Tuesday, October 18, 2011

October/November 2011 Knitting Books

Haven't done this in a while - here are a few of the books you can find out this month and next!

OCTOBER


Knits Extraordinaire
 - by Lena Maikon

-by Kara Gott Warner

-by Kari Cornell, Sue Flanders, Janine Kosel

-by Sharon Turner    **Just a note on this one.  I flipped through this in the store a week or so ago, and was excited when I first saw it because I love stitch pattern books.  My excitement waned as I saw the stitches though.  I didn't see any "new" stitches; practically all of them I have seen in my other books.  I have all of the Harmony Guides, the first two Walker Treasuries, Big Book of Knitting Stitch Patterns, Essential Stitch Collection, among others (you can check them out in myLibrarything in the left sidebar).  If you have several stitch pattern books, I would pass on this one.  You probably already have these stitches in there, or they can be found online.  If you only own one or two stitch books, or none at all, then you might enjoy this one.

NOVEMBER
-by Iris Schreier

-by Sue Pearce

-by Lisa Shroyer

-by Barbara Sander


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Breast Cancer Knitting

I can't believe I forgot to post about this this year!  I was in Michaels this morning, and saw the Bernat set up with their pink yarn and patterns, and it reminded me.

Go to the Bernat website for their patterns and yarns for breast cancer awareness knitting.  Lots of nice stuff.

Here are a few more links with patterns:

Classic Elite Yarns -- this is for 2010, it doesn't look like they did anything for 2011 that I could find

Pink Ribbon Scarf

Breast Cancer Awareness Washcloth

Breast Cancer Prayer Shawl

Tit Bits - designed by Beryl Tsang, found at knitty

Breast Cancer Support Scarf - from Knitting Daily