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Not the same patterns. Disappointing
My mother will be going through chemo soon and fell in love with the Raven headpiece. She offered to buy me the book and I’m very glad I bought it myself instead of letting her pay. The stories are nice and the photography is beautiful, but none of the costume patterns are included. Instead of the headpiece and tunic for the raven, there is a very dull poncho and cardigan. All of the patterns are very simplified versions of the elaborate costumes. I would have paid much more to be able to have the actual costume patterns, and easily the cost of the book for just the Raven set. The designer says one thing that is important for designs is to be able to be translated to multiple sizes. Then why is it I have dozens of old knitting books with only one size? If you weren’t say, a size 34, then you’d figure out how to do the math yourself. If I keep this it will end up being a coffee table book. Pretty but useless. Attached are just a few of the fantastic costumes and their disappointing counterparts.
