for those of us considering creating something for the special men in our lives.
  
  I could see my husband wearing the "Smokin'" (106) sweater, minus the shawl collar. "Half-pipe" (46) is a hat I've seen on several men, including an improvised one on a coworker, who actually puts a stocking hat over his ball cap in the winter. "Lidsville" (30) is another classic, which maybe my father-in-law would like. "Treads"(180) is a simple sock pattern with just a little flair. I wonder if Richard would wear them.
  One pattern creeped me out. "Lucha Libre" ski mask. I'm sure boys like it because it's freaky or "cool," but it's not somoething I could bring myself to look at long enough to make.
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  J

  Okay, so I admit that I've only made 2 hats from one pattern from this book. As I said in my previous review, I really like a few of the patterns here and the book offers new challenges that the other two SnB books don't include.
  
  What I really appreciate about this book was the explanation of double knitting. I've always wanted to do it, have seen other explanations of it, but it didn't click for me until I read through this book's explanation of the technique. Though I haven't made a double knitted scarf from this book, I did use the technique to create a different scarf which worked out really well.
  
  
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  Jenni

  Almost all of the patterns were for knitting, despite a subtitle that boasts 45 Projects to Knit & Crochet for MEN. I liked the anecdotes about "the sweater curse" - where a guy breaks up with his girlfriend after she laboriously creates him a sweater (typically by knitting). I guess some of the sweater patterns were cute if you or a your partner wear that kind of style (and can knit), but the few crochet patterns available were not outstanding. I'm not always a fan of the Stitch 'n' Bitch or Happy Hooker stuff though.
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  Erika

  I love love love this book!! I currently have it checked out, and I've already renewed it once. I know I'm going to have to renew it again, and I'm thinking of asking for it for Christmas. I've already made the Celtic Beanie for my step-brother, and I'm in the process of making the Ski Beanie for my step-bro's boyfriend and the Uncle Argyle Scarf for my dad. I'm going to continue with the Celtic Beanie hat (since it knitted up super fast!) and make one for my step-sister's hubby and one for my brother.
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  Sara

  I am really excited to make several items in this book: the Deady Bear, the ties, a couple of the cardigans, the awesome dice socks. I bought this book hoping it would have a lot of stuff that my husband would like, but I guarantee there is no way in hell he would wear 90% of this stuff.
  
  That being said, there are many hilarious and inventive patterns, suited for the more "creative" type of guy. I hate the word "hipster" and I hate stereotyping, but yeah, that's what comes to mind for a lot of these patterns. Don't know a better way to describe the vibe.
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  Sarah

  I was incredibly disappointed that this book was written for the modern crafty gal knitting for her boyfriend instead of boy knitters. Doesn't seem like a huge difference thinking abstractly, but I found it becomes very tiresome to continuously read about how to read between the lines of what your BF REALLY wants in a knit garment. That and it made it a much more disappointing xmas gift for my knitting brother.
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  Leah

  This book would have been a lot better if I knew how to knit. Unfortunately I don't, but if someone does this has really neat patterns. Another problem I have with this book and the other book by Debbie Stoller "Happy Hooker" is I wish they would give some sort of gauge as to how difficult the patterns are. There is nothing to key you in as to whether the pattern you are looking at is easy or difficult.
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  mtthw

  Just like the "Happy Hoooker" book, these patterns were a bit too self awake for my liking (think Stuff white People Like). And while the book touts itself as crochet and knitting, it is mostly knitting. If i were a kitter, there was one lovely sweater and maybe that would have been enough. Also, it felt very, very dated already.
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  Rat de bibliothèque

  My biggest problem in this book was the instructions for the "Smoking" sweater. I started knitting it for my husband. I got close to the end and saw that in the beginning when it says I should set aside 8 stitches on a holder - that it should have said to set those 8 stitches aside on BOTH sides. I don't think I've seen any or much errata available for these books.
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  Rebecca

  This book as a variety of crochet and knitting projects for that are fantastic. It's all cool patterns that are designed with guys in mind, but quite a few patterns are great for the no-pink please girls in your life. The patterns are easy to follow and come out great! Plus there are projects for all levels from beginners to "I got this down". Great book for yarnies.
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  Annie

  The projects in this book are similar to ones in her other books (although the stripper scarf is a weird addition and kind of in poor taste). My husband thought most of these patterns looked very nice and has already requested some things in here.
  This book requires that you have a good hand on the techniques in her other books.
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  Anne Hawn Smith

  This is a good book for men's sweaters. I got it for the "mask" Balaclava. I planned to make it for TE and Evan, but it proved to be too difficult without having the boys around to fit it too. It is a very clever pattern though. There is also a pattern for a silhouette scarf which is very intriguing. All in all, it is a good book and I plan to make more patterns from it.
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  Sybylla

  I laughed and talked a lot on Facebook about the introduction to this book, Debbie Stoller's razor-witted version of the talking-to that begins every men's knits book I've ever seen. There are some really great rules in that introduction. And then the patterns break every one of them. It seems I'm just not tacky enough for Stoller's designs, but there are some gems in here.
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  Lacee Lambert

  So far so good....I agree with what she says in the forward these are definitely patterns of things men really like. I'm grateful that I saw this on the end cap. Now I just gotta get me some wool so that I can make some of this stuff for my hubby and brother.
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  Jennifer

  Some more kick ass patterns. All for the men in your life (or if your like me you will steal some for yourself). There is a robot tie and an Ernie sweater! Those were two of my favorites. My boyfriend has half the pages in this book dog eared so that I know which ones he wants.
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  Carrie

  The patterns are interesting, and the pictures show the finished items well. I saved a few of them for knitting later. But my favourite part of this book was the stories in the introduction about knitting projects gone wrong (or right, in a few cases).
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  Emily

  For some reason, it's hard to find stuff to knit for guys that doesn't look completely awful. There are some nice hats and scarves in here, and a few decent (and a few not-so-decent) sweaters.
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  Noni

  Not the star of the SnB stable - a few too many scarves and - but a couple a interesting jerseys.
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  Amber

  any dudes want a robot or skully tie? if i were a dude i'd want one. or maybe an argyle scarf...
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  Donna Ann

  Wonderful