Review: New Stranded Colorwork
Today, we got a few boxes from Amazon (BamBam's birthday is the end of next month ...) and one of the books was actually for me ... and about knitting.  I just spent the last couple of hours since dinner reading this book ... drooling over this book ... and plotting my next project!Mary Scott Huff's newest book,

Designing: books and software resources
Yesterday, I went up to a local Catholic school and talked for a full 45-minutes (which was NOT enough time) about knitting and bending/breaking the "rules" and designing your own. I brought some of my "library" with me, but thought I'd do a full post about all the great resources out there for hand-knits design.Software:I didn't mention this in class ... but I should have. S

By Hand: knitting needles
(modified from Kids’ Knitting, by Melanie Falick -- a book every knitter should have on the shelf)Materials:2 or more colors polymer clay (Sculpey works great) or anything to use as the end-cap – acorn, wooden bead,