My OperaLast post of 2005: List of books I own
Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:06:39 PM
The geeky girl that I am, I thought it would be good to organize all the knitting books that I own, especially since I acquired quite a few this year and have been a bit scared to actually count how many!
Books in English
A Gathering Of Lace
Akashya (Colinette)*
Alterknits
Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton Hand Knitting Collection Book 2 *
Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk Two
Debbie Bliss The Tweed Collection
Handknit Holidays
Jane Ellison Naturally Noro
Jane Ellison Noro Knits
Knitter’s Companion
Lace From The Attic
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts *
Norsk Strikkedesign
Scarf Style
Stitch 'N Bitch *
Stitch 'N Bitch Nation
The Cork Collection
The Knitter's Handy Book Of Patterns
The Little Box Of Scarves
The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook
Vintage Style
Vogue Knitting (the big book)
Interweave Knits Fall 2002, Winter 2003 – Current
Vogue Knitting S/S 2005, Fall 2005
Jaeger Book #25 (for Aqua and Trinity)
Jaeger Knitting Magazine #8 (for Luxury Tweed and Matchmaker Merino DK)
Phildar Tendances Spring 2005
Rebecca 25, 26, 27, 29
Rowan Knitting Magazine #38
Books in Japanese
100 Aran Patterns (Nihon Vogue)
Keitodama Fall 2005
Nittoni Koisite (New Style of Heirloom Knitting)
Odekakekomono (Knitting Items For A Walk)
Rich More Best Eye’s Collections Vol. 87
Yoropano Teami Fall 2005
I've made surprisingly few things out of all the books (indicated by the *) unfortunately. I really need to stop buying them but I've always been a book-hog so it won't be easy.
Out of all of these, I think my current favorites are:
1. Top Inspirational - Norsk Strikkedesign
I've never wanted to learn multi color knitting until I saw this book, the designs and use of color are absolutely fabulous!
2. Keitodama Fall 2005
This magazine has some cute fair isle designs as well as rather nice all over texture tunic-like sweaters. I don't think I'm skinny enough to pull some of these off but here are some favorites:
The pictures are a bit small but you get the idea, I hope.
3. Debbis Bliss Alpaca Silk Two
From what I've seen around the web, I think this book is a great compilation of Debbie Bliss' pattern style. All the patterns seem so wearable, I want to make at least 6 out of the 12 patterns included!
4. Top Recommendation to new knitter friends - Last Minute Knitted Gifts and Stitch 'n Bitch
I relearned how to knit with Stitch 'n Bitch and Last Minute Knitted Gifts has such a good selection of patterns from small to large, that these two books are always on the recommendation list to anyone who's asked me about learning to knit. Stitch 'n Bitch is also relatively cheap and light so I found it good for carrying around with me in the beginning when I had to keep on looking things up.
Well, the latter half of the decade is less than 12 hours away at this point, Happy New Years to anyone who's reading this!
Books in English
A Gathering Of Lace
Akashya (Colinette)*
Alterknits
Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton Hand Knitting Collection Book 2 *
Debbie Bliss Alpaca Silk Two
Debbie Bliss The Tweed Collection
Handknit Holidays
Jane Ellison Naturally Noro
Jane Ellison Noro Knits
Knitter’s Companion
Lace From The Attic
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts *
Norsk Strikkedesign
Scarf Style
Stitch 'N Bitch *
Stitch 'N Bitch Nation
The Cork Collection
The Knitter's Handy Book Of Patterns
The Little Box Of Scarves
The Twisted Sisters Sock Workbook
Vintage Style
Vogue Knitting (the big book)
Interweave Knits Fall 2002, Winter 2003 – Current
Vogue Knitting S/S 2005, Fall 2005
Jaeger Book #25 (for Aqua and Trinity)
Jaeger Knitting Magazine #8 (for Luxury Tweed and Matchmaker Merino DK)
Phildar Tendances Spring 2005
Rebecca 25, 26, 27, 29
Rowan Knitting Magazine #38
Books in Japanese
100 Aran Patterns (Nihon Vogue)
Keitodama Fall 2005
Nittoni Koisite (New Style of Heirloom Knitting)
Odekakekomono (Knitting Items For A Walk)
Rich More Best Eye’s Collections Vol. 87
Yoropano Teami Fall 2005
I've made surprisingly few things out of all the books (indicated by the *) unfortunately. I really need to stop buying them but I've always been a book-hog so it won't be easy.
Out of all of these, I think my current favorites are:
1. Top Inspirational - Norsk Strikkedesign
I've never wanted to learn multi color knitting until I saw this book, the designs and use of color are absolutely fabulous!
2. Keitodama Fall 2005
This magazine has some cute fair isle designs as well as rather nice all over texture tunic-like sweaters. I don't think I'm skinny enough to pull some of these off but here are some favorites:
The pictures are a bit small but you get the idea, I hope.
3. Debbis Bliss Alpaca Silk Two
From what I've seen around the web, I think this book is a great compilation of Debbie Bliss' pattern style. All the patterns seem so wearable, I want to make at least 6 out of the 12 patterns included!
4. Top Recommendation to new knitter friends - Last Minute Knitted Gifts and Stitch 'n Bitch
I relearned how to knit with Stitch 'n Bitch and Last Minute Knitted Gifts has such a good selection of patterns from small to large, that these two books are always on the recommendation list to anyone who's asked me about learning to knit. Stitch 'n Bitch is also relatively cheap and light so I found it good for carrying around with me in the beginning when I had to keep on looking things up.
Well, the latter half of the decade is less than 12 hours away at this point, Happy New Years to anyone who's reading this!
