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October 06, 2004
Beautiful Autumn Weather, sick little boyz,
and the Knitting still goes on and on! Did you know that if there are pictures in the book and if you put some "lilt" in your voice, you can read that knit book to your little one and keep their interest at the same time? Try it.
Today I have for you three book reviews!
The 1st: A Treasury of Magical Knitting by Cat Bordhi (Socks Soar on 1 circular needles!!) She reveals the fun behind mobius knitting and fun it is! The hardest part is getting your hands on a 60 inch circular needle. I had a time with understanding the directions at first but once I saw the cast on in action I was off and knitting. Finished my first wrap just hours after beginning. The ideas now are flowing thru my head -- oh the possibilities of using different yarns and stitches. By the way, did you know she's also just published a new novel?! Treasure Forest, the first of trilogy called The Forest Inside.
The 2nd: Last Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson. Name sound familar? She's owner of Purl a great yarn shop in New York City. This book has some really great designs all done with simple elegance in mind. I'm currently ripping out a cardigan for thee Wyldman that I had started a while ago but was never happy with to be replaced with a placket-neck pullover. He'll be happier with a pullover then with a cardigan and he can still have his much loved dinosaur buttons too! There are other great designs inside along with some ideas for wrapping gifts - to include a knitted bag. Too Cute! I may need to add this one to my own library
Book 3: 25 bags to Knit Beautiful Bags in Stylish Colors by Emma King. If you love knitted bags this is The Book for you. It's even a spiral bound inside a hard cover for ease of knitting from the patterns. This book shows you that it's okay to put different yarns together for that "special" look. The Techniques section in the back is a good reference for any knitting project you may wish to tackle, good color photos, precise wording, no mush mouth here folks!
So, I leave you now to return to my own knitting. I'm in the process of preparing for a Craft Fair in November, lots of holiday knitting (which has been made easier thanks to Cat Bordhi, Joelle Hoverson, and Emma King) and of course knitting for the shop. You can still find me working Saturdays at A Good Yarn in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland.
Just sign me,
Enabler Extraordinaire
Posted by Lola at October 6, 2004 01:18 PM
Comments
Your blog came up when I googled under "Magical Knitting." I"ve started experimenting with the mobii from this book and I'm trying to see if there's any interest in a "moebius along" where a group of us knit a project (or various projects) from this book. Let me know if you are at all interested.
Posted by: Katy at October 26, 2004 10:52 PM