Video Book Review, Crocheted Abode A La Mode by Twinkie Chan

Today, I have a brief Book Review Crocheted Abode A La Mode by Twinkie Chan, published by Quartos Publishing (you can use that link to purchase, I don't get commission or anything), as of April 1st, this year. 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.

Video book review of Knit My Skirt by Candace Eisner Strick

Today, I have a brief Book Review Knit My Skirt by Candace Eisner Strick, published by XRX Books (you can use that link to purchase, I don't get commission or anything), publisher of Knitter's Magazine and host of the Stitches Events, as of April 1st, this year. Here is the link to view designs in Ravelry, from there you can find links to purchase by your favorite method.

If you can be at Stitches Midwest in Chicago, there will be a special presentation by Candace so you can hear even more about this wonderful book. CLICK HERE for more information. If there isn't anyway possible for you to be there, you may wish to here Candance Eisner Strick share her book with Marly Bird...

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.

Video Book Review of New Directions in Sock Knitting by Ann Budd

Today, I have a brief Book Review New Directions in Sock Knitting: 18 Innovative Designs Knitted Every Which Way by Ann Budd, published by Interweave as of February 1st, this year. 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 and I have a public group in Facebook called Pursuit of Happy Knits.

Just Knitting, a Video Book review of Knitlandia by Clara Parkes

Today, I have a brief Book Review KNITLANDIA: A Knitter Sees the World by Clara Parkes, published by Stewart, Tabouri and Chang as of last month. Here is the link to purchase in Amazon.

SPECIAL NOTE ~ Story of my copy:

I purchased this book at Stitches West 2016: the shop A Verb for Keeping Warm invited Clara to do a book signing on Sunday at the event. I knew she would be there as I had been following her in social media and I knew she'd been at Powell's Books the night before and in Seattle the night before that.

I went to Stitches West on my own this year, and took a class with Marly Bird in the afternoon of Sunday, the only day I could afford to go. When I couldn't get into the booth to get to get even a teeny glimpse of Clara before class, I asked permission during a break and RAN to get to the market to see if she was still there. She was not when I got there and my heart broke. The few people that were in that aisleway seemed expectant, so when I glanced down the aisle and saw her strolling back, in her 'Clara-be-calm' way (which seems a lot like Elizabeth Zimmerman's sentiment 'it's just yarn') I grabbed a book and dug into my wallet for a card that would still work, so I could have her sign it.

Before she wrote on that page, it read,
KNITLANDIA:
A Knitter Sees the World
XXX
CLARA PARKES
STC Craft/New York.
Clara's handwritten: To Tammy,
Here's to World Domination! Clara Parkes.

I expected also for her to be too tired after all of her adventures to take a selfie, but she agreed to that too.

This week, she was also on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird (yep, the one I help with a little) and she read a chapter, the one about filming a class with Craftsy. So very cool, please listen.

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.

Just Knitting Video Book Review of Kristin Omdahl's, Continuous Crochet

Today, I have a brief Book Review Continuous Crochet: Create Seamless Sweaters, Shrugs, Shawls and More -- with Minimal Finishing by Kristin Omdahl, published by Interweave as of this month.

Here is the earlier review I did of another of Kristin's last book Crochet So Lovely, just in case you can't get enough of them, missed that one or recall almost and need a reminder.

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.

Just Knitting Video Book Review of Crochet Geometry by Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby

Today, I have a brief Book Review Crochet Geometry by Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby, published by Lark Crafts as of this month.

Here is the earlier review I did of another of Shannon's last book, just in case you can't get enough of them, missed that one or recall almost and need a reminder.

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.

Just Knitting Video Book Review of 10 Granny Squares by Margaret Hubert

Today, I have a brief Book Review of 2 books, 10 Granny Squares 30 Bags and 10 Granny Squares 30 Blankets, both by Margaret Hubert, published by Quarto Publishing. Blankets was published in December and Bags as of this month.

Here is the earlier review I did of another of Margaret's books, just in case you can't get enough of her, missed that one or recall almost and need a reminder.

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