A question: Does anyone own a copy of "Country Weekend Knits" by Madeline Weston? (I know this is a reprint of an older British book). If you do, could you check the range of sizes given for the sweaters and let me know in a comment? (or: if you are on your way out to a well-stocked yarn shop or bookstore that has it, could you check for me?)
I love some of the pictures of stuff I've seen that's in the book. But I don't want to buy it sight unseen without being sure that the sizes go up to a 42"-44" for most of the sweaters (including the women's sweaters).
I say this because the book is from older patterns (older patterns had less of a size range) and it's British (it seems Brits are slimmer than Americans, or at least they are less flexible on sizing sometimes). I do not want a repeat of a few books I bought where the "extra-large" size was a 38" finished bust size - which is a bit too small for comfort, especially considering that the shoulders and arms are proportionally smaller, and I have broad shoulders.
I really like the book and would like to order a copy. But if I have to "size up" patterns, even a couple of inches, to fit me, I'd rather design my own. Because it's time consuming to size-up, and it's also somewhat disheartening to be told that a size several inches smaller than me is an "extra large" (So what does that make me, a "ginormous"?)
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I pulled it up on Ravelry, which is rather fragmentary for it. Eriskay goes to 42, Flamborough is 42, Cross and Square goes to 40, Newbiggin is 42-49, Old Shell goes to 38-40,Sanquhar goes to 42, Tree of Life goes to 46. There's also at least one shawl.
A lot of the patterns are also listed as being in other books.
I hope this helps.
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