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The weather is heating up. Well, at least it sure was hot in Texas.. And so it’s a good time of year to start thinking about small projects that are portable and small for summer knitting! Traditionally this means socks. They are great for travel, knitting small and portable, but not everyone is into socks! (I am a case in point!) For some a shawl is the favourite travel knitting project, but let’s face it they do get big, and they are usually made of wool, so they get hot as well! So what to do? Perhaps these books can give you some ideas! First up is One Ball Knits Purses by Fatema, Khadija and Hajera Habibur-Rahman. I am very excited about this book because I have quite the collection of bag handles hanging about! Each one of them a different style, and some antique. This book has a bag for EVERY ONE of them! With the one skein approach I can also clear out those odd balls of yarn I have languishing in my stash! Then there are the bags that I just want to knit so I HAVE to get the handles! Like this one: All in all this book is full of fast, easy, fun projects that are sure to appeal to all. I know I will be making at least 3 of these this summer! Join me? Next up is The Best-Dressed Knitted Bear by Emma King. This book is full of adorable bears and cute little outfits for them to wear! The book is categorized into three groups: simple, intermediate, and complex; each with two sizes of bear: small and large. This means there is a bear in there for any level of knitter! The outfits are absolutely adorable! From pirates to graduates, princesses and fairies, there is sure to be a bear there for someone you love to knit for! Not only are these bears great small projects for summer, but they would make great charity knits as well!
The last book of the day is Knitted Babes by Clare Garland. I have been meaning to get this book for a while and I am glad I did! The characters that fill this book are adorable and fun! And it also give you a chance to do a little sewing to make their outfits! Mix and match and have a good time creating looks for them! What more could a girl want? I gave in.. yep.. and started a sock before I left. It took several tries and 3 false starts but I got it going. I am nearly done with one sock!
The other will have to wait a bit. I have to grab a size 4 needle at the shop tonight and get going on the shawl! Summer concert season is upon us and my Mother needs warm shoulders! That’s ok. I won’t need wool socks for a while anyway! Today’s book is by someone I consider one of the guardian angels God has brought into my life. If it weren’t for Lorna Miser suggesting me to the publisher, I would not have gotten my book deal. So thanks Lorna! It is so natural that Lorna should have written a book about faith and knitting.. it is so very HER! Faith, Hope, Love, Knitting is a book full of reflections on life and faith and knitting as experienced through Lorna’s eyes. Every pattern comes from a story from Lorna’s life. I have to say, every story is just so very beautiful. When I opened this book and started reading I simply could not put it down. Touching and poignant many of them left me with tears in my eyes.. a good thing.. and a smile on my face. It’s a keeper! Here it is all finished with the buttons and everything. It grew a bit in the blocking, but not so much that it is horrible. The specs: Pattern: Basic Chic Hoodie from Chic Knits Size Medium. Yarn: Loop d’ Loop Moss, in color Brown. 9 balls used. Needles: Size 7 various . . . → Read More: Sunday Sweater Update! Finis! Remember when I gave you a peek at these?
Well, look where they ended up!
Yep, that is the cover of the new Knit Picks Catalog that arrived in my mailbox a few days ago! And here:
The new online catalog at Knit Picks is very nice! You can’t tell I’m pleased are you.. it’s the first time I got on the catalog cover! They make them look so pretty! (ok.. they are) The pattern is great too! The cables taught me a bunch! I think my brain expanded two sizes knitting these socks! The pattern is from More Big Girl Knits by Jillian Moreno and Amy Singer. It is the Twisty Stitch Sock Pattern. The thing I love most about it, is how the calf part is cleverly enlarged as you go by increases hidden in the back! It makes the leg of the sock fit very nicely!
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