Feb 25, 2025
Twinning with this drawing from the book The Tap-dancing Lizard.
Grid pattern is from the book The Tap-Dancing Lizard, knitting pattern is Earth pullover by Ozetta
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Twinning with this drawing from the book The Tap-dancing Lizard.
Grid pattern is from the book The Tap-Dancing Lizard, knitting pattern is Earth pullover by Ozetta
My library got the knitting book I want to read!
Libby has a feature where you can ask it to notify you when your library acquires a book. Since this book came out in 2012, I wasn't very hopeful, but today it came in! I borrowed it immediately. (In the past this has only worked when I tag a book that hasn't been published yet, e.g. last year for the new Murderbot book.)
Coming out this March, I'm excited to invite you to pre-order your copy of "100 Knitted Tiles" published by David and Charles! 🧶
Link to pre-order: 👉 https://buff.ly/3Hl6cxG
This collection of knitting patterns and charts includes 100 designs inspired by decorative ceramic tiles from around the world, including two designed by me, Danielle Holke (aka KnitHacker).
Special thanks to editor Sarah Callard and the entire publishing team at David and Charles. This kind of book is a woolly mammoth of an undertaking and they did an excellent job keeping everything organized and everyone up to date. I’m thrilled to be part of this project and can’t wait to knit up some of my fellow designers’ creative tile designs! ❤️
The Knitters Book of Wool by Clara Parkes
As I new knitter, I have made the mistakes born of not knowing beans about yarn. So, one of my first choices was a lacey mohair yarn that quickly devolved into a snarled mess. Mohair is not for the faint of heart. Or those with few skills.
This book introduces you to wool as a fiber, to the kinds of processing it undergoes to become yarn, to the sheep breeds and their distinctive characteristics, and then to some patterns that illustrate how to suit the kind of wool yarn to the project.
The images of the natural crimp of various yarns drives home the astonishing differences among wools. You see here a Corriedale which is a medium wool, and Teeswater which is a long wool and a Navajo-Charro which is a dual-coated. The sketch is of Blue Cap born in 1839, a sheep that people found so AMAZING that an entire breed, the Wensleydale, a long wool, was created out of his progeny.
20 odd patterns from socks to pullovers are offered including Risti Mittens by Nancy Bush who specializes in Estonian knitting. Made of a Finnish wool yarn, which is “lustrous but strong.” Then two of the Three Bear Pullovers by Sandi Rosner with the dad’s made of Icelandic Lopi yarn and the mom’s of hand-dyed Merino. And finally Lillia Hyrna Shawl by Shelia January in lace Icelandic wool.
You can find it at your local bookstore or at Barnes and Noble as an e-book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/knitters-book-of-wool-clara-parkes/1111361493;jsessionid=963A464C0678D492C523E44001AFCA15.prodny_store01-atgap05?ean=9780307586995
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NEW BOOK: Pre-Order Your Copy of 'Star Wars: Knitting the Galaxy: The Official Star Wars Knitting Pattern Book' 👉 https://buff.ly/34qbbuv