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[crafty] some crafty books in review
Apr. 1st, 2005 06:57 amIn which the heroine reviews several books she has recently examined, and also lists a number of books she is lusting after.
I am faced with having to consider the following: do I buy books of knitting PATTERNS, or do I buy books of knitting TECHNIQUES (which include books of knitting stitches, how to create patterns, etc)? I feel that I need to buy any decent book of crochet patterns that I can find, because they're so rare, and apt to go out of print quickly. But I'm beginning to be aware of a general desire to make up my own patterns, rather than following the patterns of others. (Surprise, right?)
Because there are so many books that I would LIKE to buy, and I know that I need to limit myself, as well as choosing the general direction my craftiness is going to take. It seems like I want to get deeper and deeper into the process, and I'm always doing substitutions and alterations... so I suspect that books on knitting techniques are the way to go.
( Read more... )
I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and drop a bunch of cash on knitting reference books, aren't I? Shit. Well, at least I'm not spending that much on yarn anymore...
I am faced with having to consider the following: do I buy books of knitting PATTERNS, or do I buy books of knitting TECHNIQUES (which include books of knitting stitches, how to create patterns, etc)? I feel that I need to buy any decent book of crochet patterns that I can find, because they're so rare, and apt to go out of print quickly. But I'm beginning to be aware of a general desire to make up my own patterns, rather than following the patterns of others. (Surprise, right?)
Because there are so many books that I would LIKE to buy, and I know that I need to limit myself, as well as choosing the general direction my craftiness is going to take. It seems like I want to get deeper and deeper into the process, and I'm always doing substitutions and alterations... so I suspect that books on knitting techniques are the way to go.
( Read more... )
I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and drop a bunch of cash on knitting reference books, aren't I? Shit. Well, at least I'm not spending that much on yarn anymore...
