Crazy Knitting Girls

There are loads of knitting books for teenagers out there, so it should be easy to find good patterns for us, right? Unfortunately, most of these books are by adults who really have no idea what we like. Ick.
This page was created to review any teen knitting books we come across. That way, you won’t accidently order a book that’s supposed to be cool but really’s just a bunch of ugly patterns written by someone’s old Aunt Gertrude.

Teen Knitting Club
by Jennifer Wenger, Carol Abrams, and Maureen Lasher

Bronach’s review:
Okay, I think this might be my favorite of all the teen knitting books. It’s not great if you want to teach yourself how to knit, but almost all of the patterns are cute and easy to knit. If you can knit, purl, increase, and decrease, you can make pretty much everything in this book. Bonus: It has quotes from all sort of teenagers about why they like knitting so much, which is helpful if someone says that knitting is for old ladies and you need to prove them wrong!

Funky Knits: Knitting Know-How for Hip Young Things
by Carol Meldrum and Julie Marchington

Bronach’s Review:
This book… well. The book claims it’s patterns are “never square.” Seriously, it said that. Anyway, “square” is an understatement. In here, you’ll find every pattern a “young, hip” person would NEVER want to make. Some examples:
-A fruit cozy, to keep your fruit warm and squishy!
-A ripped up, puke-colored, oversized sweater that’s supposed to be “punk.”
-A egg cozy shaped like a hat
-A grey guitar cozy that will probably stretch to at least three times its original size when anyone attempts to put a guitar in it.
Please, do yourself a favor and skip this one.