by StephCat | Jun 24, 2010 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Aran Lace, Annie Maloney, 2010. $29.95 This isn’t a slickly produced, glossy-paged book. It’s spiral bound, 8.5×11″, with a clear plastic cover over the cardstock front cover. All photos, charts and text are black and white. It’s not...
by StephCat | Jun 21, 2010 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Sock Innovation by Cookie A. Interweave Press LLC, 2009. 144 pp. I love Cookie A’s sock patterns — no surprise given that many of her patterns incorporate twisted stitches and I so adore that technique! Her patterns are clever, well-written, and fun to...
by StephCat | May 25, 2010 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Latvian Mittens: Traditional Designs & Techniques by Lizbeth Upitis. Schoolhouse Press, 1997. 90 pp incl 16 full color plates. This book may be only 90 pages, but it’s 90 incredibly packed pages (both in English and Latvian). The information runs the gamut...
by StephCat | Oct 12, 2009 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Knitted Socks East and West:  30 designs inspired by Japanese stitch patterns by Judy Sumner $22.50, published by STC Craft/Melanie Falick Books (Stewart, Tabori & Chang) I have a small collection of Japanese stitch pattern books.  They’re fun to flip through:...
