Continuing on last week’s theme of a book that is as much about a specific place as it is about knitting – The Lopapeysa Sweater is about the sort of trip to Iceland you’d like to take if you are a knitting nerd. Knit designer Toni Carr and photographer Kyle Cassidy take a trip around Iceland’s… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: The Lopapaysa Sweater
Knitting in Antarctica is an interesting book, as much about life at McMurdo station in Antarctica as it is about knitting. First, the knitting part. There are 28 patterns for quite a few different types of hats. There is some colorwork, some cabling, some texture knits, and a variety of hat styles. Some of the hats… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knitting in Antarctica
Beaded Wrist Warmers from Lithuania by Irena Felomena Juskiene is a great example of a book that has a very narrow topic but covers it in depth. The title tells you what you are going to get, and then it delivers. The book begins, as books on folkloric crafts often do, with some backstory. The… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Beaded Wrist Warmers from Lithuania
Do you think regular cable knitting is not enough of a challenge? Then I would suggest you check out Adventure Cables by Meghan Jones. Adventure Cables starts out kind of slow with just cables with texture. Then it goes into cables with lace involved. Then cables with other cables mixed into them or on top… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Adventure Cables
Fishermen’s Knits From the Coast of Norway, by Line Iversen and Margareth Sandvik, is another book that pretty much tells you exactly what it is going to be about and then delivers. It is a somewhat recent book, published in December 2022. It starts with an in-depth look at what life was like for Norwegian… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Fishermen’s Knits From the Coast of Norway
Fans of slip stitch or mosaic knitting may want to check out a brand new book on this topic, Mosaic Knitting Workshop by Ashleigh Wempe. The book starts with good discussions and illustrations of knitting in general and using slip stitches in particular. The projects themselves start very simple and progress to more complex patterns.… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Mosaic Knitting Workshop
Knit One Below is not a new book, though it is new to me. This is one of those books that does an in-depth exploration of a specific technique. The technique here, as the title implies, is periodically knitting into the stitch below the one on the needle and picking up both that stitch and… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knit One Below
Finally, something to write about other than a progress report!! Timeless Tyrolean Knitwear is the handiwork of Linda Ivell, aka Knitting4Victory on Instagram. She is an art historian and has been recreating vintage knitwear for quite a while. (40 years!) Although the book has quite a few patterns, it’s not just a pattern book. There… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Timeless Tyrolean Knitwear
This time I’m not reviewing a book, but instead my awesome local used book store – Title Wave is a much-loved institution in Anchorage, and the state’s biggest and busiest bookstore. We do have a Barnes & Noble, but they don’t actually have as much stock as Title Wave. TW advertises that they have half… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Title Wave
Quite A Yarn 