Pints and Purls: Portable Projects for the Social Knitter by Karida Collins, Libby Bruce
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- Pub. Date: April 2009
- 176pp
- Sales Rank: 30,371
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: April 2009
- Publisher: F+W Media, Inc.
- Format: Paperback, 176pp
- Sales Rank: 30,371
- ISBN-13: 9781600611469
- ISBN: 160061146X
Synopsis
Recipes for tasty cocktails and delicious hors d'oeuvres are not the only things that you'll find in Pints and Purls. For the social knitter who likes to have one drink (or a few!), there are a variety of portable projects such as drink cozies and soft scarves that feature simple-to-follow patterns, plus tips and tricks for fixing mistakes should you have a bit too much while knitting. The pocket size and quick-to-knit projects are perfect for the knitter on the go.
Biography
Karida Collins runs Neighborhood Fiber Company, a hand-dyed yarn company based in Washington, D.C. She attends fiber arts trade shows across the country, blogs at www.neighborhoodfiberco.com, and is regularly featured on the popular Lime & Violet knitting podcast. Her yarn is sold through major yarn stores with significant online presence. Libby Bruce is the owner of WonderKnit yarn shop in Columbus, Ohio. She writes, designs, and teaches knitting. She blogs about knitting, drinking, cats, and life at winelips.blogspot.com.
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Pints and Purls a delightby norman46
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November 17, 2009: Authors Karida Collins and Libby Bruce open their Notions Bags to extol the pleasure of social knitting with their book Pints & Purls portable projects for the Social Knitter. To Collins social knitting is sharing your love of knitting with a group of friends in finding a good venue outside the home by packing your knitting bag and going social with friends. Bruce provides guidance as to how to make venues not previously thought of knit friendly such as bars or places of social drinking compatible in sharing ones love of knitting with social intercourse. Things to consider are Lighting, Timing, The Crowd, and Volume of the meeting place. Bruce also includes a caution for those women considering a Singles Bar on catch-up with-the-girls night as not an ideal venue for knitting.
Collins and Bruce are on a first name basis from the get go of the book. They not only provide patterns for the variety of projects offered but enlist an excellent cast of North Light Books of Cincinnati, Ohio to show case their works and those of Contributors that make Pints & Purls an outstanding book. In addition to the artwork and color coordination the superb quality of photos by Ric Deliantoni make it a must have book. This is a great gift for the holiday season. I have given several out, and received nothing but praise for it. The response most appreciated is "I am going to make that scarf," or one of the many items shown in the book. Make someone happy, Pints &Purls is a great start.Pints and Purls is a clever title which implies that it has small projects that can be taken anywherby Anonymous
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August 09, 2009: It is a fun book with fun projects. It's entertaining and the instructions for the projects are easy to follow. The general instructions for the terminologies used and detail descriptions for the stitches worked are excellent and very easy to understand.
I Also Recommend: The Friday Night Knitting Club, Yarn Harlot, At Knit's End.
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