Archive for September, 2009

• Bookish Thursday:

  Date: 2009.09.24 | Category: Knitting Without Needles | Response: 0

  Do you have trouble figuring out the best colors to go together when you are knitting? Is colorwork a mystery to you? Then today’s book will be a good one for you.

  

  The Alchemy of Color Knitting  by Gina Wilde demystifies color and helps you find the best color combinations for your work.

  Whether you want to work with complimentary colors, a monochromatic theme, or you just want to understand the color wheel you can find the answers in this book.

  

  Using her artist’s eye Gina explains the science of color in clear terms that are sure to unlock the secrets of color for you. With 25 brilliant patterns included in the book you are sure to find a colorful knitting project to suit any occasion!

   

  

• Bookish Thursday: Men’s Knits

  Date: 2009.09.17 | Category: Knitting Without Needles | Response: 2

  Let’s face it! There is a real lack of good knitting patterns for those guys on our  to knit for lists! So hot off the presses,  Erika Knight has come to our rescue.    

  

  Men’s Knits is full of 20 great patterns for those guys we have a hard time knitting for! There is a pattern in this book to fit just about any guy, from your nerdy sweater vest wearing cousin to your punk rocker little brother..  Who ever you a knitting for Erika has you ..er them.. covered!

  Some of my picks:

  

  The hand dyed sweater.. cause I like me a bulky fast knit!!

  

  I like the striped full zip cardigan.. hey it reminds me of Mr. Rogers!! And doing a plain sweater in self striping yarn makes it go sooo much faster!! (really it’s some genius trick that self striping yarn plays on you!!)

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  I love love love this sweater vest.. it’s not the normal plain boring sweater vest it’s got character!!

  Of course my favorite is that cabled scarf on the cover! It’s BE-U-TI-FUL.. um er.. the guys won’t like that .. it’s stunning.. yeah that’s it stunning!!

  If you have a gaggle of guys in your house like I do, then this is certainly the book for you!!

• Wordless Wednesday: Grandma got a Visitor!

  Date: 2009.09.16 | Category: Knitting Without Needles | Response: 0

  

• Calling all North East Ohio Knitters!

  Date: 2009.09.14 | Category: Knitting Without Needles | Response: 0

  The Gazinda Knitting guild is holding their annual fall workshop on October 10th.

  We have extra spaces so we are opening it up to local knitters!
  Here is the ‘knitty gritty’:

  Dianne & Kathy of Ewe & I designs are presenting a day long workshop on Colorwork including Intarsia and Fair Isle knitting.

  The workshop will run from 9 am-3:30pm at St. Micheal’s in North Canton (corner of Whipple and Fulton)

  The cost is $25.

  (BYOL..bring your own lunch)
  We will have some coffee, tea and snacks to start off the morning.
  There will be lots door prizes, and plenty of fun!
  Who knows what else we will come up with by then!!

  If you are interested in attending, please send me an email at Denise at Knitchat.com . I will arrange registration for you. You must be registered ahead of time with payment to secure your spot!
  Hope to see some of you there!

  Me!

  President,
  Gazinda Knittting Guild

• Finished Friday… or is it?

  Date: 2009.09.12 | Category: Knitting Without Needles | Response: 1

  

  This is what the little ‘friend’ we picked up down in the Smoky Mountains did to my dragon wings shawl…

  Go on.. take a closer look..

  

  And that was after I found these:

  

  I guess they didn’t work.. but I’ll hang on to them.. who knows, perhaps it isn’t quite finished!

• Bookish Thursday: Hat Heads!

  Date: 2009.09.10 | Category: Bookish Thursday | Response: 0

  First let me say.. I love this book! Next let me say.. I LOVE THIS BOOK!

  ok.. did I say I LOVE THIS BOOK?
  oops I guess I did. Today’s book is HatHeads: 1 Man + 2 Knitting Needles = 50 Fun Hat Designs  by Trond Anfinnsen, Aka the KNITKID (which is so much easier to pronounce.)

  

  This is a super fun volume, that one would not necessarily buy for the patterns.. but for the stories! Trond went all around and knit hats to give to the people in his town of Stavenger, Norway. Now these were not just random hats, they were specifically designed and knit for that person. in the end he designed, knit, and gave away over 200 hats.  An amazing feat! He chose his 50 favourite hats and stories for this book.

  I read quite a few of them, I have not yet worked through them all. Every one left me with a smile! I was smiling from the moment I opened this book for quite some time after I put it down! it is DELIGHTFUL!

  The patterns all stem from a basic hat pattern and are all interesting and unique in their own right. If you need a had for someone you can flip through the pages of the book, find a matching person and knit up their hat! It’s pretty cool!