This book seems to have been released in two formats at once, this and Knits of Tomorrow: Toys and Accessories for Your Retro-Future Needs appear to be the same book and I really like loads of the designs, I find them a witty and fun combination of retro and modern.
Culligan starts with a basics section, giving explanations on the materials and equipment you will need (yarns, needles, accessories), brief descriptions of techniques (casting on, off, stitches, fair isle, intarsia, beading, finishing, felting, short rows) and a listing of abbreviations. The descriptions are short and this is better as a book for a knitter who knows the techniques or has access to a good knitting dictionary
The Projects are next. Each begins with a good picture and a description of the importance of the piece of technology that inspired the project. It's followed by a materials panel (yarn, needles, haberdashery, tension, finished size), notes and then the pattern itself and tips.
The projects are:
Graphic Equilalizer Scarf - chunky and funky
Saturn Mobile - knitted stripy planet-like balls strung together
Atomic Laptop Cover - felted cover featuring Edward Rutherford's atomic model
Space Rocket Desk Tidy - two patterns for pen pots, one large, one small
Flying Saucer Paperweight
Space-Race Mobile - another mobile, this one space rockets in 4 patterns
Robo Dog Coat - witty K9 style robot dogs marching across a dog coat
Cassette Music Player Cover - Retro meets modern, a smartphone / mp3 case knitted to look like a cassette
Robot Pot Holders and Cushion - two designs and a cushion, could also be used for blanket squares
Circuit Board Beanie & Fingerless Mitts and Scarf - meandering lines and buttons mimic a circuit board
Men's Radio Mast Socks - plain socks with a motif like the old BBC broadcasting symbol of the Crystal Palace tower transmitting
Sputnik Lapotop Cover - button up cover featuring the first man made object in space
Robot Doorstop
Ray Gun Place Mat & Coaster - ray gun retro 50s in style, coaster with a comic book style flash
Headphones hat - earflap hat with over ear headphones in intarsia
Calculator Tablet Cover
Reel-to-Reel tote bag
Starship blanket - stars and rockets on squares
Cute and funky, there are several of these that appealed to me and I thought the book good value.
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