
The book has a number of designs I'd like to try, but at a list price of USD $30, I'd like to see more value added. The lack of a table of contents and, more critically, an index limits its usefulness. I do wish it included at least an index of designs and stitch patterns. If expense is the reason for the omission, I'd gladly trade the glossy photos of non-knitting scenes (and that tilted photo) to pay for the services of an indexer.
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In the Victorian Lace Today errata there is a table of all the patterns in the book
Here is the site and then click on Victorian Lace today (last book)
http://www.knittinguniverse.com/xrx/booksList.php?CategoryID=25
My main complaints about this book: the high percentage of patterns where the samples were worked with handspun -- what is up with that? -- and that there are no patterns for laceweight yarn, which I guess I understand. Not everyone wants to use laceweight yarn just because I have a lot of it my stash :-)
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