Posted by pudding on 2005-03-02 08:01:02
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Yeah, I've read this. I inherited a copy from a family member.
The best thing about this book was it's Australian perspective - I knew all of the places the author mentioned, was familiar with the yarns and such that she talked about, and so on. Sometimes with books from the US or other places there is a sense of being very far away from 'the action' (which I am!). I found the local perspective very refreshing.
Having said that, I actually much prefered Stitch and Bitch by Debbie Stoller. Stitch and Bitch seemed to cover the same material, but in a much meatier way, if that makes sense.
"The book being about writing the book" is the same impression I got. I also got the impression that the author didn't have a long history with knitting, or rather it seemed (because there's nothing wrong with being a new knitter) she may even have taken up knitting to write the book rather than writing the book about taking up knitting. I feel a bit bad for sounding so harsh, but that was my impression.
I wish there was a 'scene' of hip, funky young knitters knitting skully sweaters and chunky scarves here! That's the impression I get of what New York is like. Here it feels a bit lonely. But there is a pretty cool knitting magazine and some wonderful online yarn shops, so that's something.
Posted by bricore on 2007-03-24 20:03:23
Post Subject: Would like to introduce myself and share some what I do
Hello!
My name is Dora Renee'' Wilkerson. I love trying new crafts.
I try to post on my blog the things we do. This last project we did was felting soap. I took pictures and a small video of us doing it.
It can be found here
I LOVE to loom knit (I seen a couple questions on here about looms.) It''s a great hobbie and it''s very easy to do once you get the hang of it. I have some video''s on looming here and there on my blog (you just have to look around but they are there.)
Posted by meexie on 2005-09-03 22:29:56
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Vogue Knitting magazine is notorious for having errors, lots of them. Check out the corrections for Fall 2005 issue; there are corrections there for the peplum that may clear up your confusion.
Did you use the provisional cast-on with your swatch?
Posted by twilight on 2005-09-06 23:04:17
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Vogue Knitting magazine is notorious for having errors, lots of them. Check out the corrections for Fall 2005 issue; there are corrections there for the peplum that may clear up your confusion.
Did you use the provisional cast-on with your swatch?
Thanks! Yes, there were errors so I'm glad I checked it out. I'll always check their site first before launching one of their patterns onto the needles. I didn't do the cast-on called for originally because I couldn't figure it out. But the very nice staff at this yarn store in Portland (damn, what's their name, they were a yarn/coffee store) explained the cast-on method. Plus they had lots of yummy yarn that I couldn't resist buying some of for future projects.
Posted by xuli on 2006-01-29 19:03:00
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R2 is a knitting magazine put out by the Rowan yarn company. The patterns tend to use their line of novelty yarns (R2) and tend to be young and very hip.
Here's the website; you might be able to snag a back issue from them:
http://www.knitr2.com/
Posted by Chari on 2007-02-16 12:22:06
Post Subject: Knitting Shop in Manila
Hi everyone!
I'm from Manila, Philippines. And I am looking for somebody who is from here with the same hobby of knitting. I have a problem looking for a knitting shop here in Manila. I used to knitt when Im in the cold city of Baguio, and used the ordinary thread/yarn that my aunt use in her crochette. I only have one size of knitting needle too. I once came thru a book store and picked on a knitting magazine, there are a lot of good patterns, with materials included. My love for knitting just brought up, and since then, I keep looking for a knitting shop, but can't find one. Please help me find, or tell me if somebody know where I can find.. I need it badly to buy materials.. I keep looking at the magazine.. I can't sleep just imagining working at its very pretty patterns..
Posted by moon_lemming on 2005-03-11 10:15:27
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Do you mean this? Someone in charge of Knitter's Review (I'm not in that world, so I don't know if she's the founder or what) posted the following on her blog:
Today I stumbled across a new online knitting magazine that'll be coming out soon. It's called Spun. Founder Mary-Margaret Jones explains, "We want a stitch-and-bitch lifestyle magazine — a zine that takes into account our shared love of yarn but goes even further. It would also be about music, films, art, food, travel. And there would be features about people like us."
I always cringe when I see people use the "something for people like us" description, because it's so prone to ego and abuse and it always comes surrounded by a huge, exclusive, anti-us wall.
So we'll see. But isn't it interesting that Knitty already has an anti-Knitty! Which goes to prove that even in the knitting world, we're a fickle bunch.
(from the January 5th entry at http://claraswindow.blogspot.com/ )
So I guess she's declaring that Spun is the anti-Knitty.
the girl from auntie disagrees, though: http://www.girlfromauntie.com/journal/index.php/2005/you-name-it-theres-someone-out-there-who-hates-it/feed/
Posted by xuli on 2005-09-14 11:53:14
Post Subject: What makes a good knitting/crochet pattern?
I've started this conversation with some of my knitting friends and I wanted to hear what the Craftistas have to say. I've realized recently how much I've learned about knitting in the last year and a half or so, and how picky I've gotten about what I knit as a result. Time was, I'd see any new knitting magazine (or Knitty) and be overcome by an OMG-must-make-now feeling. Lately I've been much pickier and started really looking at what the pattern is doing. I know there are some Craftistas who are much better knitters than I am, and I started to wonder about what some of you would look for in a knitting pattern. Any thoughts?
Here's what I look for in a knitting pattern:
-- minimal seaming (because I'm bad at it, really really bad at it, and nothing sucks like working on a gorgeous sweater only to ruin the seams)
-- uses its yarn in an interesting way (if I'm going to spend the kind of money that good yarn demands, I want the yarn to be important to the project; I want to know the designer has thought carefully about what kind of yarn to use and why to use it for this design)
-- specifies what kinds of increases/decreases to use (I want to know the designer thinks about these things as part of the texture of the overall fabric, not just something you have to do to get the fabric shaped a certain way)
-- knit mostly in the round (see above comment about seaming; but also so I can try it on as I go and make adjustments where needed instead of having the fit be a total surprise at the end)
-- have some kind of shaping around the waist or an interesting cropping (ie, something to show the designer has given some thought to how the garment will look on an actual human body, as opposed to just being a garment that exists for its own sake)
Posted by xuli on 2004-12-29 09:30:35
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I've not done anything else from the site, but I'm pretty sure I've knit some of her patterns from Interweave Knits or other knitting magazines (she has a really cute one in that new knitting magazine Knit.1 from Vogue Knits and Lion Brand Yarn). I'll have to go back and double check which ones I've done -- but if you've ever knit anything from Interweave Knits, you've probably knit more of her patterns than you think! (Hers are usually the cutest ones in the magazine each issue.)
Posted by xuli on 2004-06-03 21:28:47
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I made the Devil Hat. It turned out really well. I love it.
Also -- I read a review of this book in the most recent issue of Knitter's Magazine (it's a very old-lady kind of knitting magazine which never has anything cute, but three years ago they published a really cute shawl pattern by Lily Chin so I always flip through it whenever I'm at the bookstore -- just in case). It was really funny -- they totally slammed it! First, I was confused about why they are just now reviewing that book in their most recent issue. But other than that, they said that the book doesn't properly pay homage to knitting's venerable history. Then they said the trendy patterns will "soon seem dated" (which, first of all, I disagree with, and second of all -- this coming from a magazine that regularly publishes patterns for holiday-themed sweaters, among other UGLY ass patterns). Finally -- and this was the kicker -- they said there were too many "adult" references in the book to make it appropriate for younger knitters! (Like the title Stitch'N'Bitch didn't tip them off.) I bet they were just mad that they weren't included in the knitting magazines section.
Posted by cemecci on 2005-11-27 12:20:13
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Hee! Hee! Hee!
LADIES.......I thought it appropriate to mention.......
Vogue Knitting just published an entire issue-- the Fall/Winter 2005 KNIT.1 devoted to men knitting and patterns for men. I especially LOVE THE CENTERFOLD (guy with HUGE sticks) and the fact that my stitch markers are featured in it (shameless plug).
Unfortunately, this is not an "entire issue" devoted to men knitting and patterns for men. There's an entire layout for the "Ice Princess" or something like it.
I have pawed through it and haven't been impressed. Just another shameless plug for LionBrand yarns.
Although, I have to say, the guy in the Centerfold is rather hot and homoerotic. But why do we need that in a knitting magazine? I would prefer that people are clothed when knitting, but that's just me. {snort!}
