The Mary Frances Knitting & Crocheting Book: Adventures Among the Knitting People

by Jane Eayre Fryer

Book Overview

This endearing book introduces children to the world of knitting and crocheting in a gentle and encouraging way while providing a wardrobe of knitwear for dolls.Features: 40+ vintage patterns for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916896900
• ISBN13: 9780916896904
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Lacis Publications
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 10

Customer Reviews

Great Book!

This reprint is a great introduction to knitting and crochet for children. The patterns are suitable for children to make for their dolls, and teach skills easily applicable to larger, more complicated projects. I enjoy reading old books, and this is a lovely one. I highly recommend it for kids who are interested in learning knitting and/or crochet, or who have expressed an interest in "olden times." Great book!

Delightful book

I love the Mary Frances' books and this one is just as delightful as the other two (one on sewing and one on cooking). The books start out as a story about a little girl whose needles and yarn come alive (a note: I don't see a shred of racism in the book like another reviewer suggested - the yarn is dark-colored and is called mammy, is that a bad thing? She is an adorable ball of yarn, and very helpful to Mary Frances, who adores her). The needles and yarn teach the young girl, Mary Frances, how to crochet first, then knit. Illustrated drawings and photographs are sprinkled throughout the book. The instructions and illustrations are so clear that I am able to use this book with my young eight-year-old daughter.

Knit with the help of your needles!

This charming book from the past is helpful to the young girl learning to knit and crochet, and historically interesting. Projects are small and quick, with easy-to-follow instructions. I wish the typeface had been updated, but I suppose it would have lost some of the old-fashioned feel of the time in which it was written. My 12 year old daughter, who has trouble following instructions, found the story format helpful.

Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book

This is an excellent book for teaching a young child to knit. The projects are small and quick to make so young people do not get bored with something that requires a lot of concentration. The illustrations are helpful and the format very charming.

Cute Book for Children...

This is a story book format for teaching children who show the inclination to pick up knitting or crocheting. It is a cute fantasical tale, with clear black and white photos throughout of how to hold needles/hook and of finished projects. If the child looses interest in knitting or crocheting, then they still have a cute little story to read and treasure.