January 4, 2007

New Books

It’s here! The new Knits from a Painter’s Palette from Koigu Wool Designs has arrived. Maie Landra is a creative genius known for her modular designs and wonderful sense of color.

There are some old favorites in here, like the Oriental Jacket and the Charlotte’s Web Shawl, and some new designs to get your fingers itching to knit this year.

We’ve also received Nicky Epstein’s latest — Knitting Beyond the Edge. This book continues her series of collections of decorative finishes and contains a number of intriguing ideas. She has a whole section on interesting necklines that I like very much.

Baby Knits Hats & Booties is just plain cute. Its patterns are created by three well known designers — Edie Eckman, Bonnie Franz and Debby Ware. These matching sets for noggins and tootsies (that’s the subtitle of the book) range from easy stripes to colorful argyle to the set I’m going to make called Sam the Man.

If your New Year’s resolution is to knit more, you’ll find plenty of inspiration in these books.

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