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
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
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
The title of this book is actually Knitting Handbook: 8 Schools of Modular Knitting. But I kind of figured that the first part kind of goes without saying. Anyway. The title pretty accurately describes what you are getting with this book. Vivian Hoxbro breaks down modular knitting into 8 separate styles of schools: stripes, squares,… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: 8 Schools of Modular Knitting
I have been waiting for this book ever since I took a few classes on Estonian knitting from the author, Aleks Byrd. This book is a great overview of the techniques specific to Estonian knitting. After a general introduction, there is a chapter on each technique with good clear instructions and illustrations, and then a… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Traditions Revisited – Modern Estonian Knits
I’m back! With another knitting book! Sorry for the long radio silence – I had a few potential health issues going on, but all is well and I’ve got bandwidth for blogging again. Anyway. Icelandic Mittens: Traditional Patterns Reimagined, does pretty much exactly what the title says it is going to do. The author examined… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Icelandic Mittens
I’m reviewing these three books together because they’re on basically the same topic and by the same author. Also, because “From Around Norway” is part of all three titles and takes a while to type, I’m abbreviating it to FAN. All three of these books have patterns inspired by historical examples from collections in museums… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knits, Mitts, and Socks from Around Norway
Quite A Yarn 