Posted in Book Reviews, Fair Isle Patterns, Patchwork on January 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I just managed to take a shot of our picnic lunch before leaving for the ocean yesterday on New Years to bike ride along the coast before running out of battery! The fabric on the outside is from a new Moda line called “Simplicity” (I thought you might like that name Mary Jane!), and I [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Fair Isle Patterns on December 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Look what arrived in the mail today! Traditional Knitting from the Scottish and Irish Isles by Debbie Bliss. Santa placed an order for this way back on December 6th and it finally arrived! I first read about this book at Wendy’s Knits and had it on my wish list at Amazon for over a year. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Is everybody almost finished with their Christmas shopping? One more day of work left and I’ll be so happy to have the long holiday week-end! Another stress induced lunch trip to my local bookstore led to a discovery that brought the spirit of Christmas back into my heart, this beautiful collection of classic sweater patterns including [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Fair Isle Patterns on December 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I thought I’d post a few more photos from my trip to San Francisco. This was my favorite photo from a flower shop on the way back from visiting ImagiKnits which is in an area called The Castro, an older neighborhood that feels like a college town. As I was strolling through the neighborhood I noticed [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Getting through the last few weeks was alot easier having these books to read in the wee hours of the evening and early morning. I’ve been wanting to read these for a few years now and they were well worth the wait. Its such a nice feeling waiting for so long for something, it just [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on October 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I went looking for a copy of the Interweave Knits Holiday Gifts special issue, still couldn’t find a copy even though it is supposed to be on sale as of October 16th, but had a very pleasant surprise when I found a copy of Vogue’s holiday knits special issue with this Debbie Bliss cardigan for [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on October 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Another book that caught my fancy which came in the mail this week was Dangerous Liaisons by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. If you have a fascination with colonial fashion, which I have my entire life, you will absolutely enjoy the photography in this book. The collection of dresses were so beautiful and kept in pristine condition. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on September 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I ran into this new book by Joelle Hoverson (of Last Minuted Knitted Gifts fame), my TGIF gift to myself after a really challenging week. Many of the projects are inspired by Denise Schmidt, very contemporary, but with a very sweet, precious color palette that is so breathtaking. Lots of pinks and golds and chocolates, [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on August 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Aren’t they cute! I fell in love with them the other day on the internet where I discovered them inside the Debbie Bliss Noro Pattern book 1, and when I went back to go get some more Kureyon to remake my tote bag, these little guys were on the shelf, with yellowing pages, sitting there [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on July 18, 2007 | No Comments »
I ran into the cutest pattern book today for home accessories by Rebecca, the pattern division for GGH yarns- sooooo cute!!!! I just couldn’t wait to share because these patterns are just so cute and adorable and are wonderful for using up left over yarn or for practicing a variety of knitting techniques on smaller projects. I [...]
