It’s been a really long time since I’ve seen a book of patterns where, not only did I want to knit every other pattern I saw, but I felt a sense of excitement in the discovery to come.
When you’ve been knitting awhile, and collected a substantial library of books as I have, after awhile, everything starts to look the same. You begin to feel like there’s nothing left to learn - and it’s the discovery that I find fun in knitting. I’ve never been one that found peace in endless hours of stockinette or rib or moss stitch. Give me something I don’t know how to do, something I couldn’t write the pattern for myself, something unusual and beautiful and wearable and (and and and !) my heart starts to sing.
That is what I’ve found in this new book by Norah Gaughan:
Knitting Nature : 39 Designs Inspired by Patterns in Nature
Author: Norah Gaughan
Unusual and inventive designs. A book an advanced knitter can pick up a few new ideas from…and then actually wear the finished object. Thank you Norah!
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Pattern after pattern after pattern. Not only are these interesting and unique patterns, but this is great fashion.
