Books
For the most part, every thing I’ve knit has been from a free pattern found online. I’ve knit a few things out of a couple books (Easy knitted accessories and One skein). I’ve bought a few others, but haven’t knit patterns from them. In fact, they’re really mostly for reference, but do have a few patterns. What I’m saying is that my knitting library is very, very small and I’m interested in expanding it by a few books in the hopes I can use up some of my stash so as not to feel guilty about adding to it!
What have been your favourite book purchases? There are a number of books I’ve thumbed through and are very well laid out and pretty, but don’t really contain anything I’d knit… not at this stage anyway. So what books have you bought that you’ve knitted several patterns out of?
Oh and if you have any ideas about what I might make out of this, I’d love to hear. I think I have 4 skeins of the green, 2 of the ivory and 2 of the indigo / blue. Can’t tell you the yardage off the top of my head though. It’s a silk / rayon blend. I got it pretty cheaply and really because I just loved the colour of the green (avocado!) and indigo - it’s no longer made so I’ll have to make do with what I have. The picture on the left w/ all three colours is more true to the colours. It’s quite thick and thin as you can see from the closer view.
All three colours in my stash - Close-up of the green
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To this day, I have knit more patterns out of Weekend Knitting, one of my first book purchases than any other single volume I own! Love it!
That’s gorgeous yarn…something fair isle?
Posted by: jillian | April 10th, 2007 17:55
Thank you so much for your letter-postcard! It arrived today and I am enjoying getting to know you.
I have a small collection of knitting books, and most are more about technical skills than patterns. A friend just gave me a copy of the Modern Classics by Louisa Harding that has lots of patterns I would make right now if only I could knit fast enough! Same with Vintage Knitting by Sarah Dallas, though I’ve heard the patterns are all sized on the small side. The Victorian Lace Today book looks like it has lots of beautiful patterns as well, if you like lace.
As for the yarn, I’m pretty bad with that, as I usually pick the pattern first. I think that two skeins of anything will give you wristwarmers, mittens, or you could combine the colors and knit a matching scarf and hat. :)
Posted by: Debby | April 10th, 2007 22:35
Glad the postcards arrived. I’ve been waiting to hear if they made it to their destination as the Royal Mail is hard to trust with these things!
The Victorian Lace book does indeed look very pretty as do the things people are knitting up. Despite liking rather delicate jewellery (sometimes I still make some beaded jewellery), I’m not really a lace kind of girl! Perhaps I’d enjoy the process, but I don’t know that I’d ever use it and neither my mom or sister are lace-wearing girls either…
I like the idea of the Vintage Knitting book, but yes, I’ve heard the sizes run rather small. One day when I go back home I’ll have to raid the other half of the knitting stuff from my grandma… all the vintage patterns and pattern books! She never threw anything away!
I think I’ll just have to trawl through my Amazon wish list and make some choices… it’ll be hard. Just like trying to decide on the right yarn! Oh and the yarn in question is the over-eager beginner knitter buying stuff she thought was pretty, but not knowing what to do with it! I’m trying not to do this so much these days…
Posted by: Shannon | April 11th, 2007 09:02
I’m sure I’ve looked at that one before… however, when I just looked
it up on AmazonUK, I find two with that title! Is your volume by
Melanie Falick or Kate Buchanan? People seem to love the one by Melanie Falick.
Thanks for the suggestion. =)
Posted by: Shannon | April 11th, 2007 09:03