Readathon reading took a left turn due to my being waaay too tired to concentrate and I decided to soldier on with two new knitting books.
Veronik Avery's new book Knitting 24/7: 30 Projects to Knit, Wear, and Enjoy, On the Go and Around the Clock has a variety of garments and accessories with clean lines. They are each eye-catching in simplicity. An ostrich plume-patterned stole is easily knitted up as a rectangle using a repeated lace pattern but it is truly a statement accessory. A sturdy triangle shawl is designed for warmth and versatile functionality. A cloche-like hat uses a fleur-de-lys Fair Isle pattern to catch the eye. Many projects can easily be toted around while in-progress so you can either wear knitted items or work on knitted items 24/7. Veronik's style is timeless so the beautiful yoked "Elemental Pullover" will go with everything in your closet for year.
Brave New Knits is the brainchild of Julie Turjoman, a collection of interviews and projects from knitters who got a major boost from the blogosphere. Knitwear designers like Stephanie Japel, Jordana Paige, Grumperina, Jared Flood, Shannon Okey, Ysolda Teague, and Melissa Wehrle all share their path to knitwer design careers as well as a signature project designed for the book. Their styles are all over the map - classic to funky, functional to delicate - and a variety of patterns to match. The book is divided into garments - sweaters, jackets, blouses - and accessories - scarves, hats, socks, shawls. I've already fixated on Melissa Wehrle's "Origami Shrug" for myself and Ysolda's "Orchid Thief Shawlette" as a present for someone (I might make one for myself, too, who knows). Jared Flood photographed all the projects in Brave New Knits and that makes for a very pretty book to look at as you are inspired to go out and knit something and then blog about it. Right. Now. I also did some Twitter/Ravelry/blog-stalking and added all the designer to my feeds and friends.
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