Books, books, and yarn.

[miss_yt]

Although I knew it was going to rain today, I chose to walk all the way to knitting circle because I had some stuff to do. I picked up the two books I'd had put on hold at my local library branch (so I finally get to finish reaing Locked Rooms) and stopped at an optometrist's to get my glasses straightened, since Roo stepped on them and bent them out of shape and they weren't sitting right and it was driving me nuts.

By the time I got out of there it was raining really hard, but I trudged to Rosie's (my sneakers probably won't be dry by tomorrow) and picked up some yarn and a cabling hook to make an Irish hiking scarf. I'm using a nice pale grey-green shade of Encore yarn. Maybe I can make myself a short scarf this way, since the Dr. Who scarf my friend Liz made me can really be annoying sometimes.

I tried to order a used copy of The Encyclopedia of Knitting from Barnes & Noble, since I have a gift certificate, but apparently the book wasn't available. I think it might be cheaper in a store than online (because of shipping costs), so I might head to a B&N later to find it.

Oh, and the Bryn Mawr Young Alumnae chocolate party is on Friday! I can hardly wait...

Comments

[pinesandmaples]

I know Roo is ape-shit ninja, but put your tennis shoes in front of the fridge. Tip them onto their sides, with the openings facing the air vent bit. The air blowing out will help to dry them a smidge faster than just letting them sit out would.

[armageddonkitty.livejournal.com]

usedbooksearch.co.uk

Seriously. Be amazed. Pricey volume, though, even used.

I personally recommend The Sweater Workshop by Jacqueline Fee. Even if you're not going to actually knit sweaters, it will teach you so much that you'll begin to become fearless. The "sweater sampler" method she offers is definitely an outside-the-box approach.

She teaches clearly and with common sense and tells you things you should know about knitting that other sources simply gloss over. Her narrative style is pleasant and unforced.

Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Without Tears is often cited as one of the best, but though I own it, I don't much care for it. To each her own, I suppose.

[miss-yt.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion, but the point was that I wanted to buy it with the gift certificate.

However, if I can find it really cheap elsewhere, I can save the certificate to buy a couple of books that I want when they come out in paperback...