November 2009

Review: The Enchanted Sole

by --Deb 11.22.2009
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Such a fun book, filled with creative sock patterns. Each pattern in the book is inspired by various legends and fairy tales. Selkies, Mermaids. Tolkein’s elves. Alchemists. Atlantis.

Clearly, these are no ordinary socks.

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Review: Vintage Knits for Modern Babies

by --Deb 11.11.2009
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The book begins, “Most of us knit for babies today because we want to, not because we have to. We knit for them, as our grandmothers did, for the love of it. We knit because nothing else can give us the same soothing texture and emotion as a garment created by hand. While we sit and knit, our hopes and dreams are wrapped in every stitch. Few things are more scrumptious than the cozy warmth of a new baby swaddled in a lovingly handknit blanket.”

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Working on it…

by --Deb 11.08.2009
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It’s been an insane week (I mentioned I just moved for the first time in 34 years, right?), but I’m trying hard to get a review up for you. The problem? The one review I had almost ready to go? The internet ate it. All that’s left is the pictures. The other review drafts? No [...]

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In Case of Silence

by --Deb 11.04.2009
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I just wanted to let you folks know that we just moved this week (the first time in 34 years), so I may fall a little behind in my reviews for a while. I’ve got a couple thousand books and lots and lots of boxes to unpack!

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