If you’re interested sweater design, and want to understand everything, you need to look at this book. It’s amazing. I have other design books in my library, GOOD ones written by Maggie Righetti, Priscilla Gibson-Roberts, Ann Budd, Cheryl Brunette, Debbie Bliss, just to name a few … but this one stands on its own.

How old does a book have to be before it becomes a classic?

Well, let’s hope six years is enough, because this one deserves to be. I’m not the only one to think so, either, since the publisher has recently come out with a paperback version of the book–a relative rarity in knitting books which are usually published in one format, and that’s it.

First, the facts: Title: How to Knit a Love Song Author: Rachel Herron Published by: Avon Books, 2010 Pages: 318 Type: Fiction, Romance. The In-Depth Look: You DID know that our very own knit-blogging friend had her new novel published, didn’t you? It came out this week. How to Knit a Love Song. Romance isn’t [...]

Having just watched all eleven and a half hours, I can tell you without reservation that these DVDs are interesting, useful, and chock-full of great information. I don’t have access to these on television, so I hadn’t had a chance to see them before.

Well, they did not disappoint.

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.

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.”

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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!

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.”

Entrelac. Stranded. Intarsia. Stripes. Two-sided. There are so many ways to play with color while you knit, but… there are so MANY ways to add different colors to your knitting. What’s a knitter to do?

Run, don’t walk, to find a copy of this book.

You know how they say the best way to learn a foreign language is to completely immerse yourself in the language? To go where it’s spoken, to live it, and breathe it as if there simply is no other language? Well, that’s how the author learned to spin.