The Monthly Round-up is where you’ll find a summary of upcoming guests, workshops, knit-alongs, the Quarterly Knitting Challenge, Block of the Month, the Monthly Stashbusting Skillbuilder and whatever else grabs our interest that we want to share with you.
Category: Book of the Month
June 2022 Monthly Round-up
The Monthly Round-up is where you’ll find a summary of upcoming guests, workshops, knit-alongs, the Quarterly Knitting Challenge, Block of the Month, the Monthly Stashbusting Skillbuilder and whatever else grabs our interest that we want to share with you.
May 2022 Monthly Round-up
The Monthly Round-up is where you’ll find a summary of upcoming guests, workshops, knit-alongs, the Quarterly Knitting Challenge, Block of the Month, the Monthly Stashbusting Skillbuilder and whatever else grabs our interest that we want to share with you.
April 2022 Monthly Round-up
The Monthly Round-up is where you’ll find a summary of upcoming guests, workshops, knit-alongs, the Quarterly Knitting Challenge, Block of the Month, the Monthly Stashbusting Skillbuilder and whatever else grabs our interest that we want to share with you.
Book of the Month – December 2019
Book of the month presented was AlterKnit Stitch Dictionary: 200 Modern Knitting Motifs by Andrea Rangel. A book of stranded motifs you might incorporate in your knitting, everything from sheep to geometrics.
Book of the Month – November, 2019
The Book of the Month for November is Knitting Architecture: 20 Patterns Exploring Form, Function, and Detail by Tanis Gray. The book features sweater constructions that are based on architecture designs. The Bird’ Nest Shrug by Tanis Gray is based on Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, China; the Hotel Tassel Wrap by Åsa Tricosa is…
Book of the Month – October, 2019
The Book of the Month, Learn-To-Knit Afghan by Barbara Walker, was presented by Patti Reyes. Barbara G. Walker is considered to be one of the most important knitters of the 20th Century. She published over 1000 stitch patterns in her Treasury of knitting Series, and this book was written to inspire knitters of every skill…
Book of the Month – September, 2019
The Book of the Month, 365 Knitting Stitches a Year: Perpetual Calendar, was presented by Ann Leiboh. Ann uses the book to design her own scarves and baby blankets. For baby blankets she would ask the parents to select patterns from the book and she would incorporate it into the blanket. Sometimes she use the…
Book of the Month – August, 2019
The Book of the Month was presented by Mariellen Boss. She looked through her knitting books and picked up the ones she has used a lot in the past. One of the books is a Coats & Clark’s book, Book no 192, on Socks, Mittens and Accessories. This book is still relevant today and she…
Book of the Month – July, 2019
The Book of the Month, Unexpected Knitting by Debbie New, was presented by Paula Durant. For an amazing display of her work, see the slide show of some of her creations as exhibited at the Lacis Lace museum: http://lacismuseum.org/exhibit/debbie_new/SlideShow/. For additional inspiration see: Astounding Knits by Lela Nargi Knitting Art: 150 Innovative Works from 18…
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