I'm now the proud owner of these:
I'm sure I'll learn some stuff about knitting that I never knew before. I'm looking forward to reading these but I must admit I'm a bit intimidated. I hope I'm not going to feel like an idiot and I'll know what she's talking about.
Weekend in the country started out disastrous, no propane so pipes froze and one toilet tank shattered and we had a fair share of mouse droppings in the kitchen. Needless to say most of the weekend was spent cleaning and the rest was spent with family which was great fun. I'm looking forward to next weekend when Al and her husband will be joining us!
Ok I'm off to crack the books. Hope you all had a great holiday weekend!
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I JUST heard of Mrs. Zimmermann this weekend! How strange. I'm going to search the library for her...
sorry about the mouse droppings! Hopefully your next visit will involve more relaxing and less cleaning :)
You will soon be tricked into all sorts of knitting possibilities!
See, that's what I need, knitting without tears, sobbing and gnashing of teeth!
Sorry the weekend started out so...eh, but just think, next weekend you have nothing to look forward to but fun, fun, fun!
Its good to read Ms Zimmerman --she is often misquoted!
I don't always agree with her (in detail) but i do agree with her in general..
she advocates Owning your knitting.
It YOUR work, its a reflection of you.. you can do it any way you want..
She has her method--and she explains why it works for her.. (and suggests you try it too) but she doesn't insist her way is the right way (but..here the rub--if you do try her way, you might find that like others before you, you agree with her!--not in every detail, and not all the time but in general!
if you own your own knitting, then there is nothing to cry about (unless, like my friend Jenn, you get hit by a car, and in the ER, they cut your hand knit sweater off!)
I don't like all of her designs--but then i know some of the things i've designed are things only i could like!
and read enough of EZ--and you'll be designing your own stuff sooner than you'd think possible.
I must admit, I don't get the whole EZ craze. But perhaps because I'd read Maggie Rhighatti (I don't know how to spell her name) first.
For me, Wendy Bernard's Custom Knits is giving me the knitting freedom that most people seem to find in EZ. It's a pattern book that really encourages one to alter the patterns. Somehow the way she does it is working for me. I'm STILL futzing with my sleeve dimensions, if I would follow Bernard's advice and really measure a sleeve I already have and like, I'm sure this process would go faster, but it's more economical if it goes slow, right?
So sorry to hear about the busted pipes, etc. But as another said, it'll make next weekend extra good!
Are you busy Tuesday? I'm hoping to go to the doc and hoping that the IV gives me the ability to be out for a bit. I'll call you if it does.
marilyn
Two excellent choices. Knitters Alamanac is my favourite. KWT is one I dip into for fun and for info but KA is the book I read again and again.
Enjoy the new books! I have both; they were my bibles when I picked up knitting again many years ago. I love EZ.
I love EZ. She helped me not be afraid of my knitting - to not be afraid to fix a screw-up or ask for help to fix it instead of chunking the whole project. It's fun reading about her life too.
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