Follow my unending quest to knit up my fiber stash.
Wednesday 13 Apr 2011
Ye of Little Faith
I completed a contract piece this weekend and decided to rest my overstimulated knitting brain by making a simple garter stitch scarf for the summer.
Pattern: Storm Cloud Shawlette by Hanna Breetz
Yarn: Noro King
Needle: U.S. #8 (5mm)
The overarching goal was to use up every.last.bit of yarn. Last night at Stitch n’ Bitch, Someone was encouraging me to bind off immediately lest I should–gasp–run out of yarn. But I bucked the naysayer and worked 4 more rows before deciding to call it quits.
And, voila, look at how much yarn I had left.
That’s at least 48 inches! *Hrumpf* I laugh in the face of such a huge amount of leftover yarn. Next time I’ll do a better calculation and actually come close enough to break into a sweat.
Tuesday 22 Mar 2011
Get ‘Em While They’re Hot
It appears that two of my favorite OOP knitting books are being reprinted.
Amazon is taking pre-orders for the long-awaited reprint of Principles of Knitting. Apparently, June Hemmons Hiatt has made significant changes to the book. The original has been criticized by some for having a condescending tone. I have never agreed with those criticisms but I’m curious to see the changes.
The cover hasn’t been unveiled yet. Any guesses on what it will look like?
ETA: Guess I’ve answered my own question. Unicorn has the book (avec cover) on its website.
And Unicorn Books has the reprint of Norsk Strikkedesign listed on its website.
I have both of these books and think they are both well worth the now-reasonable cover price. Any bets on an iBooks version?
Tuesday 15 Mar 2011
Utah, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Utah
Airplane and hotel knitting
Car knitting
Outlet mall bargains
Trader Joe’s favorite
Sin City entertainment
Happy daughter
