celticdragonfly: (Firefly -River - I'll knit)
celticdragonfly ([personal profile] celticdragonfly) wrote2005-11-09 11:17 pm

New books I want

Exciting stuff happened tonight, the main parts of which I will write up, but probably won't have the energy to do until tomorrow.

However, as a side part of all this, we had a short trip to the bookstore. Two new books I covet.

Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch. Oh, this is a cool book. I want it mostly as a teaching aid - I know lots of this stuff, but it would be helpful to teach others. Colored knitted samples showing the geometry/archetecture of various styles of knitting a sock. Oooh. And I do want the size charts! And there are stitch patterns I don't know yet. Organized neatly by repeat. Covet.

And, of course, Yarn Harlot : The Secret Life of a Knitter by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. Have the first book, want the second. Because it'll be FUN.

Didn't get them yet. I've not been buying many books lately - okay, okay, I did get 2 sf paperbacks the other day - but they were on deep discount. Mostly I've been restricting myself to library books. But I do covet these. My wish list is getting out of hand.

[identity profile] phoenixsinger.livejournal.com 2005-11-10 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, and what is Christmas for, silly? :) Seriously, I will keep these in mind. (Thank you so much for not making me guess. Though if I had to, I imagine I'd do better with you than with some others on my list.)

[identity profile] celticdragonfly.livejournal.com 2005-11-10 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, see, that's one of the lovely things about the internet age. You have to guess less often - you can always search and see if somebody has an Amazon wishlist! :-P