Saturday, May 28, 2016

Video Book Review of Refined Knits

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Today, I have a brief Book Review of Refined Knits, by Jennifer Wood, published by Interweave as of this month. Here is the link in Ravelry, please check out the patterns there as well.


This is an unsolicited opinion, mine, of a new book. You can find me in Ravelry as wearingpurple, in Twitter as wearingpurple1 and I have a public group in Facebook called Pursuit of Happy Knits. Also, I'm also in Instagram account and in Pinterest.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Video Book Review of Bead Making Lab by Heather Powers

Today, I have a brief Book Review Bead Making Lab by Heather Powers, published by Quartos, as of this month. Here is the link to purchase this book through Amazon. Heather has a blog at this link, and a website: www.HumbleBeads.com



If you need more ideas as to why a knitter would be interested in beads, Marly Bird has posted recently a video creating stitch markers on her Facebook page (part of her behind the scenes videos she's been posting as she podcasts). Marly also recommends her friend Jill Wiseman's YouTube channel

This is an unsolicited opinion, mine, of a new book. You can find me in Ravelry as wearingpurple, in Twitter as wearingpurple1, also I am in Instagram and Pinterest and I have a public group in Facebook called Pursuit of Happy Knits.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Video Book Review of Cozy Stash-Busting Knits by Jen Lucas

Today, I have a brief Book Review Cozy Stash-Busting Knits by Jen Lucas, published by Martingale, as of this month. Here is the link to view designs in Ravelry, from there you can find links to purchase by your favorite method.



This is an unsolicited opinion, mine, of a new book. You can find me in Ravelry as wearingpurple, in Twitter as wearingpurple1, also I am in Instagram and Pinterest and I have a public group in Facebook called Pursuit of Happy Knits.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Video Book Review of Fine Things for Plain Occasions

THIS IS MY 200th post on my blog, thank you for those who've followed me for ANY length of time.

Today, I have a brief Book Review Fine Things for Plain Occasions: Patterns inspired by Vintage Etiquette Guides by Hunter Hammersern, published by Pantsville Press (www.pantsvillepress.com), as of November, 2015. Here is the link to view designs in Ravelry, from there you can find links to purchase by your favorite method.



I didn't share this in the video, but Hunter graciously acknowledges the help of folks I'm familiar with Anna Kuo (I know her as Anna Kuo Lukito, she may have gotten married since this was published), Heather Ordover (Host of Craftlit podcast, I've been a fan of for a couple of years) and Cat Bordhi's Visionary Authors group. 

This is an unsolicited opinion, mine, of a new book. You can find me in Ravelry as wearingpurple, in Twitter as wearingpurple1, also I am in Instagram and Pinterest and I have a public group in Facebook called Pursuit of Happy Knits.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Video Book Review of Vintage Modern Crochet by Robyn Chachula

Today, I have a brief Book Review Vintage Modern Crochet: Classic Crochet Lace Techniques for Contemporary Style by Robyn Chachula, published by Interweave, as of May 6th, this year. Here is the link to view designs in Ravelry, from there you can find links to purchase by your favorite method.



This book includes patterns from Rebecca Velasquez, Kristin Omdahl, Brenda KB Anderson, Laurinda Reddig, many others and, of course Robyn Chachula. The patterns included are divided into sections that cover, Pineapple Lace, Bruges Lace, Filet Lace, Irish Lace and Tunisian Crochet.

This is an unsolicited opinion, mine, of a new book. You can find me in Ravelry as wearingpurple, in Twitter as wearingpurple1, also I am in Instagram and Pinterest and I have a public group in Facebook called Pursuit of Happy Knits.