"Designer Vicki Square has taken traditional folk patterns and engineered them into inventive knitted creations."—Creative Knitting
"A lively and colorful collection of hat patterns… this is a fun book."
—Slipknot, The Journal of the Knitting & Crochet Guild (UK)
“Folk Hats is for the hat enthusiast and Square really delivers fanciful design and engineering that will implore the reader to take a spin at knitting something a bit outrageous and definitely fun.” –Spun Magazine
"Projects range from super simple to challenging and reflect the rich colors and textures of the world."—Fiberline magazine
". . . fanciful and playful."
—Bangor Daily News
"If you are looking for unusual, "look-at-me!" hats, Vicki Square has just the design for you. . . . You just may find your dream hat. "—Knitter's Magazine
“There are several good patterns, and a pleasant range of easy quick-knits for last-minute gifts to challenging multicolored patterns and styling.”
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"This eclectic collection of original knitted designs is sure to elicit rubernecking and about faces."—CNA magazine
“I think the history and story regarding each design is most interesting.”
—Knitting News
"Each and every pattern is
a tour de force."—KnitNet
"The 32 patterns within are definitely outside the square!"
—YARN magazin