by StephCat | Feb 28, 2013 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
I’ve always loved Kate & Courtney’s yarns and designs, so I’m excited to be a part of their blog tour celebrating their new collection, Kelbourne Woolens Volume 1. This is a compilation of their older patterns, including several that are...
by StephCat | Feb 21, 2013 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Cast On, Bind Off by Cap Sease, Martingale, 2012, 160pp. Last year technique junkies like me were blessed with, count ’em, two books on cast ons and bind offs. This one, by Cap Sease, is a spiral bound, large, hardcover book. Â It contains 211 cast ons or bind...
by StephCat | Jan 1, 2013 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Shawl Design in Plain English by Julia Riede, 2012, 122pp. I’m always on the lookout for good self published books. Julia’s book contains a ton of good info, as well as nine different patterns, lovely in their own right, that illustrate the design...
by StephCat | Nov 6, 2012 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Mythos:  7 Shawls Inspired by Myth & the Magic of Hand Dyed Yarns, by Erica Jackofsky, 2012, 55pp. Erica opens with a caveat:  Knit loose!  and details her reasons.  I have to think that she’s seen too many, too-tightly knit shawls, or had some sort of...
by StephCat | Oct 29, 2012 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Needles & Artifice, Â by the Ladies of Mischief, Cooperative Press, 2012, Â a whopping 236pp. Pick up this book & you’re in for an absolute treat. It’s not just the 23 patterns that are so appealing — which range from whimsical & quirky...
by StephCat | Oct 18, 2012 | Knitting, Reviews & Interviews
Reversible Scarves by Audrey Knight, Cooperative Press 2012, 134pp. Every once in awhile a pattern book comes along that you just know you’ll keep going back to – and Audrey’s Reversible Scarves is one of those. Audrey presents more than 30 patterns,...
