Second Blog of Knitmas
On Christmas Eve I got two wonderful knitting-related presents. First the book Little Red in the City , and second a gift certificate to a new local yarn shop. I was extremely excited to get Little Red in the City. I've been talking about this being the year of the sweater (and I have a practice sweater in mind), but I've also talked a lot about how sweaters scare me. They are a lot of knitting, a lot of construction, and knit to fit. Almost all of my greatest knitting phobias, all of them if it's a color work sweater. This was what mom had in mind when she bought me this book. And my first reaction was that it is so very pretty. It looks like a coffee table book, meant to set out for everyone to see. Then I read the inside and I absolutely love this book. I love the conversational amusing tone, and the easy to understand tips and instructions. I'm making a sweater out of this book, later in the year, just you watch. The gift certificate was for a store cal...