A wonderfully varied selection of scarves, hats, gloves and socks perfect for those wishing to try a variety of stitch patterns and fair isle knitting. The instructions are clear and well explained and this book would be ideal for those looking for quick, professional looking, personal presents to make for friends and family - as well as yourself. I would definitely recommend for those beginners wishing to take their basic knitting to the next level.

This book is the perfect one to pick up as an intermediate or experienced knitter (possibly even an adventurous beginner!) who wants some new winter gear. It has something for everyone: cables, colorwork, Barvarian travelling twisted stitches, and patterns inspired from around the world! The book is divided into three sections: scarves, hats and mittens, lastly socks, which makes it very easy to find your next project.

The patterns are displayed in a very clear-to-read fashion, with a quick-glance easy-to-read page that gives you the most important information, then many color photos of the accessory. The patterns themselves are written beautifully: all special stitches are noted before the pattern begins, the patterns are given both in charts and written form, as well as diagrams where needed. On top of that, whoever wrote the patterns did it in my preferred method of clarity: very clear! This book doesn't hold your hand, like a book for a beginner would, but it gives you enough information to understand what is needed. (E.g. it'll say "increase 24 sts evenly on round", instead of i.e. k4, inc1, repeat 23 times). Gloves can also be a tricky thing - how will this designer set the gusset? Or place the hand increases? But I love how this book does it. It takes hand anatomy well into account, where you start to work the pinky finger, then a bit more of the hand, before working the other 3 fingers one after another. This makes a very well fitted glove.

One thing that I did not like in this book was that the yarns suggested and the patterns are supposed to go hand in hand. And the yarns suggested are mostly only available on the US market. However, knitters outside of the US should be able to easily substitute a yarn, as metric measurements and information is given whenever needed.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants some more challenging projects (as each one of these has at least something really interesting going on), or wants some rather refined knits (as a lot of these patterns look quite elegant and take even minute details into account), or love colorwork and want to try it on some smaller projects. It's also great for people who want more patterns from around the world!

I would not recommend this book to beginner knitters (unless you're very motivated), or to anyone who always buys the yarn suggested in a patten and lives outside of the US.

I really enjoy this collection of fashionable knitting patterns that are focused on projects to keep you warm. Currently color work is very popular among knitters and this collection includes some great smaller color work projects. You can teach yourself color work while warming your hands, neck and feet. My favorite pattern is the Turkish socks. I liked the fact that the socks had two colors, and the bottom of each sock used one of the two colors. This is a great compendium of fun smaller projects to use up scraps as well as teaching you new and popular techniques.

Gorgeous knitwork patterns to make cozy, cozy stuff? I want to look at all the lovely photos..
Do I actually know how to knit? No.
Am I now going to take my 16 year old up on their offer to teach me to knit? Absolutely.

This is a wonderful pattern book - photos of beautiful, handcrafted love in knit form, easy to read patterns, with special notes sections, abbreviations, and yarn sources.

This is a fantastic collection of patterns for hand knitted accessories. Most of the designs are inspired by traditional colours and patterns from across Europe and Scandinavia and beyond and come from very experienced expert designers. While this is a new publication I have seen some of these patterns in other out-of-print volumes so am pleased to see them brought together and updated. Bright colour photographs feature for every design and the instructions look clear and are well laid out. Some of the yarns used are quite easily available in the UK and guidance is given to source suitable substitutes along with yardage and gauge measurements.The patterns are very attractive, colourful and appealing.
I do not think this is a book for the absolute beginner, most of the designs use techniques such as cables, colourwork, knitting in the round etc as a minimum so it would suit someone with a bit of experience and an ambition to extend their horizons! Excellent also for stashbusting and they would make marvellous gifts too!
Considering the price of individual patterns these days, this is very good value for money and I would be very happy to add it to my library.

This is the season for warm knits: hats, mittens, sock and scarves. And Cozy Knits has 30 different patterns by 21 different designers just waiting to be knitted. There are Nordic, Bavarian, Peruvian, Aran, Finnish patterns and more. The instructions are detailed but easy to understand. This is a book for both beginning and more experienced knitters but I would recommend the beginner seek help from a local knitting store or a YouTube tutorial if necessary.

The individual patterns are beautifully displayed and photographed. My first choices to knit are the French “Coco” Woven Scarf, the matching hat and mittens, The Uppsala multi colored Bohus style socks and the more simple Gansey socks. Yarns sources are listed as well as the yarn websites, a source for yarn substitution, a valuable resource for those of us with the ubiquitous stashes. This gorgeous book is full of possibilities. Enjoy! 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry, Sue Flanders and Janine Kosel for this ARC.

3.5 stars

We’ve got 30 scarf, shawl, hat, mitten, glove, and sock patterns! All very cozy & colorful. This book makes me want to knit! I’d recommend these patterns for someone who already has some knitting experience.

[What I liked:]

•There are several (11!) great sock patterns in here! Like I want to knit all of them. They’re each attractive & distinctive & look very cozy. They’re mostly Northern European inspired patterns, but there is one Turkish style pattern & one Andean style pattern.

•The patterns include standard row-by-row instructions in stitch abbreviations, & stitch charts where necessary. I haven’t tried knitting any of these patterns yet (I will update this review when I do), but I’ve read through most of the patterns line by line & I’m reasonably confident I followed what was happening.

•Most of the patterns include a “pattern notes” section near the beginning with tips, recommended techniques, &/or things to watch out for. Some of the patterns also include detailed instructions on special techniques or methods of cast on/bind off, if needed. Both are helpful additions to the main instructions.

•Are these patterns super unique compared to other books of winter accessory patterns? Not really overall, but there are a couple that struck me as unique such as the sashiko inspired hat & mittens set (it’s super cute, & it really does look like sashiko!), the Pendleton scarf (inspired by south western US Native American woven blankets & Dale Chihuly’s blown glass art), & the Bohus style “winter garden” hat & mittens set (it looks gorgeous & striking in the photos). Overall this is a solid collection of patterns, with a enough variety to keep in interesting.


[What I didn’t like as much:]

•For some of the stitch charts, the numbering of the rows was really tiny. I read a PDF of this book on my phone so I could zoom in, but I’m not sure how small it would look in print. (Maybe it won’t be an issue in print though)

•This comes down to personal taste, but I only liked 4 of the 12 scarf patterns enough to want to try them. On the Aran cable scarf, the cabling looks out of proportion to the size imo. The Chanel suit inspired scarf doesn’t look very cozy or wintry compared to the others in this book. The Celtic scarf & the Estonian lace cowl are both pretty but not especially unique looking to me. But this is just me, ymmv!

[I received an ARC ebook copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Thank you for the book!]

Cozy Knits is a knitting pattern and tutorial book with patterns from various designers and edited and curated by Kari Cornell, with inspiration drawn from diverse world cultures and aesthetics. Due out 15th March 2022 from Quarto on their Voyageur Press imprint, it's 192 pages and will be available in paperback format.

This is such an appealing book full of colorful and attractive accessory projects. The 30 different tutorials are arranged by type: scarves, hats & mittens, and socks. Each tutorial includes tools and materials, measurements in American (inches) and metric (centimeter) units (yay!!) followed by step-by-step directions.There is an introduction highlighted text box with inspiration for the design and a little background which I found fascinating (and educational). The pieces are all photographed in color, and the photos are clear and well positioned so the design elements are easy to visualize and understand. Most of the items are accompanied by more than one photo, and detail close up photos are inset in the text. Directions are clearly written and I found no glaring errors with a careful read-through. The materials will be fairly easily sourced online or at readers' local yarn shops. I like that the book gave a nod to one of my favorite utilitarian yarn geek websites: the YarnSub. The authors have also included an abbreviated resource/links list and index in the back of the book.

The projects are simple to moderately challenging (including an Estonian inspired sock design by knitting maven Nancy Bush which is *gorgeous* and which shot up my to-do list and will go on the needles after the must-do knitting I am doing now). I haven't finished any projects from the book (yet) but I have knitted gauge swatches with recommended or similar gauge yarns to those called for in the patterns and haven't found any difficulties or mistakes yet.

Beautiful patterns. Superlative! I predict this will be a lot of knitters' go-to pattern book for gift giving projects. There are a lot of patterns here which are also scrap friendly and can be knitted partially or wholly from remnants. The sock section alone is worth the price of admission (full disclosure, I'm a sock knitter down to my bones).

Five stars. This is a definite winner.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review

I haven't been knitting much lately, but I found several patterns I'd like to knit in this collection! There is a good selection of scarves, cowls, hats, mittens and socks here including colorwork and cabling with inspiration drawn from multiple cultures.

Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – Quarry, Voyageur Press and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.