200 Knitted Blocks for Blanket, Throws and Afghans by Jan Eaton


Eaton's book contains enough blocks to create your own afghan, each block will be the same size if the same yarn and needles are used and the inspirational potential is great. I agree entirely with the reviewer who said this doesn't actually contain over 200 blocks as some are just variations, some only colour variations which any of us can do.  However, my major issue is with the construction of the book.

Eaton starts with a short interesting introduction on how to use the book and block directories.  But she places a 'mix and match' section on ideas for combining blocks before the block directory itself, which I feel would have been better the other way round giving the reader time to look at the blocks and absorb their detail first.  She places her 'techniques' section last of all, which I would have put in the introduction, because it is here she deals with yarn weights, calculation of amounts, needles, stitches and abbreviations, after the designs which use these abbreviations in the first place.  Each section is really useful, but even as a fairly experienced knitter I found the order confusing.

However, as a source of inspiration and as a resource this is a great book