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Knitter's choice:
Armenian Knitting $24
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A History of Hand Knitting
—Richard Rutt
From Meg's Foreword: What a useful and welcome book this is. At present we are happily awash in scores of books about knitting techniques and garment design, but relatively lacking in information about the origins of our craft. The knowledge herein offers the historical continuity necessary to provide a solid foundation for our ever-growing knitting community.
Although described by the author as an "...incomplete and uneven ... amateur work..." Richard Rutt provides us with the data we need to obtain an appreciation for the origins of handknitting and the dazzling achievements of our knitting-predecessors. Not one to succumb to widespread and seductive historical knitting-rumors, the author has sifted through an extensive collection of tomes and essays, as well as snips and hearsay to draw sensible and logical conclusions about our misty and uncertain beginnings.
Many of us go through different handknitting periods and may fall under the temporary spell of a particular discipline: color-patterns, Arans, Guernseys, stockings, lace, Fair Isle, etc. As you work your way through your current knitting-passion, turn to this book and read about the commencement of that particular method -- if not the actual genesis, at least as much of it as the author has been able to unearth. There is a satisfaction to being able to muse and ruminate about the lives and eras of the countless knitters who have gone before.... who, to quote Elizabeth Zimmermann, "... have held wool and needles since the beginning of sheep." Hardcover. $39.95
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For Love of Knitting
—Kari Cornell
A compilation of stories, articles, and old knitting photos, plus a chapter on EZ. Hardcover. $29.95 |
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Hands On Spinning
—Lee Raven
Friendly and helpful book for beginning spinners. Softcover. $12.95
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