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Horns in the High Country
Manufacturer: Douglas & McIntyre
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000BP87FE |
Book Description
The essential handbook for knitters of all skill levels. Getting Started goes back to basics, with an overview of the yarns and equipment available today. It then takes you, step-by-step, through the basics of knitting, with knit and purl, casting on and binding (casting) off, and reading patterns. Creative Options expands upon the basics with further techniques, while Exploring Choices will provide even the experienced knitter with new ideas for interesting projects. The Stitch Library will become an indispensable reference to be constantly referred to. Finally, a wide selection of Patterns and Projects, linked back to the techniques throughout the book, provide plenty of opportunities to explore your developing skills and experiment with a variety of motifs to liven up any knitting.
Customer Reviews:
Good book for knittters.......2007-07-23
I found this book in my local library and deemed it worthy of buying. After not knitting for years, this book gave me detailed info and good pix on the basics and beyond. It has a good collection of different types of stitches and explains them well.
Excellent resource.......2007-05-03
I love this book. It's a great resource, especially for new knitters. The how-tos and projects are just right, and while the stitch dictionary is limited, I think it is just right for someone who doesn't need to get overwhelmed with hundreds and hundreds of stitch options. I'm a seasoned knitter, and I still refer to the patterns and stitch directions because they are very well written. This is one of the few books that I always recommend to new knitters as a must-have in their knitting library.
Awesome book for beginners and seasoned knitters alike!.......2006-12-23
My 11 year old received this as birthday gift. She has already done some knitting but this book is easy enough for her to understand and learn new things. I have been knitting a great number of years but have always stuck to fairly simple things. This book is so wonderful and I ready to be adventuresome and try something new!
Highly recommend this book
Best reference book on knitting!.......2006-08-20
This book is absolutely the best in reference. I have given several copies as gifts to friends who also knit. I would rate myself as an advanced intermediate knitter. Love a challenge, and if a pattern is not clear in the instructions, I come to this book, look at the notes on that particular stitch, practice it a few minutes, then rip out and get back to the garment I am working on.
The illustrations are in color, showing the particular technique and is quite clear in the instructions.
I like the additional types of knitting with color illustrations and samples to try and practice on.
If I didn't have any other book for knitting, I would keep this as my choice. I have different colored plastic covered big paper clips on particular pages I reference.
The author is a natural born teacher. Well done, Ms Crompton!!
Ultimate How-to.......2006-03-20
I am a new knitter and I was impressed with the "Knitter's Bible" and its clear, concise instructions. I moved from crocheting to knitting and had many questions on form and patterning. This book cleared them up. I even learned how to cable successfully and am now making a sweater for my husband that is turning out beautifully. I would recommend this book to have on hand for those times when you just have a question or are designing your own patterns.
Book Description
By the Author of the Best-Selling The Knitter's Bible *Includes a wide variety of accessories—scarfs, hats, gloves, shawls, caps, ponchos and more *Styles vary from fun and funky to sophisticated and chic *Appeals to modern crafters using today's wide selection of fashionable yarns This collection of over 30 stylish knitted accessories for all seasons is sure to pleas knitters of all skill levels. Projects range from simple scarfs and mittens to eye-catching hats and ponchos. With easy to follow techniques, detailed photography and plenty of variations, this guide is a must-have for knitters wanting to create their own accessories or give a personalized gift.
Customer Reviews:
Great Book, worth every penny!.......2007-10-09
What a great book!!! Chock-full of beautiful accessory items to knit and none too difficult to complete in short order.
I am planning to make several of the projects from this book and hopefully make a serious dent (LOL) in the stash I have been accumulating for waaaaaaaaaaaay too many years!
I really love the: Smart Girl Gloves (sans the button detail, just a bit much for me), Magic Mitten Gloves, so cute and worthy of being featured on the front cover and the Autumn Leaves Hooded Poncho (more of a capelet) very pretty.
Directions are consise, easy to understand and complete. And fun, fabulous variations abound with yarn suggestions and drawings/gorgeous color photos for most projects. I will surely enjoy this book for years to come. Worth every penny
An excellent pick for knitters who already know the basics.......2007-06-09
Over 30 fine scarves, gloves, hats and more are packed into THE KNITTER'S BIBLE KNITTED ACCESSORIES, a guide that focuses on how to combine yarns with vivid new designs. From a pompom ski hat to an embroidered scarf and mittens, THE KNITTER'S BIBLE: KNITTED ACCESSORIES is an excellent pick for knitters who already know the basics and who want to use them to produce trendy new designs.
Beautiful Book Full of Fun Projects.......2007-03-11
This is another hit from the Knitters Bible series. It contains great patterns, lots of ideas about using textures and colors, and beautiful photography. It has something for everyone from beginners to advanced knitters. Highly recommend!
Lots of fun projects.......2007-02-07
Book includes some really interesting projects in all types of accessories such as hats, gloves, mittens, scarves, shawls, etc. My favorites are lacy shawl, sideways knit scarves, cashmere set of gloves, hat and scarf plus corsage, mitred squares scarf in Noro Kureyon, magic mitten gloves (gloves can also be mittens) on the cover, cabled poncho and laceweight wrap. Beginner info is at the back of the book and the exact yarns are listed there also. The patterns only describe the yarn; e.g., chunky, bulky, etc. Author is English so most of the yarns are English but the terminology is the same for America and England. Level of difficulty is not indicated but most knitters will be able to do the projects. Highly recommended as a lot of the projects can use stash yarns.
Book Description
*Basic instruction for beginners, with creative variations for knitters ready for the next step
*An eclectic mix of project styles and creative variations
For every knitter who's wanted to create the perfect bag, comes The Knitter's Bible: Knitted Bags, a collection of 25 stylish projects, from the basic beginner's bag and cute pouches, to practical tote bags, roomy back packs, and knit-chick handbags. Expert knitter Claire Crompton provides easy-to-follow instructions, variation ideas, and guidance on using modern yarns for maximum effect. Whether it's trying knitting techniques, such as cables or felting; adding a zipper or straps; or stitching on motifs and embellishments, readers will find everything they need to create the bag of their dreams.
Customer Reviews:
Knitter's Bible: Knitted Bags.......2007-07-16
Wonderful book full of marvelous knitted bags. Instructions are easy to follow. For the woman who wants something different.
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The Knitters Bible Book: Book and Craft Kit
Claire Crompton
Manufacturer: David & Charles Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Knitting
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ASIN: 0715323660 |
Book Description
Readers will start clicking right away with this clever kit that includes a copy of the bestselling technique and project book The Knitter's Bible, along with:
-One 1.75-ounce ball of fun fur yarn -A pair of easy-to-handle knitting needles -3 feet of satin ribbon and felt for trimming
An attractive package-and superb value-makes this the must-have kit for all knitters.
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- Kate Buller "The Knitter's Bible"
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The Knitter's Bible
Kate Buller
Manufacturer: Collins & Brown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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| Crafts & Hobbies
| Home & Garden
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Knitting
| Crafts & Hobbies
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ASIN: 1855858193 |
Customer Reviews:
Kate Buller "The Knitter's Bible".......2006-11-10
I highly recommend this book for all those new aspiring knitters as a basic necessity and great reference book.
However, I am somewhat confused with the following titles "The Knitter's Bible by Kate Buller (Collins & Brown Ltd) and "The Ultimate Knitter's Guide" Kate Buller (Martingale Company). I ordered both these books thinking they were different and to my surprise they are identical in content except for the publisher. What gives???? What publisher infringed on the copyright?
Book Description
This book is full of helpful tips from Jim Nollman's decades of gardening experience, plus the Zen of gardening--the sense of place and purpose, what tending the land means to us.
Customer Reviews:
Uniquely guiding the reader through an intimate respect of "green thumb" activities.......2006-04-05
Why We Garden: Cultivating A Sense Of Place by artist, essayist, and environmental activist Jim Nollman offers an inspired and inspiring perspective as he writes about the art and ideals of gardening, including cogent observations with respect to psychological and personal reasons for gardening. Uniquely guiding the reader through an intimate respect of "green thumb" activities, Why We Garden addresses the popular and wide spread hobby of gardening with an able grasp and understanding of its therapeutic and consoling attributes, as well as its aesthetic connection developed between gardener and garden. Why We Garden is to be given high praise, and very strong recommendation reading for anyone contemplating or engaged in gardening as a recreational hobby or as a personal lifestyle.
a global spiritual mystery.......2005-07-01
Rebeccasreads highly recommends WHY WE GARDEN as an almanac of helpful tips from a Pacific Northwest gardener's decades of experience, along with musings on the "Zen of gardening", & yet it is much, much more -- it is the story of how to take inspiration from the history of the written word, & epiphanies from global cultures.
Come walk with this gardener (who, by the way, talks to whales) as he plants a treeling that will live a thousand years, & get a glimpse of TIME as you've not known it.
Come sit a while in his gardens while he shows us the "temporal charisma" of the PLACE wherein we finds ourselves.
Come wander in this gardener's wonderings as he unearths the roots of our ancient yearnings about paradise to our more recent ideals of utopia.
Month by month, Jim Nollman takes us out where the wild things grow, where spirit, mind & body come together in the most enduring of our "pastimes" -- digging up healing, planting hope & harvesting contentment.
WHY WE GARDEN is a mystery -- no matter where we do it -- atop highrises, in window boxes, on city blocks, or where the trees outnumber the houses -- wherever we garden, that is where we dig up our souls & nurture our own unfurling.
Much to learn, relish, think on -- all year long, for the rest of our lives. WHY WE GARDEN is the perfect gift for your gardening friends.
Not just for gardeners.......2001-06-08
This is a great book. Not about gardening, but about living on this Earth. Nollman uses his very individual garden to highlight his universal points about organic farming and local ecology. He makes me think about my own plot of land and what it could possibly mean to me. He isn't a perfect human preaching about the perfect way to grow a garden. He shares his process of understanding his own garden as well as the development of his ethics about gardening and tries to tie down some very big ideas about this planet we call home. A worthy read for anyone, not just gardeners, who are up to facing the reality of caring for the planet and ourselves.
On becoming a gardener.......2000-03-25
I am reviewing this book because I read it and it's one of my all time favorites. I'm a fairly successful gardener. People stop on my street and admire my flowers. Many friends and acquaintances ask for advice. I wish I had written this book, it says what I want to say. Learning to garden is a process of bringing forth what already exists inside you. One learns to garden through trial and error, and what works in one garden may not work in another. Cookie cutter directions simply don't work, and when one follows them and fails, one feels like a failure. Nollman writes about gardening in his part of the world, which is not like your part of the world or my part of the world, but the thoughts he shares transcend these differences. There are two major approaches to gardening: one organic--spiritual and esthetic; the other nonorganic and ugly. To be content, Nollman says, all you need is love and an organic garden. Nothing works if you work against nature (probably the reason our forebears were thrown out of Eden). WHY WE GARDEN helped me maintain the link between the inner gardener I was born to be and Gaia.
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Of the many stay-at-home mommies who dream of writing the Great American Novel, few actually try; fewer still get published. Though not a novel, The Big Rumpus certainly is the Great American Tale of one woman's schlep through early motherhood--honest, hilarious, and irresistibly naughty. Ayun Halliday, a highly caffeinated and refreshingly immodest city gal, acknowledges that motherhood is pretty much like contending with a cloud of locusts swarming toward one's wheat--then laughs her "heiner" off about it.
Under her gifted muse's care, stories about childbirth, holiday acrobatics (sans religious ties), and raising two kids in a tiny New York apartment read like standup comedy routines; they also give way to bittersweet reflections on her own youth--goofy boyfriends, repressed sexual behavior, and all. Yes, she swears; yes, she delves deeply into issues anatomical, gastronomical, and diaporial. But for hip stay-at-homers who find sustenance in friendships honed at neighborhood playgrounds (not slapped together like cold deli meats at those contrived mommy-and-me meetings), Ayun Halliday might just become the patron saint of blissfully imperfect motherhood. Even mommies who lack Halliday's affinity for "unhusking" their breasts in public will find moments of empathy in this mirthful sprint through life as the family "Milk Monkey." --Liane Thomas
Book Description
Twenty years ago a woman named Erma Bombeck brought the suburban family out of the closet—dust bunnies and all. Her honest, hilarious accounts of family life, where the “grass is always greener over the septic tank,” became more than mere books; they became a philosophy. Ayun Halliday is a new generation’s urban Bombeck. Creator of the wildly popular parenting zine The East Village Inky, Halliday’s words and line drawings describe the quirks and everyday travails of a young urban family, warts and all. Honest in her parenting foibles and fixed in her opinions on public breast-feeding and the perfect Halloween costume, Halliday’s wry observations on daily life validate the complex, absurd wondrousness that is the life of the unpaid caregiver. Reflecting on her daughter’s third thumb, declawing the cat, and debating her son’s circumcision, she writes: “My family has a highly complex relationship to amputation.” On appropriate knowledge for children: “All Inky wants to talk about is the murder of John Lennon. I think it’s my fault.” On lice: “Head lice were outed on the children’s program Arthur this year in an effort to de-stigmatize the problem. I guess I’m glad that lice have hit the mainstream, though what’s next for Arthur and his pals? Heroin addiction?” On family holidays: “Danged if it isn’t true—you really cannot recreate the Christmases of your childhood. I can’t even recreate the Christmases of my teens.” It is in the details that The Big Rumpus will delight. Halliday manages to capture a voice that so many of today’s parents hear in their own heads, in a way that is absolutely unique yet familiar. The Big Rumpus marks the debut of a major new talent who has formulated a whole new set of “operating instructions” for today’s families.
Customer Reviews:
Very fun to read - totally real life mom stuff........2007-07-25
I just happened on one of Ayun's other books while on vacation, and man was that good luck for me. This book is great fun for moms to read, since you will relate with lots if not all of her stories. I love, love, LOVE her writing style. It is a totally down-to-earth, easy to read, true to life account of life right there in the thick of mommyhood! As a mom of a 7 year old sweetie pie girl and a 4 year old MANIAC (but adorable) male, I am right down there deep in those trenches. I want to read all her stuff so I also get her East Village Inky, Ayun's own personal Zine.
I give this book to all my expecting girlfriends.......2007-03-21
I love this book. It makes me laugh and warms my heart. Honestly, there are few books that can truly make one laugh out loud, on the bus ride home after a day of work even. This is one of them. And it is a realistic portrayal of motherhood, a down to earth viewpoint that most people can appreciate. Have fun reading!
brilliant.......2007-03-20
Reading The Big Rumpus makes me want to move to New York City, have kids, and hang out with Ayun Halliday. It's not that Halliday shies away from pain and irritation of caring for small children. These essays detail such trials as the struggle to keep her baby boy from destroying the local library while his toddler sister chooses books; the frequent floor cleaning involved with the not-quite-potty-trained toddler; and, most touchingly, most painfully, the weeks of keeping watch in neo-natal intensive care unit when her newborn daughter contracts an infection. But despite these irritations, despite this grief--or even amongst the irritations, amongst the grief--there's this overriding sense of joy, of satisfaction that speaks to why I choose to work with children.
Ehh........2007-03-19
While some of the author's words are touching and ring true (the excerpt on her daughter being in the NICU, for example), I found most of the book to be tiresome. Yes, we get it. You are so darn hip that you can't even bother trying to be hip. You are so hip that you don't care if your kids are dirty or if your daughter prances around naked in front of virtual strangers. You're so hip that you dress your son in your daughter's hand-me-downs and publish a ZINE in your spare time. Wow. We're all impressed with your hipness, your wry irreverence. You are so hip and so New York that we can barely stand it. Really, I can barely stand it. I'm gagging into my hand as I type.
So self-consciously hip.......2007-01-25
I just didn't like or appreciate this book, which I ordered after reading and enjoying Ms. Halliday's "Dirty Sugar Cookies." The author seemed so intent on demonstrating that she was authentically hip or counterculture or unconventional. Instead of losing myself in the narrative, I kept wondering why she was trying so hard. Ms. Halliday is a good writer and I'll continue to read her books, but on the subject of motherhood, she reminds me too much of the passive-agressive mothers I see too much in real life and prefer to avoid in pleasure reading.
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