August 2010

Review: The Weaver’s Idea Book

by --Deb 08.30.2010
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This is a tricky one for me, because while I have a few books on weaving and am intrigued, curious, awestruck, and tempted by the things weavers can do … I don’t actually weave myself. I’m like the star-struck kid who devours Variety and other movie magazines but has never gone to Hollywood.

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New and Upcoming Books, August 2010

by --Deb 08.23.2010
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I haven’t done one of these posts in a while (wow, last year), so here you go–some new and upcoming books to whet your appetite for the cooler weather to come! 1,000 Fabulous Knit Hats by Annie Modesitt. (Is it immodest of me to mention that one of my hats is in here?) 60 Quick [...]

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Review: Jil Eaton’s Knitting School

by --Deb 08.20.2010
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The author writes in the introduction, “In times past there was always an older generation of very experienced knitters on hand to help the novices. As that is not always the case in our very busy and technologically-saturated world, this Knitting School collection is designed to teach you to knit or to encourage you to return to knitting and to help you refine your skills.”

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Review: Gifted

by --Deb 08.12.2010
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This is one of those charming little books full of charming little projects, meant to be given as gifts.

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Review: Tweed

by --Deb 08.01.2010
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Not a brand new book, but not really old enough to count as a “classic,” this is nevertheless a new one for my collection. I’ve had my eye on it since it was published but kept putting it off and putting it off, always telling myself that there were other books I could or should buy first. …And yet, I kept coming back to this.

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