by StephCat | Jun 15, 2011 | Knitting, Miscellaneous, Yard & Garden
Let’s see…the Knitcircus sweater reached Jaala at Knitcircus right before she left for TNNA (lucky lady!). I’m just about to start my run of editing for the Knitcircus Fall issue (and folks, this one is shaping up to be FABULOUS). I’ve been...
by StephCat | Jun 10, 2011 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Wrapped in Lace: Knitted Heirloom Designs from Around the World by Margaret Stove, Interweave Press, 2010, 160pp. I’m not terribly surprised the cover of this is very similar to Nancy Bush’s Knitted Lace of Estonia: both are published by Interweave,...
by StephCat | Jun 1, 2011 | Knitting
So…since I’m consumed with knitting for the California Revival Collection, I can’t post much about my actual knitting. I have 16 or so patterns to complete before my (self-imposed) deadline of mid September. Â Knit like the wind! I finished the Fall...
by StephCat | May 29, 2011 | Knitting
The Knitter’s Guide to Hand-Dyed and Variegated Yarn: Techniques and Projects for Handpainted and Multicolored Yarn by Lorna Miser, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2010. Nearly, if not everyone, has them:Â those gorgeous skeins of handpainted yarn, generally in...
by StephCat | May 27, 2011 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Knitted Lace of Estonia: Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions by Nancy Bush, 2008 Interweave Press, 159 pp. Includes Instructional DVD, 2010, Interweave Press. If you’ve enjoyed Nancy Bush’s previous books, such Folk Socks or Folk Knitting in Estonia,...
by StephCat | May 20, 2011 | Knitting
Just so you can see some of the loveliness that’s the Stricken Smitten fingering weight BFL/silk blend…First mitt is finished and testers (wonderful testers!) are testing the pattern. I’ve cast on & am about 1/4 way through the mitt with the...
