AKA: Stitch n’ Bitch Superstar Knitting
I have to say, there is a value to blocking a sweater in a hotel room with generic hotel shampoo. You have an entire other bed and plenty of real estate to work with. It’s a slightly different story in a 400 square foot house, where you have to carefully fold it like origami (but not too much, you don’t want it to dry weird), drape it like so over the drying rack, you don’t want to use your own bed because you kind of need it….which is why the only half-decent photo I managed to take looks like a gray blob. Having said that, of course it means that both wedding wrap sweaters are done! Next step is to write up the pattern for sale on my Etsy. And on to other things! Like color. I love gray, it’s my favorite color, but how about some stripes? Speaking of which, I’m going to be working on some bags and coin purses, wallets, and that sort of thing for sale on both my Etsy and also at the gallery where I volunteer, the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts. That starts in December, just in time for holiday shopping, which gives me time to build stock.
It seems to be Theme Week on At the End of My Yarn. Stitch n’ Bitch Superstar Knitting! Debbie Stoller wasn’t kidding around when she tells us to go beyond the basics. Much in the same vein as the other books in the series, Superstar Knitting has 41 different patterns curated from other designers. This book focuses on more complex techniques and patterns, so this book assumes you’ve got the basics down. She gets into much more detail, such as ways to make sure the color changes in striped ribbing are clean, double knitting, intarsia, more complicated cables and lace than what you see in her other books, and much more. In this book you’ll see multiple cast on and off methods, different ways to increase and decrease, buttonholes, and other more in-depth sections. There is more about pattern construction, and how to write one (that could come in handy!), so she’s definitely writing for the more experienced knitter.
The patterns themselves are more complex than we saw from her earlier, and most of them use more complicated skills and stitch patterns, like lace panels in a dress and intarsia for a bunny rabbit baby blanket. So, if you’re ready to up your knitting game, or even for beginner who wants to jump in with both feet, take a look at Stitch n’ Bitch Superstar Knitting!
Pick it up on Amazon here…