Arnall-Culliford Knitwear is starting a new technique/pattern club called Confident Knitting. Just like their earlier clubs, members get a new project pattern each month that teaches a different technique. At the end of the 12 months, you will get a complete eBook. There is also an option for a physical book. There is also the… Continue reading New Technique Club from A-C Knitwear
One of the books I got with my birthday money is Squares, Stripes & Lice by Hanne Dale and Siri Angela Gamborg, and edited by Ann Kristin Ramstrom, The title refers to different patterns that appear in northern European knitting. The basis of this book is a history of the Norwegian knitting and textile industry,… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Squares, Stripes & Lice
I have been looking for an analog way to keep track of my knitting for a while. I have tried plain notebooks, bullet journals, and ring binders with a page protector pocket to keep each project in. None of them are entirely what I was looking for. So I started looking for knitting-specific journals. There… Continue reading Knitting Journal Roundup
At one of the recent Virtual VK Lives, I got to attend a lecture on this book by the author, Cecilia Campochiaro. Hearing about her inspirations and her process made me curious enough to get the book. And I’m very glad I did! Although a key part of the book is a very in-depth look… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Making Marls
If you have ever looked at some plain knitted fabric and thought “this needs livening up”, look no further than Embroidery On Knitting. After a brief introduction with some tips on choosing appropriate yarn to embroider with and some tips for the best types of knitted fabric to embroider on, the book takes off into… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Embroidery On Knitting
Just when you thought you had run out of interesting regional knitting traditions to learn about – Portuguese knitting! This book is not primarily about knitting in the Portuguese style, using a knitting pin and so on. It is more about unique Portuguese items to knit. Some of the items are domestic things like rag… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Portugese Knitting
I seem to be on a kick for exploring different ethic knitting traditions lately, and the latest subject is Latvian knitting. The first book, Knit Like a Latvian (which I always want to sing to the tune of “Walk Like an Egyptian”) has been around for a couple of years and is all about the… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knit Like a Latvian
Just got finished with another one of my Christmas knitting books – Yarn Substitutions Made Easy by Carol Sulcoski. This book pretty much tells you exactly what it’s going to do right there in the title. The author starts off with yarn fundamentals, and goes over all the different factors that make yarns unique. She… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Yarn Substitution Made Easy
Fair warning: I got a few knitting books for Christmas, and I’m just now finishing reading through them. So there are a few more book reviews coming over the next couple weeks! The first one I finished was Typographic Knitting: From Pixel to Pattern by Rudinger Schlomer. The interesting thing about this book is that… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Typographic Knitting
Quite A Yarn 