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Bookish Thursday: Size small need not apply!

By Denise, on March 27th, 2008%

I jumped at the opportunity of a sneak peek at More Big Girl Knits: 25 Designs Full of Color and Texture for Curvy Womenby Jillian Moreno & Amy Singer.

Let me say one thing.. this book RAWKS! This second volume is dedicated to exploring color and texture in knits for ‘big girls’.

The first section is jam packed full of style secrets and tips for using color and texture to flatter your figure! Also included is a great measuring guide, including a fill in the blanks chart for you to keep track of your figures, as well as a yarn yardage chart to help you determine how much yarn� you will need to complete your projects.

You also have to love the Pattern ratings:

“Half-Caf (Brain Nudge) straightforward knitting sith shaping
Expresso (modest amount of brain fuel) shaping, color work, mutliple stitch patterns
Triple-shot caffine bomb with whipped cream (all brain cells on full) complex shaping with multiple things happening at the same time”

(Do you think they have that last one at Starbucks?)

Of the 25 designs in this book, there is NOT ONE that I am not jealous of! I would make all of them, and I don’t often say that about knitting books!

This one is not quite out yet; it is set to come out on April 1st. But you can pre-order�it so you can have it ASAP!!

Good thing…

By Denise, on March 22nd, 2008%

My Mom got her shawl yesterday and she got to wear it to the Good Friday service..

Here are some pics of me modeling the finished shawl..

Wow! I can’t believe it is already Easter tomorrow! It’s a good thing I took down the manger . . . → Read More: Good thing…

How SWTC and Cat Bordhi made my morning dig more pleasant!

By Denise, on March 8th, 2008%

There once was a knitter who made some felted slippers� designed by Cat Bordhi with some Southwest Trading Company Karaoke yarn…

And she was happy!

Then one got a hole it it and she was sad.

Then one cold March day her husband went on a business trip to nice warm Texas, and the next morning when she woke up it started to snow..

And snow..

and snow, until the snow was almost up to her knees!

So the knitter, not having any tall boots of her own (except those sexy ones with stiletto heels) went to borrow her son’s boots so she could start shoveling the driveway, so she could possibly have the job done by the time her husband needed to be picked up from the airport (4 days later..)

But one of her son’s boots was missing its liner! “Grr, Argh” and “Shoot!”, said the knitter! “What will I do?!”� “My poor foot will freeze in this boot!”

Then she thought and thought.. and she remembered the nice felted slipper she had made and she went and fetched it. It was just right!

And so the knitter went off and did some shoveling..

Will she get the shoveling done in time to get her husband from the airport, in for days time at noon??? Time will tell.. we shall see…pretty soon!

One hit wonder?

By Denise, on February 22nd, 2008%

Well it seems that my little green hat was a hit!

It won the design contest that I entered it in! I will have more details when I know more!

Hopefully.. I will NOT be a one hit wonder!

. . . → Read More: One hit wonder?

Bookish Thursday: Going Straight

By Denise, on February 21st, 2008%

I recently purchased a copy of Going Straight by Ruth Paisley aka Wooly Wormhead on Lulu.

Buying books through Lulu is nice because� you have the option to buy the book as a pdf and download it or buy it as a regular book with various binding options. To top it� off the packaging the Lulu does is genius! It would take 10 rampaging rhinos to do any damage to the item inside! I was impressed.

I saved up a bit because I wanted the spiral bound copy of the book. I dunno, I just rather have an actual book in my hands. The book itself is beautiful!� Wooly Wormhead� does and excellent job laying out all the necessary techniques needed to accomplish the patterns in the book with beautiful large bright photo illustrations.

The hat designs are lovely and actually quite impressive as all of them are knit on straight needles. I have always loved� her hat designs, they are creative and fresh and fun. The designs in her book are no exception.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested�in making hats but is circular or double pointed needle phobic!� And if you would just like to try out one of�her designs, then you can also go to her website and pick up a pattern or two there, there are even a few for free!

Enjoy!

Bookish Thursday: Twinkles Weekend Knits

By Denise, on January 31st, 2008%

Well last week I promised you the book that made me go SQEEEEEE!!! When this one hit my hot little hands I knew we would be friends!

Remember this?:

Well enter it’s match! Twinkle�s Weekend Knits: 20 Fast Designs for Fun Getaways

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