February 2010

Review: Heirloom Knitting

by --Deb 02.28.2010
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Do you like knitted lace? Does knitting lace make your heart beat faster? Do you drool over Wedding ring shawls?

This may well be the book for you.

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Review: Nature’s Wrapture

by --Deb 02.22.2010
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Here’s what the author has to say:

“Nature’s Wrapture incorporates fascinating aspects of nature–color, contours, textures, and patterns–with classic and updated shapes that flatter all body types, resulting in a real sense of inspired style. From the elegant and sublime to the practical, this collection has broad appeal not only for the knitter but also for the wearer.”

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New Review

by --Deb 02.21.2010
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Don’t ask me how, but WordPress completely ate the book review for “Aran Sweater Design” I published last week. I had to rebuild it from the bare skeleton and can only hope that the new version is as good as the original … but if you think you’re seeing things, that it doesn’t read quite [...]

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Review: Aran Sweater Design

by --Deb 02.17.2010
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I’ve practically lived and breathed this book for the last couple of weeks and finally realized I had to write a review of this book to tell you why.

I had decided to tear out an aran I knitted in 2006 and reuse the yarn, and I spent so much time looking for the right pattern when I decided that I should just design my own … and this was the book I immediately reached for.

Why? This book tells you simply everything you need to know to put together an Aran sweater.

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Review: Sock Club

by --Deb 02.10.2010
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First, the facts: Title: Sock Club: Join the Knitting Adventure Author: Charlene Schurch & Bet Parrott Published by: Martingale & Company, 2009 Pages: 80 Type: Women’s Socks Chapters: A list of patterns, grouped by the method for changing size: Changing elements within a repeat Changing spacing between pattern elements Changing the number of background stitches [...]

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Mason-Dixon does Grey Gardens

by --Deb 02.09.2010
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Have you seen the new “Grey Gardens” take-off video from Ann and Kay at Mason-Dixon Knitting? To promote their new book? (Well, the paperback re-issue of their first book.) Check it out!

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Review: Mason-Dixon in Paperback

by --Deb 02.04.2010
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Ranging from the simple (“Warshcloths”) to the sublime (those Log Cabin afghans), this book absolutely lives up to its subtitle of “The Curious Knitters’ Guide: Stories, Patterns, Advice, Opinions, Questions, Answers, Jokes and Pictures. Created for Knitters Everywhere who Share the Give’em Hell Spirit of Just Picking up the Needles and Making Stuff.”

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