Not just something- cashmere.

I was lucky enough to be gifted this lovely skein of 100% cashmere (kashmir) in Natural Brown from www.jojoland.com, a vendor at the DFW FiberFest. It was one of the door prizes at the Fashion/Trunk show which was also quite fun. I actually already have a lace design for a skinny scarf worked up that I was really wanting to try in something like cashmere- so it was just kismet!

A little “light” reading


How I do love the library. With exception to Big Book of Knitting which I recently purchased these are my current rentals.

1. 1000 Great Knitting Motifs – Luise Roberts
   This is a neat book, so tempting to add a little colorwork to lots of things.
2. The Knitters’ Handy Book of Sweater Patterns – Ann Budd
   A standard classic.
3. Big Book of Knitting – Katharina Buss
   I’m so glad I bought this book. Renting is great but it is so nice having a good reference you can keep and refer to any time. This one has particularly good and numerous photos.
4. Reversible Two-Color Knitting
   This book was such a great find as I currently have in the works three different types of double-knit. Some really interesting uses/ideas in here.
5. Designing Knitwear – Deborah Newton
   Worth checking out although I think I prefer Maggie Righetti’s Sweater Design in Plain English.
6. The Complete Stitch Directory – Cresent
   Covers several needlecrafts with some interesting stitches although have found errors in several.
7. The Arco Guide to Knitting Stitches
   Standard stitch dictionary but I really love flipping through any of these. I find I get all kinds of inspiration from them.
8. The Harmony Guides Knitting Stitches Volume 3
   Same as above.
9. Knitting on the Edge – Nicky Epstein
   If you have somehow not seen one of these books in the series go get one now! I really like how the photos are done in this and that you actually get to see the edges.