Elizabeth Zimmermann: Knitting Without Tears
I got Knitting Without Tears as a birthday present a year or so ago, after widhing for it in very straight words.
I got Knitting Without Tears as a birthday present a year or so ago, after widhing for it in very straight words.
If there's one book which I have continuously looked at at the book store, browsed through, found everything lovely, and put the book away again, it would be this one.
I've been ill this week, so I've had some knitting done, but haven't taken many photos. I'll show you some WIPs and FOs next week! In the mean time I hope you'll enjoy the following book review - for a change not about knitting or politics, but personal finance.
Last autumn I suddenly remembered my love for the band Green Day and went to see them in concert even. For a while I felt like the fangirl I used to be 10 years ago - it felt fantastic! So when I learned that Billie Joe's wife Adrienne Armstrong is a knitter and has made a book with Vickie Howell, and learned that the book will be concentrating on ecologically conscious knitting (something very close to my heart), I just had to get the book!