As I continue my month of knitting bounty, I figured I should devote some space to my brand new books. My favorite is a pattern book Loop D Loop by Teva Durhan for Tahki Stacy Charles yarn. I wanted it originally for the pattern on the cover, a shawl with a collar, but it has a number of cool patterns. And I was lucky enough to get an autographed copy! I'm so excited. It's my first knitting rockstar autograph. Once I get out of the shawl phase I'm in right now, I have a lot of different patterns to look forward to. Thanks to Arcadia for this one.
I also have two new books from south of the border. One carries designs by Jane Ellison for Mirasol yarns. This purchase was for a good cause as the proceeds help build and maintain a school/health care center in Peru. I was excited to see a knitting book with Latina models. Granted they all dyed their hair lighter with blonde highlights, but hey, we all had our J Lo phase. There are also patterns in this book.I got a great deal on the yahoo knitting list. Someone was trying to rid themselves of their Andean Folk Knits book for $10 shipping included! I've wanted this book for a long time, but it was more for inspiration than utility. I like the designs on many of the pieces they remind me of Atari graphics. A bunch of cute llamas made it into the book where they flirted with the camera.
Finally, I'd been looking for a top down seamless sweater pattern. Along the way I came across Knitting From the Top. This lady refuses to follow a pattern and does things by providing general guidelines. As one who ignores row counting, I liked what I saw and went ahead and bought it. I'm eons away from a sweater as my many shawls lie about incomplete, but I have sweater yarn ready to go.At this point it is necessary for me to call a moratorium on any more knitting purchases until Christmas at least. Geez.
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I have the first Loop d Loop book and well I kind of wish I hadn't bought it. The patterns are a bit too out there for me.
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