{"id":1116,"date":"2007-01-31T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T16:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2007-01-31T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-31T16:32:00","slug":"grrrr-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1116","title":{"rendered":"Grrrr&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s sum up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Toys-Knit-Patterns-Heirloom-Accessories\/dp\/030733659X\">Tracy Chapman&#8217;s &#8220;Toys To Knit,&#8221;<\/a> shall we?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/dollpants1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/dollpants1.jpg\" height=\"200\" border=\"2\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No gauge given on patterns.  Garments can come out badly sized.<\/p>\n<p>Example:  these are supposed to be pants, not hip waders.<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/dollshirt1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/dollshirt1.jpg\" height=\"200\" border=\"2\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poorly phrased instructions lead to confusion on garment construction.<\/p>\n<p>Example: armhole that was apparently supposed to be a neckhole.<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/dollunfinished.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/knittingmisc\/dollunfinished.jpg\" height=\"200\" border=\"2\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No diagrams or detailed pics of finished items to show how to assemble.<\/p>\n<p>Example:  elephant man head.<\/p>\n<p>Summary.  Pretty pictures do not a good pattern book make.  Avoid!  Avoid!<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n<p><i>Hats up for:  New Zealand, New Zealand, and New Zealand.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s sum up Tracy Chapman&#8217;s &#8220;Toys To Knit,&#8221; shall we? No gauge given on patterns. Garments can come out badly sized. Example: these are supposed to be pants, not hip waders. Poorly phrased instructions lead to confusion on garment construction. Example: armhole that was apparently supposed to be a neckhole. No diagrams or detailed pics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[71],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}