knitting – Cannonball Read 17

My first foray into Penny Reid’s writing

Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid

Neanderthal Marries Human by Penny Reid

July 22, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

#CBR11 Bingo: Reading the TBR (have been on my TBR list since 2015) Neanderthal Seeks Human – 3.5 stars There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and 3) She doesn’t know how to knit. After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can’t help wondering what new torment […]

“The relationship between stitcher and yarn goes far beyond simply being prepared.”

A Stash of One's Own by Clara Parkes

June 6, 2019 by Tracy 2 Comments

Clara Parkes is the author of several books on fiber, yarn, and knitting. In A Stash of One’s Own, she collects essays from various people involved in fiber crafts, almost all of them knitters, some of whom are also dyers and spinners. Each of these contributors describes what their stash means to them, which might include when it was started, what it consists of, how they add to it, and what makes them reduce their stash (however reluctantly). As far as I know, all of the contributors […]

My hands itched to knit as my feet itched to travel

January 1, 2018 by NoNeinNyet 2 Comments

In May 2016, a friend I met through Ravelry brought my attention to a Kickstarter for a book her friend Karie Westermann was writing called This Thing of Paper, with knitting designs inspired by Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press. Even with a planned publication date of April 2017, I knew I wanted this book. It’s a good thing I was patient because I didn’t receive it until December. Westermann divided the book into three sections, as she had layed out in her Kickstarter proposal. […]

How to Write a Knitting Pattern That Looks Professional

April 4, 2017 by jesslla 2 Comments

This amazing little book is designed to help a beginner knit designer write a professional pattern that others can use. It’s not designed to be super in depth, and doesn’t cover a lot of things a more advanced designer would need to know, such as grading (designing a pattern to fit different sizes) or how to create ideas. It doesn’t cover marketing, or the actual designing of a pattern. I bought this book because I have designed a shawl/wrap and want to write the pattern […]

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