Jo Knits!

book review

Recently I joined the crafter's choice book club and received a few books for a buck. I ordered the ever so popular Vogue Knitting book which will now be my main reference book for everything. Who knew there were so many ways to knit pockets. LOL! I also got Knitting, the stitch bible, Knitting for baby and the gorgeous Treasury of Rowan knits!

Vogue Knitting, is a well made book, everything you need to know is in there, great to look into when you want to refresh your memory on something or to look up a casting method. ;)

The Knitting Stitch Bible was bundled with a knitting journal, which is cute but I prefer an online knitting journal! ;) The stitch bible is great though, so many stitch patterns to learn and try out. Nice pictures of each and everyone too, I love knitting pictures.

Knitting for baby, this book was ordered when I had just learned I was pregnant, faith has decided that a baby isn't in our near future but I'm still happy I got this book. The patterns are really cute, I like the sweater on the cover enough to make it someday. lol! I prefer a pattern inside the book which has a version for adults and a version for kids, it has a heart on it. Beautiful! :)

A Treasury of Rowan Knits, what a GORGEOUS book, makes a lovely book to leave around and have people pick up just to look through. It has amazing sweater designs that I want to try and knit. This book only could keep me busy for years to come. This is by far the favorite book I ordered! It sure is worth joining a book club to get this one!!! :)

So there it is, my little review of a few books. Now I fell for another book! LOL! I keep on practicing continental knitting and looked through knitting books online. I still have this crazy fear of knitting my 1st sweater, then I spotted the Sweater Workshop by Jacqueline Fee. There is a sampler you can knit which incorporates all the techniques of knitting a sweater into one goofy looking golf club 'thingy'. Well it looks goofy to me! LOL! So anyway, I think that would make a GREAT project to continental knit, don't you think? Of course, I am not able to buy said book right now. :( I've been looking at the pictures of the sampler all day but still I'd need a pattern to knit it. UGH! Bummer they don't have the book at my local book store. I will buy it eventually, all I want is to knit the sampler today! Sampler pictures are here and here. Maybe once I get the book, a few of us could do a knit along? I think the sampler is neat, especially for those learning continental! ;)

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