Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Monday, February 25, 2008

Kitty Knits

I have found this book today.





It is comforting to know that I am not crazy...

There are other Cat Knitters out there who love cats as much as I do! For cat sake, there is one who wrote a book about knitting things for cat!


Browsing the review of this book on Amazon, I have found one more Cat Knitter by accident, that's her review:

This lovely 80-page paperback is organized into three sections of projects: Projects for Cats (cats, of course, comes first!) -- 7 projects, including catnip mice and other toys, and beds.... ; Projects for People -- 8 lovely garments: sweaters, slippers, hats, scarves, socks, all with cat motifs of different sorts knit into them. Some have multi-color motifs, some are lace or textured stitches that are cat-related... all are beautiful (my favorite to look at are the Felted Furry Kitty-Cat Slippers, just adorable and funny); and the last section is Projects for the Home -- 5 fun projects, including a bag and a pillow and a lovely baby blanket. The book ends with Techniques, Abbreviations, Resources, and About the Author. This book will appeal to cat lovers not only for the great projects they can knit, but because it is jam-packed with fabulous cat photos! (Check out her blog on http://yarndemon.typepad.com/)



Sounds interesting, isn't it?


Ahem, 'To whom it might concern: This book is on my wishlist, so....thanks in advance.' I will be reviewing this book once I got it myself.

I TOTALLY agree cats come first and more importantly...





Friday, February 22, 2008

Cat Knitter

I don't know if it is just me seeing cats everywhere but I do believe a lot of knitters are cat lovers at the same time. I just see cats everywhere in other knitters FO photos, WIP photos, stash photos, etc. I am serious, they are everywhere!

This lady demonstrating the use of Spindolyn is one...






Many other knitters as well...

Lynda from http://knittogetherkeepers.blogspot.com/

Astrid from http://fishwrapper.wordpress.com/

Hanna from http://www.ihanna.nu/


And there are many other famous knitters if you get to think about it. Clara Parkes from Knitter's Review and the author of The Knitter's Book of Yarn, she mentioned she has a cat if I remember correctly.

Finally, it can't be more obvious than Laurie Perry (aka Crazy Aunt Purl), her 4 cats and her book --

So if you are a Cat Knitter and would want to show the photos of your cat(s) with your knitting, or rather how they have 'helped' your knitting, ahem...Please write to me and send over your 'evidence', we might be able to get a nice gallery out of it. Thanks!